Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	153
Japan	64
France	39

Company	2007 Number of Employees
U.S. Postal Service	785,929
Sinopec	634,011
Hon Hai Precision Industry	550,000

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Company	2007 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil	$40,610
Royal Dutch Shell	$31,331
General Electric	$22,208

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25. China National Petroleum

Rank: 25 (Previous rank: 24)
CEO: Jiang Jiemin
Employees: 1,117,345
Address: 6 Liupukang St.
Beijing 100724
Country: China
Website: www.cnpc.com.cn

China�s largest oil and gas company jumped one position in the Global 500 rankings on a 17% increase in sales. The company�s future seems secure: It recently announced the discovery of the Nanpu oil field, the biggest oil field China has located in the past three decades, according to the company�s annual report. China National Petroleum also newly identified 565.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas in Sulige Gas Province, which was China's first gas field with a proven reserve of more than 1 trillion cubic meters.

	$ millions	% change from 2006
Revenues	129,798.3	17.4
Profits	14,925.3	12.5
Assets	218,919.9	—
Stockholders' equity	141,804.9	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	11
Assets	7

Industry: Petroleum Refining

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Exxon Mobil	2	372,824.0
2	Royal Dutch Shell	3	355,782.0
3	BP	4	291,438.0


4	Chevron	6	210,783.0
5	Total	8	187,279.5
6	ConocoPhillips	10	178,558.0
7	Sinopec	16	159,259.6
8	China National Petroleum	25	129,798.3
9	ENI	27	120,564.7
10	Valero Energy	49	96,758.0
11	Statoil Hydro	59	89,223.9
12	Petrobras	63	87,735.0
13	SK Holdings	86	70,716.9
14	Lukoil	90	67,205.0
15	Repsol YPF	92	67,006.4
16	Petronas	95	66,218.2
17	Marathon Oil	108	60,044.0
18	Indian Oil	116	57,427.0
19	Nippon Oil	117	57,049.2
20	PTT	135	51,192.5
21	Sunoco	168	42,101.0
22	Rosneft Oil	203	36,184.0
23	Reliance Industries	206	35,914.9
24	Nippon Mining Holdings	215	35,139.5
25	Hess	240	31,924.0
26	Idemitsu Kosan	262	29,843.9
27	GS Holdings	267	29,476.7
28	Bharat Petroleum	287	27,872.8
29	Hindustan Petroleum	290	27,717.9
30	OMV Group	295	27,432.8
31	Cosmo Oil	302	26,568.0
32	Cepsa	313	25,853.2
33	CPC	324	24,808.0
34	Tesoro	388	21,675.0
35	Formosa Petrochemical	395	21,343.8
36	Petro-Canada	430	19,788.8
37	Murphy Oil	456	18,439.1
38	PKN Orlen Group	477	17,567.3
39	Galp Energia	484	17,331.3