Bentley Infrastructure 500
2013 list
Table:
Rank
Organization
Headquarters Country
Infrastructure Value (millions USD)*

1
Federal government of the United States
United States
342,900

2
State Grid Corporation of China
China
236,012

3
GAZPROM
Russia
228,366

4
ExxonMobil
United States
226,949

5
Petrobras
Brazil
204,962

6
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
172,293

7
Highways Agency
United Kingdom
166,985

8
Électricité de France - EDF
France
161,286

9
Chevron Corporation
United States
141,348

10
Petroleos Mexicanos
Mexico
127,449

11
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Netherlands
118,205

12
Walmart
United States
116,681

13
BP
United Kingdom
115,421

14
Korea Electric Power Corporation
Korea
113,498

15
GDF Suez
France
113,416

16
Commonwealth of Australia
Australia
113,386

17
State of California
United States
112,470

18
AT&T
United States
109,767

19
Enel
Italy
109,662

20
Tokyo Electric Power Company
Japan
106,365

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The federal government of the United States ( U.S. federal government ) [ a ] is the national government of the United States , a federal republic in North America , composed of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories and several island possessions . The federal government is composed of three distinct branches : legislative , executive and judicial , whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress , the president and the federal courts , respectively . The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of Congress , including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court .
The United States of America ( USA ) , commonly known as the United States ( U.S. or US ) or America , is a country consisting of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions . [ g ] At 3.8 million square miles ( 9.8 million km2 ) , it is the world 's third or fourth-largest country by total area [ b ] and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe . Most of the country is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico . With an estimated population of over 328 million , the U.S. is the third most populous country in the world . The capital is Washington , D.C. , and the most populous city is New York City . Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago . European colonization began in the 16th century . The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast . Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies led to the American Revolutionary War lasting between 1775 and 1783 , leading to independence . The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century - gradually acquiring new territories , displacing Native Americans , and admitting new states - until by 1848 it spanned the continent . During the second half of the 19th century , the American Civil War led to the abolition of slavery in the United States . The Spanish-American War and World War I confirmed the country 's status as a global military power .
The State Grid Corporation of China ( SGCC ; Chinese : 国家电网公司 ; pinyin : Guójiā Diànwǎng Gōngsī ) , commonly known as the State Grid , is the state-owned electric utility monopoly of China . It is the largest utility company in the world , and as of 2019 , the world 's fifth largest company overall by revenue . In 2016/17 it was reported as having 927,839 employees , 1.1 billion customers and revenue equivalent to US $ 363.125 billion . After the electricity Plant-Grid Separation reform in early 2002 , the assets of State Electric Power Corporation ( 国家电力公司 ) were divided into the five power generation groups that retained the power plants and five regional subsidiaries belonging to the State Grid Corporation of China in Beijing .
China ( Chinese : 中国 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó ) , officially the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) , is a country in East Asia and is the world 's most populous country , with a population of around 1.428 billion in 2017 . Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers ( 3,700,000 sq mi ) , it is the third largest country by area . [ j ] Governed by the Communist Party of China , the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , [ k ] five autonomous regions , four direct-controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ) , and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau . China emerged as one of the world 's first civilizations , in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain . For millennia , China 's political system was based on hereditary monarchies , or dynasties , beginning with the semi-mythical Xia dynasty in 21st century BCE . Since then , China has expanded , fractured , and re-unified numerous times . In the 3rd century BCE , the Qin reunited core China and established the first Chinese empire . The succeeding Han dynasty , which ruled from 206 BCE until 220 CE , saw some of the most advanced technology at that time , including papermaking and the compass , along with agricultural and medical improvements . The invention of gunpowder and movable type in the Tang dynasty ( 618-907 ) and Northern Song ( 960-1127 ) completed the Four Great Inventions . Tang culture spread widely in Asia , as the new Silk Route brought traders to as far as Mesopotamia and the Horn of Africa . Dynastic rule ended in 1912 with the Xinhai Revolution , when the Republic of China ( ROC ) replaced the Qing dynasty . China , as a whole , was ravaged by feudal warlordism and Japan during World War II .
