Minggu, 28 Juli 2013

Rebecca Hall is off and running around the world

Rebecca Hall is off and running around the world

Actress Rebecca Hall is seen Aug. 23 at the Bluebird Restaurant in London. Hall, daughter of a theater director and an opera singer, will star in Ben Affleck's latest film "The Town" scheduled to open in theaters Sept. 17.
New York Times
Published: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 4:31 p.m.
LONDON — When Rebecca Hall was 10, her father sat her down for a serious talk. Peter Hall, the venerable British theater and opera director, told her she had a choice to make. “Do you want to be a child actress or an actress?” he asked.
It was a pertinent question. At the age of 9, long before she wowed movie critics and audiences alike in “Vicky Christina Barcelona,” “Frost/Nixon” and “Please Give,” Rebecca Hall had been lauded for her debut performance, clad in a dainty frock and ankle socks, in “The Camomile Lawn,” a British miniseries directed by her father. Offers for more roles had followed.
Recalling their conversation now, Peter Hall, 79, said in a telephone interview: “She answered, ‘I want to be an actress.’ And I said, ‘Then if I were you, I’d have my childhood be as rich as you can and then be an actor when you grow up.’”
Flash forward to today: Rebecca Hall, now 28, is among the fastest-rising, and most gifted, actresses of her generation. With no formal training she became an actress in 2002, after dropping out of Cambridge, where she studied English literature for two years. She triumphed later that same year on the West End stage in “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” (her father directed), began making movies in 2006 with “Starter for 10” and hasn’t stopped working since.
“I saw her as Rosalind at BAM” — the Brooklyn Academy of Music — “in ‘As You Like It’ in 2003, and I was just dazzled by her,” said Juliet Taylor, the casting director who later urged Woody Allen to hire Hall for “Vicky Christina.” “She has a very real quality. There’s nothing too actressy about her. And her beauty isn’t larger than life, it’s a kind of real person’s great looks.”

In person, as on screen, there’s nothing showy about Hall. Yes, she’s tall (5 feet 10 inches) and lovely, but not in an I’m-a-movie-star, look-at-me way. When she walked into the outdoor patio of the Bluebird Cafe in the Chelsea neighborhood of London late one morning last month, heads didn’t swivel. She gracefully sank into the cushions of a love seat, ordered a cappuccino and croissant, and signaled that she was ready to talk about her career, life and “The Town,” a morally complex crime thriller starring Ben Affleck, who also directed, that opens Friday. Hall in conversation is self-effacing, articulate, analytical, quick to laugh and pleased to chew over the challenges and joys of acting. Unlike many other performers, however, she does not find herself to be an endlessly fascinating topic. “I don’t like talking about myself, if I’m honest,” she said. And her personal life is off limits for discussion. “If I don’t have that, I have nothing,” she said. (Her skittishness is understandable. Last spring Hall had her first brush with tabloid notoriety when a British newspaper speculated, baselessly, that her work friendship with the director Sam Mendes had contributed to the dissolution of his marriage to Kate Winslet.)
She does interviews like this one, along with magazine fashion shoots and red-carpet appearances, because they are part of being a professional actress today. “You can’t do what you want to do now unless you do some of that,” she said. “I wish it were otherwise. Now there’s just this incessant, ‘Who are you really?’”
Her American-born mother, Maria Ewing, a celebrated opera star, said Hall is able to keep the publicity machine in perspective, having seen her parents subjected to it. (Their marriage ended when she was 5.) “The only thing that matters — I know this sounds cliched — is the art itself,” Ewing said. “The fame stuff, that’s something you should never aim for, never. Rebecca doesn’t have that sort of ego. She’s never needed that.”
Hollywood directors and casting agents always want to know if Hall can do a convincing American accent. The answer is a resounding yes. Thanks to her mother, she holds dual citizenship and spent childhood vacations in New York and Los Angeles, where Ewing often was performing. “I very much feel half and half, and I’m as comfortable in New York as in London,” Hall said. (Her American half includes dashes of American Indian and African-American ancestry.)
Whether she could do an American accent was Allen’s sole question before hiring her as an American abroad for “Vicky Christina.” The director Nicole Holofcener also asked Hall about that for “Please Give,” in which she plays a dutiful Manhattan granddaughter. “I said, ‘Can you do one right now?’” Holofcener recalled. “Rebecca laughed and said it was hard just to do it like that, but she could. Unlike some English actresses I’ve worked with before, she didn’t need a coach.”
Affleck too sought accent reassurance. He wanted her to play the lead female role, a bank manager who is taken hostage during a holdup, in “The Town.” “I knew Rebecca’s work and knew if I met her and liked her, she’d be perfect for the movie,” Affleck said. “But I also needed to know she wouldn’t argue with me every minute — the actress whammy. She’s the opposite of actress whammy. Rebecca is beautiful, engaging, smart — I mean really, really smart — and a joy to work with.”
Told of Affleck’s “actress whammy” concerns, Hall hooted with laughter. “With good reason,” she said, “who wants to spend three months of your life working with someone you don’t get on with, or can’t share a joke with?”

