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By Nolan FeeneySeptember 21, 2014 1:02 PM EDTCorrection appended at 6:05 p.m. ETMore than 100,000 people are taking to the streets of New York City on Sunday to tak
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Oil rigs extract petroleum in the Los Angeles area community of Culver City, California.David McNew鈥擥etty ImagesBy Kyla MandelFebruary 9, 2023 1:06 PM ESTAround this time every year, companies start releasing their annual earnings reports. Based on what wersquo;ve seen so far, for Big Oil, 2022 was a banner year. The profits alone so far declared by 10 of the largest public fos
air max sil-fuel companies totaled over $280 billionmdash;in large part thanks to the rise in oil and gas prices spurred by Russiarsquo war in Ukraine. This got us thinking: How big would Big Oil be if it were a country To figure this out, we took a look at their annual revenuemdash;a closer approximation to GDP than profits alone.
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