PJSC Gazprom ( Russian : Газпром , IPA : [ ɡɐsˈprom ] ) is a multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg , Russia . It currently sits as the largest natural gas company in the world as of 2019 . The company is mostly owned by the Russian government , via the Federal Agency for State Property Management and Rosneftegaz [ ru ] , while remaining shares are traded publicly . The Gazprom name is a portmanteau of the Russian words Gazovaya Promyshlennost ( Russian : га́зовая промы́шленность - gas industry ) . Gazprom was created in 1989 when the Soviet Ministry of Gas Industry was converted to a corporation , retaining its Russia-based assets . Gazprom is involved in the Russian Government 's diplomatic efforts , setting of gas prices , and access to pipelines . Gazprom 's production fields are located around the Gulf of Ob in Western Siberia . Plans have also been made to mine the Yamal Peninsula . Gazprom 's gas transport system includes 158,200 kilometres of gas trunk lines . Projects include Nord Stream and South Stream . In 2011 , Gazprom produced about 513.2 billion cubic metres ( 18.12 trillion cubic feet ) of natural gas , more than seventeen percent of global gas production . Gazprom also produced about 32.3 million tons of crude oil and nearly 12.1 million tons of gas condensate .
Russia ( Russian : Росси́я , tr . Rossiya , IPA : [ rɐˈsʲijə ] ) , or the Russian Federation , [ e ] is a European country located in Eastern Europe with a vast expanse of territory that stretches across Northern Asia . At 17,125,200 square kilometres ( 6,612,100 sq mi ) , it is by far the largest country in the world by area , covering more than one-eighth of the Earth 's inhabited land area , spanning eleven time zones , and bordering 16 sovereign nations . The territory of Russia extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east , and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caucasus in the south . With 146.7 million inhabitants living in the country 's 85 federal subjects as of 2020 , Russia is the most populous nation in Europe and the ninth-most populous nation in the world . Russia 's capital and largest city is Moscow ; other major urban areas include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod , Kazan and Chelyabinsk . The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD . Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants , the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century . In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire , beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium . Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states , until it was finally reunified by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 15th century . By the 18th century , the nation had greatly expanded through conquest , annexation , and exploration to become the Russian Empire , which was the third largest empire in history , stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east . Following the Russian Revolution , the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( Russian SFSR ) became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR/Soviet Union ) , the world 's first constitutionally socialist state .
Exxon Mobil Corporation , doing business as ExxonMobil , is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving , Texas . It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller 's Standard Oil , and was formed on November 30 , 1999 by the merger of Exxon ( formerly the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ) and Mobil ( formerly the Standard Oil Company of New York ) . ExxonMobil 's primary brands are Exxon , Mobil , Esso , and ExxonMobil Chemical . ExxonMobil is incorporated in Texas . One of the world 's largest companies by revenue , ExxonMobil from 1996 to 2017 varied from the first to sixth largest publicly traded company by market capitalization . The company was ranked ninth globally in the Forbes Global 2000 list in 2016 . ExxonMobil was the tenth most profitable company in the Fortune 500 in 2017 . As of 2018 , the company ranked second in the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue . Approximately 55.56% of the company 's shares are held by institutions . As of March 2019 , ExxonMobil 's largest shareholders include The Vanguard Group ( 8.15% ) , BlackRock ( 6.61% ) , and State Street Corporation ( 4.83% ) . ExxonMobil is one of the largest of the world 's Big Oil companies . As of 2007 [ update ] , it had daily production of 3.921 million BOE ( barrels of oil equivalent ) ; but significantly smaller than a number of national companies .
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras , more commonly known as simply Petrobras ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ ˌpɛtɾoˈbɾas ] ) , is a semi-public Brazilian multinational corporation in the petroleum industry headquartered in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . The company 's name translates to Brazilian Petroleum Corporation - Petrobras . The company was ranked # 58 in the most recent Fortune Global 500 list .
