Now start factoring in the crude owned and controlled by foreign (and hostile) governments, and it is clear that the oil industry represents an enemy that can very likely accomplish what no other enemy ever did: defeat us.
Yes, this means the ExxonMobil is equavilent to that economic powerhouse of the World, Bulgaria. It edged out the world renowed economic master of Lithuania.
A rather meaningless number. How many individuals around the world are stock holders are in ExxonMobil? I would guess it may exceed the population of these countries as well.
At the same time, ExxonMobil paid over $105 Billion in Taxes. Where do the taxes paid ranked compare as countries GDP? Moves quite a bit farther up the list.
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/GDP.pdf