Op-Ed: Who really owns Big Oil companies?

Published January 27, 2013 5:00am ET



Oil and gas companies have become a go-to punching bag for politicians looking to score easy political points. Many lawmakers and pundits routinely paint America’s oil and gas companies as poster children for corporate greed — suggesting that these firms earn outsized profits that only benefit an elite group.

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