“The Town” was shot on location in Boston, where Affleck is fondly considered a local boy. Hall had just finished an extended, globe-spanning tour in stage productions of Chekov’s “Cherry Orchard” and Shakespeare’s “Winter’s Tale.” “I did my last performance in this amazing amphitheater in Epidaurus in Greece, and then the whole cast stayed up all night — we’d been together for 10 months — and went skinny-dipping in the Aegean as the sun came up,” she said. “And then I literally got on a plane, flew to London and changed planes and on to Boston.”
A day later she had to film one of her most emotionally intense scenes. While in a laundromat, her character spots a bloodstain on a blouse she is folding, a leftover from the bank robbery. “Rebecca’s character is supposed to have a sense memory reaction and start crying out of the blue,” Affleck said. “It’s really the hardest thing to do, and on your very first day. She did it, and it was great. And then she did it again and again. I didn’t think we’d even get hot-cross buns, but she just nailed it. I thought, ‘Whew, OK, she’s good.’”
As Hall remembered it: “It was tough to do that scene, but it’s good to have to do a difficult scene first off the bolt, because you get over all that worry. The crew can calm down and — it’s important — be at ease and trusting of their actors. It helps to make a great set.”
Any set on which Hall works is apparently a great set. Past colleagues like Amanda Peet, Scarlett Johansson and Oliver Platt all took time out from work or summer vacations to express, either by phone or by e-mail, their admiration, respect and fondness for her. Jeremy Renner, who acts in “The Town,” said that during the production he, Hall and a co-star, Jon Hamm, hung out, singing blues and dancing around a piano that Renner had installed in his Boston hotel room. They also watched old movies together, Renner said, noting that Hall had pushed for “Arthur.”
“Yes, we had a little Dudley Moore festival,” Hall confirmed. “We watched ‘10’ too. Those are like comfort movies to me.”
Since shooting “The Town,” Hall has acted in three more coming movies: “Everything Must Go” (with Will Ferrell), “A Bag of Hammers” and “The Awakening.” Next up she starts rehearsals in November to play Viola in “Twelfth Night,” a production her father is directing at the National Theater in London to celebrate his 80th birthday.
Her immediate priority, though, is to rent a small apartment in London. While working nonstop for the past two years she has been living out of two suitcases — the rest of her possessions are in storage — and bunking in hotels and with friends and family.
“I’m OK this way,” she said of her vagabondage, “but I fully appreciate that I can’t carry on much longer. My friends and family who’ve put me up whenever I knock on doors, they are going to get bored of doing that.”

5 Reasons Why I Love Rebecca Hall

I watched Dorian Gray today for only one reason: it has Rebecca Hall in it. For many people, the name Rebecca Hall isn't familiar. But I can guarantee you that she has been in at least one movie you've seen. Unless you completely missed The Prestige or The Town in which case you are totally missing out on something special.

Anyway, Rebecca Hall is one of my most favourite actresses. I just think she's the cat's pyjamas. And like last week's entry Cillian Murphy, Hall is severely underrated. Which is probably why I love her so much.

1. Her performance in The Town.



The Town is largely an ensemble piece featuring some brilliant performances across the board, especially from the Oscar nominated Jeremy Renner. Sure, Renner has a stand-out performance, Blake Lively was particularly interesting with her different sort of role and Pete Postlethwaite was terrifying in his few short scenes. But the person I loved the most out of all of them was my girl Rebecca Hall. She didn't have a very flashy role, but she was quietly compelling and proved that she was a very good leading lady. Now, let's all hope that after this movie she'll get more great offers like this, because, after all, she is so awesome.

