Many doubt that Shell and Mobil have really walked permanently away.
In the next article, we take a look at how Shell and Exxon Mobil have been faring during this down cycle in the energy sector.
Currently, the carbon byproduct is released into the air, but there is the possibility of it being sequestered, which technology oil majors like Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil are exploring.
Kazakhstan's state energy company will double its stake in the venture, while Italy's Eni will share the operation and development of the field with the venture's other shareholders Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil and Total when the oil starts flowing in 2011.
Exxon-Mobil, Shell and Chevron also have received permits in the last week.
Those youths putting their lives on the line need better guns, and they need our support against Mobil and Shell and our government.
In early December, Kazakhstan and three companies Chevron, Mobil and Shell agreed to study the feasibility of creating a unified system of oil and gas pipelines from western Kazakhstan to Turkey.
The industry organisation insists that the country's big oil companies - BP, Caltex, Mobil and Shell - "do not profit from high crude oil prices", but are in fact "cushioning the Australian motorists from the full effects of rising crude oil prices".
As the major oil companies exited the shallow portions of the Gulf, McMoRan bought up so much acreage that it is now one of the largest owners there, its holdings rivaling those of such giants as Chevron (CVX), Exxon-Mobil, and Shell (RDS.A).
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Most major oil companies are now involved in shale oil and gas production, including Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP.
Oil companies like Exxon Mobil, BP, Shell and Chevron make some headway in Iraq in 2006 if the southern half of the country continues becoming more stable.
Schlumberger -- There's a lot of oil-rich nations that refuse to work with Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell but rely on the technical expertise of Schlumberger for seismic surveys, well drilling, completion and maintenance.
Being quick on your feet can a serious advantage in the oil business, and at number four in the world, Total is able to move faster than Exxon Mobil, BP or Shell, some analysts say.
BBC: Total is currently the world's fourth biggest oil company
But after an afternoon of deal making, Democrats were able to win support for the measure by dropping the tax package, which would have raised taxes on BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell.
Major oil and gas companies like Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and Royal Dutch Shell are well positioned to benefit.
In contrast to Brazil, where most exploration activity is dominated by the NOC (National Oil Company) Petrobraz, deepwater spending in West African countries such as Angolia, Nigeria and Ghana is dominated by oil majors such as BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Shell.
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It is also disrupting the long dominance of Western oil companies such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell and Total.
The deal would largely be paid for by repealing a manufacturing tax credit on the five major oil companies--Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Chevron--as well as Venezuela-owned Citgo.
When they stopped to refuel at a Shell gas station, Danny managed to slip away to a Mobil gas station, where he told an employee there what happened.
To help pay for the Small Business Jobs Act, which the Senate will take up in September, Democrats are proposing to repeal tax cuts for the five largest public oil companies by revenue: Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, BP and Royal Dutch Shell.
Case in point: Oil majors like Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP 's BPAmerica and Shell Oil USA, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell.
It made a billion debt bet to acquire gasoline distributor Esso from Exxon Mobil a few years back and last year signed a joint venture with Shell to produce and distribute both ethanol and gasoline in Brazil and, indeed, around the world.
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Exxon Mobil is the world's largest publicly quoted oil company, followed by Shell.
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