The top global companies in four different areas in the energy industry are listed below. These firms were ranked for 2009 by the consultancy PFC Energy.

1. Top Companies in Exploration and Production

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2. Top Companies in Refining and Marketing

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3. Top Equipment Makers and EPCI

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4. Top Companies in Alternative Energy

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The exploration and production winners is dominated mostly by companies from Canada and the U.S.  Many world-class mining and energy-related companies are based in Canada since the country is rich in natural resources. Four companies from the emerging country of India appear in the refining and marketing category list. In the equipment maker category, six US firms are included. Due to government regulations and demand for green technologies, European firms lead the world in the alternative energy industry. Accordingly 8 of the 15 winners in this category are from Europe.