Brazil ( Portuguese : Brasil ; Portuguese pronunciation : [ bɾaˈziw ] ) , [ nt 1 ] officially the Federative Republic of Brazil ( Portuguese : República Federativa do Brasil , listen ( help·info ) ) , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . At 8.5 million square kilometers ( 3.2 million square miles ) and with over 211 million people , Brazil is the world 's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous . Its capital is Brasília , and its most populous city is São Paulo . The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states , the Federal District , and the 5,570 municipalities . It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas ; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations , due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 kilometers ( 4,655 mi ) . It borders all other countries in South America except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47.3% of the continent 's land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . Brazil was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the landing in 1500 of explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral , who claimed the area for the Portuguese Empire . Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until 1808 , when the capital of the empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro . In 1815 , the colony was elevated to the rank of kingdom upon the formation of the United Kingdom of Portugal , Brazil and the Algarves .
Royal Dutch Shell PLC , commonly known as Shell , is a British-Dutch oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom . It is one of the oil and gas supermajors and the third-largest company in the world measured by 2018 revenues ( and the largest based in Europe ) . In the 2019 Forbes Global 2000 , Shell was ranked as the ninth-largest company in the world ( and the largest outside China and the United States ) , and the largest energy company . Shell was first in the 2013 Fortune Global 500 list of the world 's largest companies ; in that year its revenues were equivalent to 84% of the Dutch national $ 556 billion GDP . Shell is vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry , including exploration and production , refining , transport , distribution and marketing , petrochemicals , power generation and trading . It also has renewable energy activities , including biofuels , wind , energy-kite systems , and hydrogen . Shell has operations in over 70 countries , produces around 3.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day and has 44,000 service stations worldwide . As of 31 December 2014 , Shell had total proved reserves of 13.7 billion barrels ( 2.18×109 m3 ) of oil equivalent . [ note 1 ] Shell Oil Company , its principal subsidiary in the United States , is one of its largest businesses . Shell holds 50% of Raízen , a joint venture with Cosan , which is the third-largest Brazil-based energy company by revenues and a major producer of ethanol . Shell was formed in 1907 through the amalgamation of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands and the Shell Transport and Trading Company of the United Kingdom . Until its unification in 2005 the firm operated as a dual-listed company , whereby the British and Dutch companies maintained their legal existence but operated as a single-unit partnership for business purposes .
The Netherlands ( Dutch : Nederland , [ ˈneːdərlɑnt ] ( listen ) ) , informally Holland , is a country in Northwestern Europe with some overseas territories in the Caribbean . In Europe , it consists of 12 provinces that border Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , with maritime borders in the North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom . Together with the Caribbean Netherlands - Bonaire , Sint Eustatius and Saba - it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The official language is Dutch and a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian . In the north and east of the country , Low Saxon is also spoken , and in the southeast , Limburgish . In the Caribbean Netherlands English and Papiamento are recognised languages . The five largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague , Utrecht and Eindhoven . Amsterdam is the country 's most populous city and nominal capital , while The Hague holds the seat of the States General , Cabinet and Supreme Court . The Port of Rotterdam is the busiest seaport in Europe , and the busiest in any country outside Asia . Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the busiest airport in the Netherlands , and the third busiest in Europe . The country is a founding member of the EU , Eurozone , G10 , NATO , OECD and WTO , as well as a part of the Schengen Area and the trilateral Benelux Union . It hosts several intergovernmental organisations and international courts , many of which are centered in The Hague , which is consequently dubbed 'the world 's legal capital ' .