2. She's a stage actress.


There's something about a stage actress which I really like. I don't know what it is, but acting on stage takes a hell of a lot of talent, considering the whole thing gets done in one night. Rebecca has been in a lot of stage productions in her career, particularly because her father is a renowned stage director. Which is cool, because it certainly does sound like she's achieved a lot on the stage, and she's also managed to juggle a good film career into that.

3. She's a very natural looking actress.


You know how there are some actresses who always look like actresses - all glossy with their hair looking perfect and make-up smothered over them? When I look at Rebecca, she's always struck me as a naturally beautiful girl. To be honest, she is very plain, but she's so well defined, I'm actually quite jealous of her. She's quite statuesque, she has quite a large mouth, her eyes are a beautiful brown and her hair is so nice and relaxed. I wouldn't say that she looks like a 'movie star', but just a nice, plain actress.

4. Her body of work is goooooooood.


Rebecca hasn't starred in a lot, but as I've said, it's hard to miss a movie with her in it, because she's been in some good ones. She started her film career with Brit comedy Starter for 10, which also starred other brilliant Brits James McAvoy and Alice Eve. In that same year she went straight to the top with a supporting role in Christopher Nolan's The Prestige. And you all know how amazing Chris Nolan is, so this role was pretty huge for her. Two years later she scored a Golden Globe nomination for her leading role in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Even though I didn't much like the film, this is where I completely fell in love with her. Following that was Frost/Nixon, Dorian Gray and also Red Riding, which got her a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. Of course, 2010 brought The Town, and also the lovely indie comedy Please Give, where she plays one of the nicest characters on Earth. And rounding out her boomer career (for the time being) is Everything Must Go, co-starring Will Ferrell. Seriously, you have no reason not to watch her. It's not like her films are hard to find, or anything.

5. I'm sure she radiates niceness.


Seriously, every time I see her, she looks like she could be the kindest person ever. I was just watching some interviews with her, and she seems like she's a lovely person, so sweet and so relaxed. Her smile probably has enough wattage to light up Dannevirke. This could just be me comparing her to her lovely character in Please Give (who is an incredibly selfless person, someone who I envy greatly), but I find it impossible not to love her. She's a gorgeous, genuine actress, who spreads happiness around all of her movies. My goodness, I love her.

Senin, 15 Juli 2013

Largest ROAD

As we all know the fact that roads are fundamental component of any country’s transportation system and most probably they play a key role in interconnection and communication between cities of country. Roads play the most important role in countries economic and social development so they must be of vast network, fast and very much efficient in order to achieve maximum benefits. It is a well-known that they improve transport, they help taking people from one place to another and hence decreasing the economic decline or poverty. China is emphasizing this fact the most that road transport is the base of country’s progress and it enhance other factors too. They connect every institute to other, offices, schools etc reducing the time so its is really key infrastructure. They must be of high standard and should be safe to give human life security with the help of traffic signals, Traffic wardens and traffic signs etc. Achieving secure roads increase foreign tourism too hence increasing inter country cultural communication. They have also a positive impact on education, mobility, help governments to earn toll tax hence generating more revenue, increasing automobile industry sales, help to develop road relevant institutes like traffic police department hence increasing job opportunity and also help people move who do the job in other cities of their respective countries. Beside all these benefits that roads play, following is the list of top 10 countries having largest road networks:

Top Ten Largest Road Networks List (Ranking Wise )

Rank Country Roads in km
1. USA 6,506,204
2. China 4,193,000
3. India 4,020,000
4. Brazil 1,751,868
5. Japan 1,210,251
6. Canada 1,042,300
7. Russia 982,000
8. France 951,200
9. Austria 823,217
10. Spain 681,298

