List of Oil Production articles
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David McNew/Getty Images Really, Really Big Oil
Steve Coll's global tour of how ExxonMobil, the international "supermajor" and world's most profitable company, still rules.
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The World According to Glencore
"The biggest company you never heard of," as Reuters once put it, Glencore does business in dozens of countries on every continent except Antarctica. Here's a snapshot of this global empire -- and some of its murky local alliances.
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Ym-Yik/EPA A Giant Among Giants
Glencore -- founded by famous fugitive Marc Rich -- has cornered the market on just about everything. Now that it's going public, will its ties to dictators and spies stand up to scrutiny?
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Sean Gallup/Getty Images The Qatar Bubble
Can this tiny, rich emirate really solve the Middle East's thorniest political conflicts?
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Balance of Power
In the face-off between companies and countries, don't underestimate the growing power of the state.