Highways England Company Limited ( formerly the Highways Agency ) is the government-owned company charged with operating , maintaining and improving England 's motorways and major A roads . It operates information services through the provision of on-road signage and its Traffic England website , provides traffic officers to deal with incidents on its network , and manages the delivery of improvement schemes to the network . Founded as an executive agency , it was converted into a government-owned company on 1 April 2015 . As part of this transition , government set out its vision for the future of the strategic road network in its Road Investment Strategy . Highways England is now undertaking £15 billion of investment between 2015 and 2020 to improve the network in response to this .
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK or U.K. ) or Britain , [ note 11 ] is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland . Existing under its current name since 1921 , the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain , the north­eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland . Otherwise , the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to the east , the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the southwest , giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland . The total area of the United Kingdom is 94,000 square miles ( 240,000 km2 ) . The United Kingdom is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy . [ note 12 ] The current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II , who has reigned since 1952 , making her the world 's longest-serving current head of state . The United Kingdom 's capital and largest city is London , a global city and financial centre with an urban area population of 10.3 million . Other major cities include Birmingham , Manchester , Glasgow , Leeds and Liverpool . The United Kingdom consists of four constituent countries : England , Scotland , Wales , and Northern Ireland . Their capitals are London , Edinburgh , Cardiff , and Belfast , respectively .
Électricité de France S.A. ( EDF ; literally Electricity of France ) is a French electric utility company , largely owned by the French state . Headquartered in Paris , with €71.2 billion in revenues in 2016 , EDF operates a diverse portfolio of 120+ gigawatts of generation capacity in Europe , South America , North America , Asia , the Middle East and Africa . In 2009 , EDF was the world 's largest producer of electricity . In 2011 , it produced 22% of the European Union 's electricity , primarily from nuclear power :
France ( French : [ fʁɑ̃s ] ( listen ) ) , officially the French Republic ( French : République française , pronounced [ ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛːz ] ( listen ) ) , is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . [ XIII ] The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . It is bordered by Belgium , Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast , Switzerland and Italy to the east , and Andorra and Spain to the south . The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . The country 's 18 integral regions ( five of which are situated overseas ) span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres ( 248,573 sq mi ) and a total population of 67.02 million ( as of July 2019 [ update ] ) . France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris , the country 's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban areas include Lyon , Marseille , Toulouse , Bordeaux , Lille and Nice . France , including its overseas territories , has the most number of time zones of any country , with a total of 12 . During the Iron Age , what is now metropolitan France was inhabited by the Gauls , a Celtic people . Rome annexed the area in 51 BC , holding it until the arrival of Germanic Franks in 476 , who formed the Kingdom of Francia . The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned Francia into East Francia , Middle Francia and West Francia . West Francia , which became the Kingdom of France in 987 , emerged as a major European power in the Late Middle Ages , following its victory in the Hundred Years ' War ( 1337-1453 ) .
Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation . One of the successor companies of Standard Oil , it is headquartered in San Ramon , California , and active in more than 180 countries . Chevron is engaged in every aspect of the oil , natural gas , and geothermal energy industries , including hydrocarbon exploration and production ; refining , marketing and transport ; chemicals manufacturing and sales ; and power generation . Chevron is one of the world 's largest oil companies ; as of 2019 [ update ] , it ranked eleventh in the Fortune 500 list of the top US closely held and public corporations and 28th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the top 500 corporations worldwide . It was also one of the Seven Sisters that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s . Chevron is incorporated in California . Chevron 's downstream operations manufacture and sell products such as fuels , lubricants , additives and petrochemicals . The company 's most significant areas of operations are the west coast of North America , the U.S. Gulf Coast , Southeast Asia , South Korea and Australia . In 2010 , Chevron sold an average of 3.1 million barrels per day ( 490×10^3 m3/d ) of refined products like gasoline , diesel and jet fuel .
