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Production is analogous to revenue, and is the wrong measurement.

Reserves matter more for market cap.



ok, still they have %20 of world reserve. so oil reserves worth 10 billions and %10 of world economy! in US we have more oil consumption than any other nation, do you spend %10 of your money on oil???


Probably more than 10%. Recall that fuel costs are priced into every single item that gets shipped, which is basically all of them.


You're confusing a stock with a flow. If we all spent 10% of our money on oil, their revenue would be 2% of GDP and market cap would be greater.

Say they have 60% net margin and market discount rate is 5%, fair value would be $180 bn * 0.6 * 20 which gets you comfortably past 2 trillion. Their revenue is over double Google.


Oil isn't just gas for your car. It's also gas for the trucks that move products around, asphalt for the roads, fuel for planes, heating oil for homes, oil used to generate electricity, and oil used to make plastics.

So, yes, I do.




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