This statistic depicts the research expenditures of the leading twenty United States-based oil and gas companies in 2009. That year, the oil giant ExxonMobil spent 24.5 billion U.S. dollars on research.
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Research spending of the top 20 publicly traded U.S. oil and gas companies 2009
(in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
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Oil & Gas Journal. (September 6, 2010). Research spending of the top 20 publicly traded U.S. oil and gas companies 2009 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/270519/research-spending-of-the-top-20-us-oil-and-gas-companies/
Oil & Gas Journal. "Research spending of the top 20 publicly traded U.S. oil and gas companies 2009 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 6, 2010. Statista. Accessed July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270519/research-spending-of-the-top-20-us-oil-and-gas-companies/
Oil & Gas Journal. (2010). Research spending of the top 20 publicly traded U.S. oil and gas companies 2009 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270519/research-spending-of-the-top-20-us-oil-and-gas-companies/
Oil & Gas Journal. "Research Spending of The Top 20 Publicly Traded U.S. Oil and Gas Companies 2009 (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Sep 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270519/research-spending-of-the-top-20-us-oil-and-gas-companies/
Oil & Gas Journal, Research spending of the top 20 publicly traded U.S. oil and gas companies 2009 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270519/research-spending-of-the-top-20-us-oil-and-gas-companies/ (last visited July 08, 2025)
Research spending of the top 20 publicly traded U.S. oil and gas companies 2009 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], Oil & Gas Journal, September 6, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/270519/research-spending-of-the-top-20-us-oil-and-gas-companies/