Petróleos Mexicanos , which translates to Mexican Petroleum , but is trademarked and better known as Pemex ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈpemeks ] ) , is the Mexican state-owned petroleum company , created in 1938 by nationalization or expropriation of all private , foreign , and domestic oil companies at that time . Pemex had total assets worth $ 415.75 billion , and was the world 's second-largest non-publicly listed company by total market value ( in December 2005 ) , and Latin America 's second-largest enterprise by annual revenue as of 2009 , surpassed only by Petrobras ( the Brazilian National Oil Company ) . The majority of its shares are not listed publicly and are under control of the Mexican government , with the value of its publicly listed shares totaling $ 202 billion in 2010 , representing approximately one quarter of the company 's total net worth .
Mexico ( Spanish : México [ ˈmexiko ] ( listen ) ; Nahuatl languages : Mēxihco ) , officially the United Mexican States ( UMS ; Spanish : Estados Unidos Mexicanos , EUM [ esˈtaðos uˈniðoz mexiˈkanos ] ( listen ) , lit . Mexican United States ) , is a country in the southern portion of North America . It is bordered to the north by the United States ; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by Guatemala , Belize , and the Caribbean Sea ; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico . Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometers ( 770,000 sq mi ) , the nation is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world . With an estimated population of over 129 million people , Mexico is the tenth most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world , while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil . Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states plus Mexico City ( CDMX ) , which is the capital city and its most populous city . Other metropolises in the country include Guadalajara , Monterrey , Puebla , Toluca , Tijuana , and León . Pre-Columbian Mexico dates to about 8000 BC and is identified as one of six cradles of civilization and was home to many advanced Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Olmec , Toltec , Teotihuacan , Zapotec , Maya , and Aztec before first contact with Europeans . In 1521 , the Spanish Empire conquered and colonized the territory from its politically powerful base in Mexico-Tenochtitlan ( part of Mexico City ) , which was administered as the viceroyalty of New Spain . The Roman Catholic Church played a powerful role in governing the country as millions were converted to the faith , although King Charles III expelled the Jesuits in the 1770s . The territory became a nation state following its recognition in 1821 after the Mexican War of Independence . The post-independence period was tumultuous , characterized by economic inequality and many contrasting political changes .
The Kingdom of the Netherlands ( Dutch : Koninkrijk der Nederlanden ; pronounced [ ˈkoːnɪŋkrɛiɡ dɛr ˈneːdərlɑndə ( n ) ] ( listen ) ) , [ nb 1 ] commonly known as the Netherlands , [ nb 2 ] is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with the large majority of its territory in Western Europe and with several small West Indian island territories in the Caribbean Sea ( in the Leeward Islands and Leeward Antilles groups ) . The four parts of the kingdom - the Netherlands , Aruba , Curaçao and Sint Maarten - are constituent countries ( landen in Dutch ) and participate on a basis of equality as partners in the kingdom . In practice , however , most of the kingdom 's affairs are administered by the Netherlands - which comprises roughly 98% of the kingdom 's land area and population - on behalf of the entire kingdom . Consequently , Aruba , Curaçao , and Sint Maarten are dependent on the Netherlands for matters like foreign policy and defence , but are autonomous to a certain degree , with their own parliaments . The vast majority in land area of the constituent country of the Netherlands is in Europe , with the exception of the Caribbean Netherlands : its three special municipalities ( Bonaire , Saba , and Sint Eustatius ) are located in the Caribbean Sea like the other three constituent countries . The kingdom has a population of 17,737,438 as of November 2019 .
Walmart Inc. ( /ˈwɔːlmɑːrt/ ; formerly Wal-Mart Stores , Inc. ) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets , discount department stores , and grocery stores , headquartered in Bentonville , Arkansas . The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31 , 1969 . It also owns and operates Sam 's Club retail warehouses . As of January 31 , 2020 , [ update ] Walmart has 11,503 stores and clubs in 27 countries , operating under 55 different names . The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada , as Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico and Central America , as Asda in the United Kingdom , as the Seiyu Group in Japan , and as Best Price in India . It has wholly owned operations in Argentina , Chile , Canada , and South Africa . Since August 2018 , Walmart only holds a minority stake in Walmart Brasil , which was renamed Grupo Big in August 2019 , with 20 percent of the company 's shares , and private equity firm Advent International holding 80 percent ownership of the company . Walmart is the world 's largest company by revenue , with US $ 514.405 billion , according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2019 . It is also the largest private employer in the world with 2.2 million employees . It is a publicly traded family-owned business , as the company is controlled by the Walton family . Sam Walton 's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through their holding company Walton Enterprises and through their individual holdings . Walmart was the largest U.S. grocery retailer in 2019 , and 65 percent of Walmart 's US $ 510.329 billion sales came from U.S. operations .
