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 Big Oil    | |
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 "Big Oil' sorted by 2005 revenue | |
| Interest of | Charlotte Dennett |
Big Oil is used to describe the world's largest publicly owned oil companies.
“I hate to say that big oil is bigger than the United States Government; but its favored treatment at the hands of our government certainly leads to that conclusion.”
Robert K. Killian (8 June 1973) [citation needed]
"Competition in the Energy Industry": Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Antittrust and Monopoly of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 93rd Congress, First Session
| How Big Oil conquered the world, a video by James Corbett |
Examples
| Page name | Description |
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| BP | Multinational oil company implicated in the 1953 Iran Coup. |
| Chevron | |
| Seven Sisters | Big Oil oligopoly |
| Shell | Biggest Dutch company. Caused trillions in damage due to fracking in Groningen. Convicted worldwide for crimes against locals. Employs hitmen and deep state operatives in African countries. Mislead shareholders for up to $1bn. |
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Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author |
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| Bill Gammell | “Either Gammel was an extremely visionary businessman, or he had great connections, or both. One way or the other, along with Enron and Cheney's Haliburton, Gammel's Cairn was soon making a fortune off oil in India, a country not noted for its prospects in that regard.” | Russ Baker Bill Gammell |
