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Rank Company Fortune 1000 rank $ millions % change from 2007 $ millions % change from 2007
1 Occidental Petroleum 98 24,480.0 21.2 6,857.0 27.0
2 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 146 17,796.0 -0.4 -11,067.0 -471.8
3 Anadarko Petroleum 162 15,723.0 -1.2 3,261.0 -13.8
4 Devon Energy 163 15,560.0 28.1 -2,148.0 -159.6
5 Apache 217 12,389.8 24.2 712.0 -74.7
6 Chesapeake Energy 230 11,629.0 49.1 723.0 -50.2
7 XTO Energy 330 7,695.0 39.6 1,912.0 13.1
8 EOG Resources 350 7,127.1 70.1 2,436.9 123.6
9 Peabody Energy 353 7,074.0 26.3 953.5 260.8
10 Newmont Mining 400 6,199.0 9.8 853.0 N.A.
11 MDU Resources Group 473 5,003.3 14.3 293.7 -32.0
12 Consol Energy 497 4,652.4 23.7 442.5 65.2
13 Noble Energy 564 3,901.0 19.2 1,350.0 43.0
14 Cliffs Natural Resources 599 3,609.1 58.6 515.8 91.0
15 Massey Energy 689 2,989.8 23.9 56.2 -40.2
16 Arch Coal 692 2,983.8 23.6 354.3 102.6
17 Alpha Natural Resources 762 2,561.0 36.4 165.5 496.9
18 Plains Exploration and Production 802 2,403.5 88.8 -709.1 -546.7
19 Pioneer Natural Resources 814 2,340.1 13.0 220.1 -41.0
20 Southwestern Energy 819 2,311.6 84.2 567.9 156.8
21 Newfield Exploration 838 2,225.0 24.2 -373.0 -182.9
22 Cimarex Energy 908 1,970.3 37.7 -901.7 -360.2
Rank Company Revenues % Assets % Stockholders'
Equity %
1 Occidental Petroleum 28.0 16.5 25.1
2 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold -62.2 -47.4 -191.7
3 Anadarko Petroleum 20.7 6.7 17.4
4 Devon Energy -13.8 -6.7 -12.6
5 Apache 5.7 2.4 4.3
6 Chesapeake Energy 6.2 1.9 4.4
7 XTO Energy 24.8 5.0 11.0
8 EOG Resources 34.2 15.3 27.0
9 Peabody Energy 13.5 9.7 32.8
10 Newmont Mining 13.8 5.4 12.0
11 MDU Resources Group 5.9 4.5 10.6
12 Consol Energy 9.5 6.0 30.3
13 Noble Energy 34.6 10.9 21.4
14 Cliffs Natural Resources 14.3 12.5 29.5
15 Massey Energy 1.9 1.5 5.4
16 Arch Coal 11.9 8.9 20.5
17 Alpha Natural Resources 6.5 9.6 22.8
18 Plains Exploration and Production -29.5 -10.0 -29.8
19 Pioneer Natural Resources 9.4 2.4 6.1
20 Southwestern Energy 24.6 11.9 22.6
21 Newfield Exploration -16.8 -5.1 -11.5
22 Cimarex Energy -45.8 -21.6 -38.4
EARNINGS PER SHARE TOTAL RETURN TO INVESTORS EMPLOYEES
Rank Company 1998-2008 Annual growth (%) 1998-2008 Annual rate (%) 2008 (%) Number % change from 2007
1 Occidental Petroleum 32.7 25.3 -20.7 10,400 7.2
2 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold N.A. 11.3 -75.4 29,300 15.4
3 Anadarko Petroleum N.A. 10.3 -40.9 4,300 7.5
4 Devon Energy N.A. 16.3 -25.6 5,500 10.0
5 Apache N.A. 21.9 -30.2 3,639 3.4
6 Chesapeake Energy N.A. 33.8 -58.4 7,600 20.6
7 XTO Energy N.A. 41.6 -30.6 3,129 32.5
8 EOG Resources N.A. N.A. -25.0 2,100 16.7
9 Peabody Energy N.A. N.A. -62.9 7,200 2.9
10 Newmont Mining N.A. 9.1 -15.9 15,450 3.5
11 MDU Resources Group 18.4 9.4 -20.2 10,074 -18.1
12 Consol Energy N.A. N.A. -59.7 8,176 5.8
13 Noble Energy N.A. 15.5 -37.5 1,571 12.4
14 Cliffs Natural Resources 22.4 19.6 -48.8 5,711 7.8
15 Massey Energy -13.7 3.1 -61.0 6,743 24.7
16 Arch Coal N.A. N.A. -63.3 4,300 6.7
17 Alpha Natural Resources N.A. N.A. -50.2 3,779 3.8
18 Plains Exploration and Production N.A. N.A. -57.0 806 4.0
19 Pioneer Natural Resources N.A. 6.7 -66.6 1,825 7.2
20 Southwestern Energy N.A. 40.9 4.0 1,367 -10.1
21 Newfield Exploration N.A. 6.6 -62.5 1,054 13.7
22 Cimarex Energy N.A. N.A. -36.7 831 9.3
Issue date: May 4, 2009
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