Roots

Oil Producers, Exporters, Consumers, Importers [millions of barrels/day]

Producers	Prod.	Exporters	Exports	Consumers	Used	Importers	Imp.
1. S. Arabia	10.37	1. S. Arabia	8.73	1. USA	20.5	1. USA	11.8
2. Russia	9.27	2. Russia	6.67	2. China	6.5	2. Japan	5.3
3. USA	8.69	3. Norway	2.91	3. Japan	5.4	3. China	2.9
4. Iran	4.09	4. Iran	2.55	4. Germany	2.6	4. Germany	2.5
5. Mexico	3.83	5. Venezuela	2.36	5. Russia	2.6	5. S. Korea	2.1
6. China	3.62	6. UAE	2.33	6. India	2.3	6. France	2.0
7. Norway	3.18	7. Kuwait	2.20	7. Canada	2.3	7. Italy	1.7
8. Canada	3.14	8. Nigeria	2.19	8. Brazil	2.2	8. Spain	1.6
9. Venezuela	2.86	9. Mexico	1.80	9. S. Korea	2.1	9. India	1.5
10. UAE	2.76	10. Algeria	1.68	10. France	2.0	10. Taiwan	1.0
11. Kuwait	2.51	11. Iraq	1.48	11. Mexico	2.0
12. Nigeria	2.51	12. Libya	1.34
13. UK	2.08	13. Kazakh.	1.06
14. Iraq	2.03	14. Qatar	1.02

NOTE: OPEC members in italics.

Source: Energy Information Administration (EIA/USGOV)

“If we can’t sell our inventory, we are through.”
—Robert Gross, president, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation; December 31, 1946

Worlds Largest Defence Contractors

Lockheed Martin [USA]
Raytheon Systems [USA]
Boeing [USA]
Northrup Grumman [USA]
General Dynamics [USA]
British Aerospace Systems [USA/UK]
European Aerospace & Defence Corporation [Franco-German]
Thales [French]

Worlds Largest Corporations

#	Company	Country	Revs	Net Inc	Assets	Mkt Val
1	Citigroup Finance	USA	$112,022m	$14,284m	$1,051,450m	$223,040m
2	General Electric Finance	USA	125,913	14,128	495,023	309,306
3	American Intl Group Insurance	USA	62,402	5,499	492,982	174,986
4	ExxonMobil Oil & Gas	USA	187,510	15,105	143,174	270,805
5	Bank of America Bank	USA	53,116	6,792	621,764	117,090
6	BP Oil & Gas	UK	174,218	8,010	141,158	191,054
7	HSBC Bank	UK	47,710	5,406	695,147	116,711
8	Fannie Mae Finance	UK	50,803	6,067	799,791	79,690
8	Royal Dutch/Shell Oil & Gas	Dutch	135,211	10,852	111,543	192,256*
10	Ing Group Finance	Dutch	82,983	4,096	620,120	52,609

Other Strategy Drivers:

1. Euro vs. Dollar
2. Caspian Oil