Rank: 5 (Previous rank: 5) Compare tool:ConocoPhillips vs. Top 10 CEO: James J. Mulva Address: 600 N. Dairy Ashford Rd.
Houston, TX 77079 Phone: 281-293-1000 Website:www.conocophillips.com
Not every oil giant was fat and happy last year. In June, the company was forced to pull out of oil-rich Venezuela following an impasse with President Hugo Chavez. The company estimated that the pullout cost it $4.5 billion and, as a result, ConocoPhillips' earnings plunged 23.5% to $11.8 billion.
But it wasn't all bad news in 2007: ConocoPhillips became the first U.S. oil producer to support mandatory national regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. It recently announced plans to join forces with BP to construct a $30 billion natural gas pipeline in Alaska.