As Abu Dhabi National Oil Company appoints Sultan Al Jaber as its new director general, we take a look at which firms make up the world’s biggest based on production of barrels of oil equivalent per day. Data, courtesy of Forbes, is for 2014.
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10th: Kuwait Petroleum Corp, 3.4 million boepd. Courtesy Kuwait Petroleum Corporation -
9th: Petroleos Mexicanos - 3.6 million boepd. Pictured, The Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos) Ku-S oil processing centre, part of the Ku-Maloob Zaap complex, in the Gulf of Mexico. AFP -
8th: Royal Dutch Shell - 3.7 million boepd. Brian Snyder / Reuters -
7th: BP - BP - 3.7 million boepd. EPA -
6th: PetroChina - 4 million boepd. Reuters -
5th: Rosneft - 4.7 million boepd. Reuters -
4th: Exxon Mobil - 4.7 million boepd. Pictured, the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas. Reuters -
3rd: National Iranian Oil Co. - 6 million boepd. Pictured, Iranian national flags and flags of Iran's national oil company fly under torches that burn excess-gas at a part of the facility of the phases 4 and 5 of South Pars gas field. AP Photo -
2nd: Gazprom - 8.3 million boepd. An employee walks up the stairs at the Gazprom Neft oil refinery in Moscow. Reuters -
1st: Saudi Aramco - 12 million boepd. Pictured, a flame from a Saudi Aramco oil installion known as "Pump 3" in the desert near the oil-rich area of Khouris, 160 kms east of the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP
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