BP plc ( formerly The British Petroleum Company plc and BP Amoco plc ) is a multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London , England . It is one of the world 's seven oil and gas supermajors , whose performance in 2012 made it the world 's sixth-largest oil and gas company , the sixth-largest energy company by market capitalization and the company with the world 's 12th-largest revenue ( turnover ) . It is a vertically integrated company operating in all areas of the oil and gas industry , including exploration and production , refining , distribution and marketing , petrochemicals , power generation and trading . It also has renewable energy interests in biofuels , wind power and solar technology . As of 31 December 2018 [ update ] , BP had operations in nearly 80 countries worldwide , produced around 3.7 million barrels per day ( 590,000 m3/d ) of oil equivalent , and had total proven reserves of 19.945 billion barrels ( 3.1710×109 m3 ) of oil equivalent . The company has around 18,700 service stations worldwide . Its largest division is BP America in the United States . In Russia , BP owns a 19.75% stake in Rosneft , the world 's largest publicly traded oil and gas company by hydrocarbon reserves and production . BP has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index . It has secondary listings on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange . BP 's origins date back to the founding of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1908 , established as a subsidiary of Burmah Oil Company to exploit oil discoveries in Iran . In 1935 , it became the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and in 1954 adopted the name British Petroleum .
Korea Electric Power Corporation ( NYSE : KEP , KRX : 015760 ) , better known as KEPCO ( Hangul : 켑코 ) or Hanjeon ( Hangul : 한전 ) , is the largest electric utility in South Korea , responsible for the generation , transmission and distribution of electricity and the development of electric power projects including those in nuclear power , wind power and coal . KEPCO is responsible for 93% of Korea 's electricity generation . The South Korean government ( directly and indirectly ) owns a 51.11% share of KEPCO . Together with its affiliates and subsidiaries , KEPCO has an installed capacity of 65,383 MW . On the 2011 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world 's largest companies , KEPCO was ranked 271 . KEPCO is a member of the World Energy Council , the World Nuclear Association and the World Association of Nuclear Operators . As of August 2011 , KEPCO possesses an A+ credit rating with Fitch Ratings , while Moody 's has assigned KEPCO an A1 stable rating . Currently located in Samseong-dong , Seoul , KEPCO headquarters is scheduled to relocate to the city of Naju in South Jeolla Province in August 2014 as part of a government decentralization program . The move , which has been in the works for years has been controversial Jong-Kap Kim is the president and CEO of KEPCO .
Korea is a region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula , Jeju Island , and several minor islands near the peninsula . Korea has been divided since 1948 between two distinct sovereign states , North Korea and South Korea . Korea is bordered by Russia to the northeast , China to the northwest , and neighbours Japan to the east via the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan ( East Sea ) . During the first half of the 1st millennium , Korea was divided between the three competing states of Goguryeo , Baekje , and Silla , together known as the Three Kingdoms of Korea . In the second half of the 1st millennium , Silla defeated and conquered Baekje and Goguryeo , leading to the Unified Silla period . Meanwhile , Balhae formed in the north , superseding former Goguryeo . Unified Silla eventually collapsed into three separate states due to civil war , ushering in the Later Three Kingdoms . Toward the end of the 1st millennium , Goguryeo was resurrected as Goryeo , which defeated the two other states and unified the Korean Peninsula as a single sovereign state . Around the same time , Balhae collapsed and its last crown prince fled south to Goryeo . Goryeo ( also spelled as Koryŏ ) , whose name developed into the modern exonym Korea , was a highly cultured state that created the world 's first metal movable type in 1234 . However , multiple incursions by the Mongol Empire during the 13th century greatly weakened the nation , which eventually agreed to become a vassal state after decades of fighting . Following military resistance under King Gongmin that ended Mongol political influence in Goryeo , severe political strife followed , and Goryeo eventually fell to a coup led by General Yi Seong-gye , who established Joseon in July 17 , 1392 .
