The integrated oil giants such as Exxon Mobil(XOM), Royal Dutch Shell(RDS.A, RDS.B), Total(TOT), BP(BP), etc. depend on the oil field services firms that offer the equipment, the infrastructure and the technology needed to extract, store and transport oil and natural gas. These firms form a very important part of the oil and gas industry by offerering their highly technical know-how and specialized personnel to the industry.

Some of the oilfield services providers such as Schlumberger(SLB),Halliburton(HAL),Baker Hughes(BHI), etc. generate billions in revenues each year and have operations globally. For example, Baker Hughes operates in over 90 countries and offers “advanced products and services to help customers drill, evaluate, complete and produce oil and gas wells.”

The Top 15 Global Oil Services Firms based on rankings by PFC energy are:

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Recently I wrote an article on high yielding natural gas stocks. In this post let me list the top 15 natural gas utilities in the world for 2009. This list is based on rankings by the energy consultancy PFC Energy.

 The Top 15 Natural Gas Utilities:

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Some of the utilities shown above are multi-utilities. For example, E.ON of Germany is both a natural gas and electricity utility. E.ON  has operations in many countries including Germany, the UK, US, France, Denmark, etc. Petronas Gas is a division of Petronas oil company of Malaysia. The famous Petronas tower in Kuala Lumpur was built by Petronas as a monument to showcase Malaysia’s growth.

The global energy consultancy PFC Energy has published the top 50 energy companies of the world for 2009 based on market cap. PetroChina (PTR), the integrated National Oil Company (NOC) of China is the highest ranked company with a market cap of $353 B. PetroChina beat last year’s winner of the top spot ExxonMobil(XOM) of the U.S.

Four emerging market firms made it to the top 10 ranking.These four firms are PetroChina & Sinopec of China, Gazprom of Russia and Petrobras of Brazil.

PFC Energry’s Top 50 Energy Companies for 2009:

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Note:
IOC – Integrated Oil Company
E&P – Exploration and Production
R&M – Refining and Marketing

Some of the key takeaways from the PFC Energy report are:

• The market caps of the 50 largest energy companies rose by 35% to $3.9T from $2.8T a year ago
• Petrobras and Rosneft more doubled their values from 2008
• The energy firms from worst hit countries in 2008 outperformed in 2009
• Russian giants Gazprom, Rosneft and Lukoil produced a combined 88% value gain
• Ecopetrol of Colombia is ranked at number 25