Debt World

After a comprehensive research from authentic sources The report we are generating here at whichcountry.co . first we will try to understand what is a debt or an external debt?we will elaborate this topic by taking example of some country under debt for instance we take Mexico, it is when we say “external debt” refers to money a country owes to other countries or foreign creditors in a foreign currency. It is called “external” because it is a form that comes from outside, from a country. Loans can come from a national government, one international financial institution like the IMF is, or a private bank. For example, if Mexico borrows the Dutch government, then that is a debt to Mexico. Also, if Mexico receives a loan from a private Dutch bank, then it is external debt too. The country’s external debt is the sum of all the money, plus interest, that this country owes to foreign creditors. Legal systems protect individuals with the legal concept of bankruptcy. When an individual or a company indebted, when they cannot pay the loan back or when it is impossible to pay their debts, a court examines the case for them for this situation. If the judge decides that truly cannot pay all the amount, the person or company has to pay what you can and go bankrupt. Thus, individuals and businesses are protected by law from being trapped in a cycle of inescapable debt. But in international law, there is no bankruptcy for countries. This means that no matter how large the debt, nor does it matter if the economy is unable to generate enough funds to pay for it-the country is said to be in debt. A judge cannot determine that a country is unable to repay and cancel part or all of your debt. In the early 1980s, a debt crisis hit Mexico, Latin America, and most of the world. The combination of much economic, political, and historical debt caused to fire poor nations in those years. Indebted countries, starting with Mexico in 1982, found themselves unable to pay their debts. Among creditor governments and organizations, this was a “crisis” because they were in danger of not recovering their investment-but for the countries and people of the South, was a true social crisis, political, and economic too. Debt service means all the money the government pays all of your creditors, payments of interest and principal. When a government is forced to devote its resources to pay the debt, then it cannot be allocated those resources to social needs such as health and education. For example, in Mexico, the cost of debt service representing 6.8% of gross domestic product and 23.2% of total annual exports. But public spending on health Mexico only represents 2.7% of GDP. According to the Development Program of the United Nations, an increase of 1% of GDP in the amount of funds devoted to health reduces natal mortality rate by 24%.
That was a brief story , now the question is Which Country Has Most debt. Almost all countries of world are under debt whether it is on larger or smaller scale, following is the list of countries top ten in debt:


List of Top Ten Countries in Debt

Rank Country External Debt US Dollars
1. European Union 16,080,000,000,000
2. United States 16,734,344,500,000
3. United Kingdom 9,836,000,000,000
4. France 5,633,000,000,000
5. Germany 5,624,000,000,000
6. Japan 2,719,000,000,000
7. Italy 2,460,000,000,000
8. Netherlands 2,655,489,600,000
9. Spain 2,290,000,000,000
10. Ireland 2,352,000,000,000

Largest Cities

World's Largest Cities By Population
from last decade, The world is now an urban place, like it or not. Since 2007 the population in cities exceeded the rural population, the population difference between the countryside and the city has not stopped growing. Six years later the world’s largest cities have continued to grow at a rapid pace, especially Asian and African mega cities, demographically, although not to the efficiency with which they faced their enormous size and that creates some problems of each and more difficult to solve.
On January 1, 2013 it is estimated that worldwide 502 agglomerations over millions inhabitants, 74 in excess of five , 29 above 10 , 12 in excess of 20 million and one city that exceeds the barrier of 30 million.
The top 10 of the largest mega cities in the world includes some changes that we are publishing in this blog is three years ago data reported. While occupying first place is Tokyo, with a turnover of approximately 34 million (virtually unchanged from 2010) and the second Chinese city of Guangzhou (Canton), in other places if we find changes.
Seoul, the Korean capital, yields the third Shanghai and Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, emerging with strong growth exceeding 25 million inhabitants. Mexico City and Delhi tied for sixth place, followed by Karachi, Manila and New York to complete the top ten, in which only one American city slip between the rests of Asia.

Top Ten Largest Cities in the World by Population

Rank City Population
1. Tokyo (Japan) 34,600,000
2. Guangzhou (China) 26,300,000
3. March Jakarta (Indonesia) 25.8 million
4. Shanghai (China) 25.8 million
5. Seoul (Korea) 25.6 million
6. City of Mexico 23,500,000
7. Delhi (India) 23,500,000
8. Karachi (Pakistan) 22.1 million
9. Manila (Philippines) 21,800,000
10. New York (United States) 21,500,000
In the ranking of top ten world’s largest cities population, we will take a look at Europe nations , in the overall world ranking cities have to descend through the 16th to find the first city in Europe to (Moscow, with more than 16 million) and to 24th place to find the first of the European Union (London, with 13 million). The largest urban agglomeration in Spain is Madrid, with 5.4 million in the 68th, followed by Barcelona, who is ranked 91 with 4.2 million in the metropolitan area. The largest cities in South America are Sao Paulo with 21 million and Buenos Aires with 14 million.

