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- adjective
very major ; of greatsignificance orimportance . - noun Any of the world's largest few privately-owned oil and gas companies.
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And while most of the "supermajor" oil companies (including ExxonMobil and Chevron) compile their environmental stats in annual reports and fall under the purview of U.S. or European laws, state-owned oil companies, such as Saudi Aramco and Mexico's Pemex, control more than 90 percent of the world's oil and are beholden to the whims of their rulers, elected or otherwise.
Which oil companies are more eco-friendly than the rest? 2010
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I'm not sure that Palin knows this, but another "supermajor" is ExxonMobil, a United States company that I seem to recall has a rather complicated history with the state of Alaska for some reason.
Gulf Oil Spill: Palin Camp Says You Can't Trust Foreign Oil Companies [UPDATE] 2010
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I'm not sure that Palin knows this, but another "supermajor" is ExxonMobil, a United States company that I seem to recall has a rather complicated history with the state of Alaska for some reason.
Gulf Oil Spill: Palin Camp Says You Can't Trust Foreign Oil Companies [UPDATE] 2010
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Of course, while it's based in Britain, BP is a massive, publicly-traded, multinational energy conglomerate, commonly referred to as a "supermajor".
Gulf Oil Spill: Palin Camp Says You Can't Trust Foreign Oil Companies [UPDATE] 2010
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Of course, while it's based in Britain, BP is a massive, publicly-traded, multinational energy conglomerate, commonly referred to as a "supermajor".
Gulf Oil Spill: Palin Camp Says You Can't Trust Foreign Oil Companies [UPDATE] 2010
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And while most of the "supermajor" oil companies (including ExxonMobil and Chevron) compile their environmental stats in annual reports and fall under the purview of U.S. or European laws, state-owned oil companies, such as Saudi Aramco and Mexico's Pemex, control more than 90 percent of the world's oil and are beholden to the whims of their rulers, elected or otherwise.
Which oil companies are more eco-friendly than the rest? 2010
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Total, dubbed one of the "supermajor" international energy companies of the world today, has a presence in Indonesia that dates back to 1968.
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While Greenopia's list is the most up-to-date, it includes both the ubiquitous "supermajor" oil companies (like ExxonMobil and Chevron) and smaller refiners whose gas stations might be harder to find.
Slate Magazine 2010
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Total gets a third of its daily output from Africa, more than any other supermajor.
In Oil Quest, Total Makes High Friends In Low Places Christopher Helman 2011
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Total gets a third of its daily output from Africa, more than any other supermajor.
High Friends In Low Places Christopher Helman 2011
ecbrenner commented on the word supermajor
One of "the six largest, non-state-owned energy companies, as seen in popular financial mediums around the world. Trading under various names around the world, they are considered to be:
April 20, 2009