SINGAPORE, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts today released its annual
2006 Top 250 Global Energy Companies rankings, recognizing the industry's
top-performing companies around the world. The list, led by Exxon Mobil
Corporation, was unveiled at the Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies
Asia/Pacific Rim Region Awards Dinner, sponsored by Allegro, Energy City
Qatar and LIM. Mr. Li Huaiqi, Secretary to the Board of Petrochina Co. Ltd,
the Platts Top 250's #1 energy company in Asia for five years running,
presented the keynote address at the awards dinner.
The Platts Top 250 is a global survey that measures financial
performance by examining each company's assets, revenues, profits, and
return on invested capital. All companies ranked have assets greater than
(U.S.) $2 billion. The rankings are published on the Platts Web site at
http://www.top250.platts.com and in a special advertising section to be published
in the December 11th issue of BusinessWeek magazine.
"While we're not surprised to see integrated oil and gas (IOG)
companies continue to hold the top positions on the list, it's important to
recognize the important contributions that each of the 250 companies are
making to the industry and the world," said Victoria Chu Pao, President of
Platts. "The innovation and tremendous business performance showcased by
these companies deserve recognition."
Theo Mullen, managing editor of Platts Megawatt Daily publication and
architect of the Platts Top 250 rankings, concurs, "Of the top 20 companies
ranked, 16 are integrated oil and gas companies (IOGs)." As oil prices
remain high, the financials tell the story: The 32 IOGs in the Top 250
claim average individual company assets of $58 billion (up from an average
of $53 billion in 2005), average annual revenues of nearly $68 billion, and
profits of $6.9 billion (versus 2005's average of $5.3 billion). The
combined annual revenue for IOGs alone was just over $2.16 trillion. "No
other energy industry segment can match those numbers," Mullen noted.
The Top 10 2006 Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies are:
Rank Company name Country Industry*
1 Exxon Mobil Corp. USA Integrated oil and gas
2 Royal Dutch Shell plc UK Integrated oil and gas
3 BP plc USA Integrated oil and gas
4 Total France Integrated oil and gas
5 ConocoPhillips USA Integrated oil and gas
6 PetroChina Co. Ltd. China Integrated oil and gas
7 Chevron Corp. USA Integrated oil and gas
8 Petrobras Brazil Integrated oil and gas
9 ENI Italy Integrated oil and gas
10 Statoil ASA Norway Integrated oil and gas
In addition to the overall Top 250 Global Energy Companies, the survey
also highlights leaders in nine categories and three geographic regions as
follows:
#1 Company Worldwide by Industry Segment:
Rank by
Industry Company name Country Industry
1 Consol Energy Inc. USA Coal and consumable fuels
1 Centrica plc UK Diversified utility
1 Electricite de France France Electric utility
1 Oil & Natural Gas
Corp. Ltd. India Exploration and production
1 Gaz de France France Gas utility
1 TXU Corp. USA Independent power producer
and energy trader
1 Exxon Mobil Corp. USA Integrated oil and gas
1 Valero Energy Corp. USA Refining and marketing
1 Kinder Morgan
Energy LP USA Storage and transfer
#1 Company by Global Region:
Company name Country Region
Exxon Mobil Corp. USA The Americas
Royal Dutch Shell plc UK Europe
PetroChina Co. Ltd. China Asia/Pacific Rim
The Top 250 list and profiles on each company can be viewed, in its
entirety, at http://www.top250.platts.com.
The survey uses the latest available data from Standard & Poor's
Compustat database. Standard & Poor's, like Platts and BusinessWeek, is a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP). The information used in
the analysis is for the full fiscal year 2005. Companies were grouped
according to their Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) code and
were recognized by overall global performance, by industry segment, and by
geographic region. Additional marketing and branding tools are available
for those companies recognized in the Platts Top 250 through the Top 250
Global Energy Company Integrated Licensing Program. For information on the
licensing program and how it can be used to announce and promote the
ranking to employees, customers, shareholders and the industry, contact
Robin Mason at +1 631-642-2600 or by e-mail at robin_mason@mcgraw-hill.com
About Platts
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