International oil majors such asExxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC are being squeezed out of the world's main oil-producing areas by national oil companies.
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IEA Says Fading Oil Production Threatens Supply
For Big Oil Firms, a Silver Lining
Falling energy prices are good news for consumers. The trend could also provide surprisingly welcome relief to another constituency: big oil companies.
Chevron’s Net to Set Tone for Industry
The underlying message this quarter from Chevron, Exxon Mobil Corp., BP PLC and Royal Dutch Shell PLC may well be that they are the corporate equivalent of giant ocean tankers: big, durable and built to withstand oil-price volatility.
What the news media says about the website that’s cost Shell billions
On 25 January 2008, Carl Mortished, World Business Editor of The Times newspaper wrote an article headlined: Shell chief fears oil shortage in seven years in which he described the site as an independent website that monitors the company.