claim: "over the past decade, the big five oil companies --- bp, chevron, conocophillips, exxonmobil and shell -- made a total profit of nearly $1 trillion."
author: jim moran
evidence_1: jan 31, 2011 ... oil prices and profits rise while big oil defends its tax loopholes ... sakuma the big five oil companies—bp, chevron, conocophillips, exxonmobil, and shell —made a total profit of nearly $1 trillion over the past decade.
evidence_2: jan 17, 2014 ... the oil industry has prospered over the past decade, thanks to high oil and  gasoline prices. the five largest companies -- bp, chevron, conocophillips,  exxonmobil, and shell -- earned more than $1 trillion during this time. ... she  discovered that nearly half of all direct jobs in the oil and gas industry are for ...
evidence_3: sep 27, 2011 ... these companies enjoy billions in cash reserves, made nearly $1 trillion in ...  conocophillips, and exxonmobil—had $27 billion in cash or equivalent ... the  past decade was very prosperous for the big five oil companies due in ... 2010,  exxonmobil, chevron, shell, and bp combined to reduce their u.s. ...
evidence_4: feb 5, 2013 ... shell made $6.7 billion in the fourth quarter, pushing their annual profits to more  than $26 billion. ... in the last decade, the top five oil and gas companies have  now ... lest we forget what occurred in 2008 when oil prices spiked: exxonmobil  ... chevron. 176.9. bp. 154.2. conocophillips. 125.2. total profits.
evidence_5: may 16, 2011 ... the big five oil companies -- exxon mobil, shell, chevron, bp and conoco  phillips -- made nearly $1 trillion in profits in the last decade, more ...