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The popular domestic brand Gazprom has moved from the 6th line of the rating to the 4th, but the top-10 includes another Russian brand, OAO Rosneft. The assets of this enterprise are $163,380 million, the company's revenues make $100,541 million, and the profit is estimated at $6,508 million. Rosneft tops the list of domestic oil companies.
The main activity of this Russian energy brand is the search for hydrocarbons, extraction of top raw materials, as well as the development of deposits in the sea. The company also sells extracted raw materials in Russia and abroad.
The 9th line is given to the Chinese's company. Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. can boast assets of $86,933 million, and its revenues and profits are $40,065 million and $6,241 million, respectively. This brand is one of the largest in the production of coal in mainland China. Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd takes the second place among the coal companies of the world and is one of the main producers of coal on the planet by capitalization. Shenhua Energy Company produces and sells coal, as well as electricity in mainland China.
The company from the United States of America Valero Energy Corporation takes the 8th place. The brand has assets of $45.55 billion, and its revenues and profit are estimated at $130,844 million and $9692 million, respectively. The headquarters of the company is based in Texas. Today, Valero Energy owns 18 oil refineries capable to produce 3.3 million barrels of oil a day. So, the daily production of raw materialexceeds 3 million barrels.
The 7th place went to another American brand from Texas. ConocoPhillips, headquartered in Houston, has assets of $116,539 million. The company's revenues are $55,336 million and the profit makes $5,738 million. This brand was founded in 2002 by the merger of the Conoco and Phillips Petroleum companies. This enterprise is currently the third largest energy brand in the United States of America.
The Phillips 66 company occupies the 6 position in the rating of the world's largest energy companies. It was established as an independent energy company after the split of downstream and midstream assets of ConocoPhillips. The company has assets of $48,741 million. The revenues and the profit of the brand are estimated at $146,593 million and $4,049 million, respectively.
Phillips 66 carries out processing, storage, and also transportation of mineral oil. In addition, the brand implements the extracted raw materials. It should be noted that the company has 130 years of experience.
The 5th place is given to another Chinese energy brand - PetroChina Co Ltd. The assets of this company are $388,042 million, while revenues and profit make $368,279 million and $17,289, respectively. This brand was founded in 1999 as a division of the state-owned CNPC company. The company is engaged in extraction, processing of raw materials, petrochemical products and natural gas. The controlling stake belongs to the CNPC state holding company.
The Hong Kong power enterprise CNOOC Ltd which assets make $106,930 million today approaches the leader's pedestal. The revenues and the profit of the brand are equal to $44,249 million and $9,711 million, respectively. The work of CNOOC is focused on the extraction, processing and marketing of oil and natural gas in the shelf of China.
The Dutch-British Royal Dutch Shell Plc. is among the three largest energy companies in the world. The company has assets of $353,116 million, its revenues and profit are $421,105 million and $14,874 million, respectively. The brand is engaged in the geological exploration and production of oil and gas in more than 80 countries. Shell also fully and partially owns several dozen of refineries.
The American company Chevron Copr., based in California, takes the second line in the rating. The brand has $266,026 million of assets. The company's revenues make $192,308 million, and the profit is estimated at $19,241 million. The company is engaged in oil production around the world. The brand also owns several refineries and a wide network of filling stations. The proven reserves of Chevron oil are equal to 13 billion barrels.
Finally, the largest energy company in the world according to the Platts agency version - Exxon Mobil Corp. Exxon Mobil Corporation is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. This American brand has assets of $349,493 million. The company's revenue and profit are $369,431 million and $32,520 million, respectively. This private oil company, which is the largest company in the world in terms of capitalization. The brand is engaged in oil production in various regions of the planet, including the States, Canada, the Middle East. The proven oil reserves of Exxon are equal to 22.4 billion barrels.
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