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
[edit] Content Needed
This article would benefit from a significantly deeper history section, evolution of the oil industry from 1700-present in particular. The formation of oil section is thin, but could link to petrol. Maybe more info about OPEC? current Russian oil? just more information in general, some of which is available in other articles, including Petroleum.
Dialectric (talk) 18:39, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] largest £ value industry
In the article it states that "The production...of petroleum taken as a whole represent the single largest industry in terms of dollar value on earth."
Does this include the defense/space industry?
W. Shipway 213.208.120.226 (talk) 19:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
