词条 | Seven Sisters (oil companies) |
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"Seven Sisters" was a common term for the seven transnational oil companies of the "Consortium for Iran" oligopoly or cartel, which dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the mid-1970s. Alluding to the seven mythological Pleiades sisters fathered by the titan Atlas, the business usage was popularized in the 1950s by businessman Enrico Mattei, then-head of the Italian state oil company Eni. The industry group consisted of:[1][2][3]
Preceding the 1973 oil crisis, the Seven Sisters controlled around 85 per cent of the world's petroleum reserves.[4] Since then, industry dominance has shifted to the OPEC cartel and state-owned oil and gas companies in emerging-market economies, such as Saudi Aramco, Gazprom (Russia), China National Petroleum Corporation, National Iranian Oil Company, PDVSA (Venezuela), Petrobras (Brazil), and Petronas (Malaysia). In 2007, the Financial Times called these "the new Seven Sisters".[2][5] According to consulting firm PFC Energy, by 2012 only 7% of the world's known oil reserves were in countries that allowed private international companies free rein. Fully 65% were in the hands of state-owned companies.[6] Composition and historyIn 1951, Iran nationalized its oil industry previously controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now BP), and Iranian oil was subjected to an international embargo. In an effort to bring Iranian oil production back to international markets, the U.S. State Department suggested the creation of a consortium of major oil companies, several of which were daughter corporations of John D. Rockefeller's original Standard Oil monopoly.[7] The "Consortium for Iran" was subsequently formed by the following companies:
The head of the Italian state oil company (Eni), Enrico Mattei, sought membership for his company, but was rejected by what he dubbed the "Seven Sisters", the American and British companies that largely controlled the Middle East's oil production after World War II.[2][9] British writer Anthony Sampson took over the term when he wrote the book The Seven Sisters in 1975, to describe the oil cartel that tried its best to eliminate competitors and keep control of the world's oil resource.[1][10] The term for the oil cartel was further popularized, along with a fictional logo, in The Road Warrior, a 1981 film about apocalyptic fuel shortages.[11] Being politically influential, vertically integrated, well organized, and able to negotiate cohesively as a cartel, the Seven Sisters were initially able to exert considerable power over Third World oil producers. However, in recent decades, the dominance of the Seven Sisters and their successor companies has been challenged by the following trends:[2]
As of 2017, the surviving companies from the Seven Sisters are BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell, which form four members of the "supermajors" group.[12] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite book |authorlink=Anthony Sampson |last=Sampson |first=Anthony |title=The Seven Sisters: The Great Oil Companies and the World They Shaped |location=New York |publisher=Viking Press |year=1975 |isbn=0-553-20449-1}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/471ae1b8-d001-11db-94cb-000b5df10621.html|title= The new Seven Sisters: oil and gas giants dwarf western rivals |newspaper= Financial Times| first= Carola|last= Hoyos|date= 11 March 2007|accessdate=20 October 2013}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946053-1,00.html |title=Business: The Seven Sisters Still Rule |accessdate=24 October 2010 |journal=Time |date=11 September 1978}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/columnists/article272352.ece |title=Shaky industry that runs the world |first=Ian |last=Mann |accessdate=12 April 2016 |newspaper=The Times (South Africa) |date=24 January 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127022854/http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/columnists/article272352.ece |archivedate=January 27, 2010 }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://seekingalpha.com/article/30922-the-new-seven-sisters-todays-most-powerful-energy-companies |last=Vardi |first=Nicholas |title=The New Seven Sisters: Today's Most Powerful Energy Companies |publisher=Seeking Alpha |date=28 March 2007 |accessdate=12 April 2016}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/apr/26/why-should-bahamas-be-in-7-oil-minority/ |title=Why Should Bahamas Be In 7% Oil Minority? |first=David |last=Allen |newspaper=The Tribune |date=26 April 2012 |accessdate=23 April 2017}} 7. ^{{cite book |last=Beltrame |first=Stefano |title=Mossadeq: L'Iran, il petrolio, gli Stati Uniti e le radici della Rivoluzione Islamica |publisher=Rubbettino |year=2009 |isbn=978-88-498-2533-6}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chevron.com/about/leadership/|title=Company Profile|publisher=Chevron.com|accessdate=9 August 2011}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874858,00.html |title=Italy: Two-Timing the Seven Sisters |journal=Time |date=14 June 1963 |accessdate=23 April 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web |last=Henderson |first=Dean |url=http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=24507 |title=The Four Horsemen Behind America's Oil Wars |publisher=Global Research |date=26 April 2011 |accessdate=23 April 2017}} 11. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.laweekly.com/content/printView/6954398 |title=Mad Max–Style Rides Reigned at This Post-Apocalyptic Car Show |first=Liz |last=Ohanesian |newspaper=L.A. Weekly|date=23 May 2016 |accessdate=22 April 2017}} 12. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-26/big-oil-debt-tops-out-as-cost-cuts-combine-with-rally-in-prices |title=Oil Supermajors' Debt From the Crude Collapse May Have Peaked |first=Rakteem |last=Katakey |publisher=Bloomberg News |date=26 January 2017 |accessdate=22 April 2017}} Further reading
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