Religions In The World

Top Ten Religions in the World (by number of adherents)

Following is the list of most practiced religions in the world, probably Top Ten Religions in the World (with most population)  :

1. Christianity

Christianity with the most population
FOUNDED : Christianity began about 2000 years ago in what is now Israel.
FOUNDER :: Jesus of Nazareth, or Jesus Christ, “the Anointed One”, “The Messiah”.
WRITING HOME: The Bible – Old and New Testaments. Adherents :: is estimated at about 2 billion.
CULTS: Christianity is divided into three main sects: Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant. Among Protestants there are over 20,000 denominations.
Currently Christianity is at the top practiced  religion in the world

2.Islam

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FOUNDED: Islam began about 1400 years ago in what is now Saudi Arabia.
Started by: THE Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
KEY SCRIPTURE: THE QURAAN, the revealed scripture of Islam, and the Hadith, the teachings, sayings and life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Adherents: One billion, mostly in the Middle East, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Africa, China and Eastern Europe. According to Guiness

3.Hinduism

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FOUNDED: Hinduism, the world’s oldest religion, has no beginning – predates written history.
FOUNDER: Hinduism has no single founder.
MAJOR SCRIPTURES: The Gita, Vedas, the Agamas and more.
Adherents: Almost one billion, mostly in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, Indian Ocean, Africa, Europe and North and South.
CULTS: There are four major denominations: Saivism, Saktism, Vaishnavism and Smartism.

4.Buddhism

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FOUNDED: Buddhism began about 2500 years ago in India.
FOUNDER: Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha, or “Enlightened One.”
Major Scriptures: The Tripitaka, Anguttara-Nikaya, Fhammapada, Sutta-Nipata, Samyutta-Nikaya and many others.
Adherents: More than 300 million.
Cults: Buddhism today is divided into three main sects: Theravada, or Hinayana (Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia), Mahayana (China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea), and Vajrayana (Tibet, Mongolia and Japan).

5.Taoism

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FOUNDED: Taoism began about 2500 years ago in China.
FOUNDER: Lao-Tzu, whom Confucius described as a dragon riding the wind and clouds.
KEY SCRIPTURE: The Tao-te-Ching, or “Book of Reason and Virtue”, is among the shortest of all scriptures, containing only 5000 words. Also important are the sacred writings of Chiang-tsu.
Adherents: Estimated at 50 million, mostly in China and elsewhere in Asia.
CULTS: Taoism is a highly mystical tradition, so there have been various interpretations and sects are many.

6.Confucianism

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FOUNDED: Confucianism began about 2500 years ago in China.
FOUNDER: The Supreme Sage K’ung-fu-tsu (Confucius) and Second Sage Meng-tsu (Mencius).
KEY SCRIPTURE: The Philosophical Reviews, Doctrine of the Mean, Great Learning and Mencius book.
Adherents: Approximately 350 million, mostly in China, Japan, Burma and Thailand.
CULTS: There are no formal sects Confucianism. The followers are free to profess other religions and still be Confucianists.

7. Jainism

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FOUNDED: THE Jainism began about 2500 years ago in India.
FOUNDER: Nataputra Vardhamana, known as Mahavira “Great Hero”.
Pricipales Scriptures: The Jain Agamas and Siddhantas.
ADHARENTES: About 600 million, almost exclusively in Central and South India, especially in Mumbai.
CULTS: There are two sects. The sect Digambara (“sky clad”) argues that a saint should own nothing, not even clothes, hence the practice of wearing only a loincloth. They believe that salvation in this birth is not possible for women. The sect Svetambara (“white robes”) disagree on that point.


8.Shintoism

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FOUNDED: Shintoism in Japan began around 2500-3000 years ago.
FOUNDER :: Each of the thirteen ancient sects has its own founder.
KEY SCRIPTURE: Kojiki (Record of Ancient Things), Nikongi (Chronicles of Japan), a later work, Yangishiki (Institutes Yengi period), and the Collection of 10,000 Leaves are the main works, but are not considered revealed scripture.
Adherents: About 30 million, mostly in Japan. Most are also Buddhists.

9. Judaism

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FOUNDED: Judaism began about 3700 years ago in the Near East, mainly Canaan (now Israel) and Egypt.
FOUNDERS: Abraham, who began the lineage, and Moses, who emancipated the enslaved Jewish tribes from Egypt.
HOME WRITING: The Torah (the Old Testament and the Talmud).
Adherents: About 12 million worldwide, more than half in the United States.
CULTS :: The Jews are divided into sects: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform, with other regional and ethnic divisions.

