Talk:Petroleum industry

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"Supermajors" is inconsistently used across Wikipedia: here Total is not included in other places it is. I always thought there were three super majors with a turnover of about 300m (E,BP,S) and the other 3 grouped at 180m (T,CP,ChT) were called majors but looking around the internet there is no consistency anywhere: so what do we do? Acknowledge the lack of consistency in the text? --BozMo talk 12:50, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

While we are at it, we might mention the differences between these companies and state-owned companies, many of which are significantly larger, in terms of reserves and/or production, than ExxonMobil. --Geologyguy 13:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] US-centric?

First paragraph seems a little US-centric. How about changing

"Oil accounts for 40% of the United States' energy supply and a comparable percentage of the world’s energy supply."

to

"Oil accounts for 40% of the world's energy supply."

Maybe so. But perhaps with different languages the country changes. I could check that, therefor agreeing with you. The Americans are self-centered sometimes. 24.97.33.132 19:17, 11 December 2006 (UTC)Starletly