10. Sikhism

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FOUNDED: THE Sikhism began about 500 years ago in North India, today the nation of Pakistan.
FOUNDER: Guru Nanak.
KEY SCRIPTURE: The Adi Granth, revered as the present guru of belief.
Adherents: Estimated as nine million, primarily in the state of Punjab in India.
CULTS: Khalsa Besides, there are Ram Raiyas in Uttar Pradesh and two groups with gurus in life – the Mandharis and Nirankaris.

11. Zoroastrianism

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FOUNDED: Zoroastrianism began 2600 years ago in ancient Iran.
FOUNDER: Spenta Zarathustra (Zoroaster).
KEY SCRIPTURE: Lots of Zend-Avesta (Persian).
Adherents: 125,000, mostly near Mumbai, where they are called Parsis.
Cults: Cults today are three: Shagenshai, Kadmi and Fassali.
These were the most preached and practiced  Top Ten Religions in the World. Below is table showing population and percentage of each religion.

Top Ten Religions in the World By Population

Religion Members Percentage
Christianity 2.1 billion 33.0%
Islam 1.5 billion 21
Hinduism 900 million 14
Buddhism 376 million 6
Sikhism 23 million 0.36
Judaism 14 million 0.22
Bahaism 7 million 0.1
Confucianism 6.3 million 0.1
Jainism 4.2 million 0.1
Shintoism 4 million 0.0

Oil Companies

The importance of oil has not stopped growing since its first industrial applications in the mid-nineteenth century, and its demand is increasing rapidly with passage of time. here we will discuss largest oil companies in the world, The global oil discoveries attracted the attention of companies, both private and state, who were devoted to extract this wealth that exists in the subsurface.
At present many companies have the this business: from extracting oil and gas through pipelines and installation of platforms, to the production of derivatives as fuel and plastics. The world’s major top  oil companies are located in four continents: Asia, Europe, America and Africa. The most important, The Middle East is one of the places where there are large reserves of crude account. There is the half of the world’s oil reserves: 1.2 billion barrels , approximately. The vast wealth that exists on that side of the planet began to astonish the oil after the Second World War with the discovery of large oilfields in Saudi Arabia and Iran, according to Ephraim review Barberii, author of The Well Illustrated. Only these two countries have a third of the oil reserves in the world. also the gas production statistics resemble with oil extraction countries mainly the oil and gas are little identical natural resources found near to each other.
According to a report published in the journal Comparative Petroleum Weekly Intelligence over 100 major oil companies, the first place is the state of Saudi Arabia: Aramco. The report takes into account several aspects: investment, sales, refining and production. Aramco currently produces 8.9 million barrels of crude oil and its reserves are in the order of 264 billion barrels. the crude oil is processed through hundreds of steps for finalization of petroleum, gasoline and other usable products.
Upscale. Besides Iran, the UAE and China, the list also includes three Latin American and Brazil’s Petrobras that ranks # 15, Mexico’s Pemex in 11th and Petroleos de Venezuela which rose from fifth to fourth step.
PDVSA produced 3.2 million barrels a day, according to official figures at the end of last year. According to the ranking published by Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, the corporation passed in 2008 from fifth to fourth place among the world’s most important companies.
The company has been accumulating assets in the order of U.S. $ 131.832 million in 2008, representing an increase of U.S. $ 24.938 million (23%) compared to the previous period. These variations are mainly due to increase in property, plant and equipment as a result of investments established in the business plan of the company and also the product of nationalization.
Following is the list of world’s biggest and top five oil companies according to their revenue generation: The first one is based in united states.

Top 5 Largest Oil Companies in the World (List)

Ranking Company Industry Revenue (USD billions) FY Capitalization (USD billions) Employ Headquarters
1 Exxon Mobil Corporation Oil and gas $482 December 31, 2012 $406 76,900 United States Irving, Texas
2 Royal Dutch Shell // $481 December 31, 2012 $132 90,000 Netherlands The Hague; United Kingdom London
3 Sinopec Group // $441 December 31, 2012 $81 401,000 China Beijing
4 BP // $388 December 31, 2012 $86 83,000 United Kingdom London
5 China National Petroleum Corporation // $378 December 31, 2011 ——— 464,000 China Beijing