ENGIE is a French multinational electric utility company , headquartered in La Défense , Courbevoie , which operates in the fields of energy transition , electricity generation and distribution , natural gas , nuclear , renewable energy and Petroleum . It is one of the few players in the sector to develop expert skills in both upstream ( engineering , purchasing , operation , maintenance ) and downstream ( waste management , dismantling ) activities . The company , formed on 22 July 2008 by the merger of Gaz de France and Suez , traces its origins to the Universal Suez Canal Company founded in 1858 to construct the Suez Canal . As of 2018 , ENGIE employs 158,505 people worldwide with revenues of €60.6 billion . ENGIE is listed on the Euronext exchanges in Paris and Brussels and is a constituent of the CAC 40 and BEL20 indices . ENGIE was headed from 2016 to 2020 by Isabelle Kocher , who has strongly transformed the company since 2016 , notably by deciding to exit coal activities and by investing massively in renewable energies and energy transition services .
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania , and numerous smaller islands . It is the largest country in Oceania and the world 's sixth-largest country by total area . The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard . Australia 's capital is Canberra , and its largest city is Sydney . The country 's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne , Brisbane , Perth , and Adelaide . Indigenous Australians inhabited the continent for about 65,000 years prior to the first arrival of Dutch explorers in the early 17th century , who named it New Holland . In 1770 , Australia 's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788 , a date which became Australia 's national day . The population grew steadily in subsequent decades , and by the time of an 1850s gold rush , most of the continent had been explored and an additional five self-governing crown colonies established . On 1 January 1901 , the six colonies federated , forming the Commonwealth of Australia . Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy , comprising six states and ten territories . Australia is the oldest , flattest , and driest inhabited continent , with the least fertile soils . It has a landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometres ( 2,941,300 sq mi ) .
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania , and numerous smaller islands . It is the largest country in Oceania and the world 's sixth-largest country by total area . The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard . Australia 's capital is Canberra , and its largest city is Sydney . The country 's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne , Brisbane , Perth , and Adelaide . Indigenous Australians inhabited the continent for about 65,000 years prior to the first arrival of Dutch explorers in the early 17th century , who named it New Holland . In 1770 , Australia 's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788 , a date which became Australia 's national day . The population grew steadily in subsequent decades , and by the time of an 1850s gold rush , most of the continent had been explored and an additional five self-governing crown colonies established . On 1 January 1901 , the six colonies federated , forming the Commonwealth of Australia . Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy , comprising six states and ten territories . Australia is the oldest , flattest , and driest inhabited continent , with the least fertile soils . It has a landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometres ( 2,941,300 sq mi ) .
The government of California is the governmental structure of the state of California as established by the California Constitution . It is composed of three branches : the executive , consisting of the Governor of California and the other constitutionally elected and appointed officers and offices ; the legislative , consisting of the California State Legislature , which includes the Assembly and the Senate ; and the judicial , consisting of the Supreme Court of California and lower courts . There is also local government , consisting of counties , cities , special districts , and school districts , as well as government entities and offices that operate independently on a constitutional , statutory , or common law basis . The state also allows direct participation of the electorate by initiative , referendum , recall and ratification .
AT & T Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas , Texas . It is the world 's largest telecommunications company , the largest provider of mobile telephone services , and the largest provider of fixed telephone services in the United States through AT & T Communications . Since June 14 , 2018 , it is also the parent company of mass media conglomerate WarnerMedia , making it the world 's largest media and entertainment company in terms of revenue . As of 2018 [ update ] , AT & T is ranked # 9 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue . AT & T began its history as Southwestern Bell Telephone Company , a subsidiary of the Bell Telephone Company , founded by Alexander Graham Bell in 1877 . The Bell Telephone Company became the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885 and was later rebranded as AT & T Corporation . The 1982 United States v. AT & T antitrust lawsuit resulted in the divestiture of AT & T Corporation 's ( Ma Bell ) subsidiaries or Regional Bell Operating Companies ( RBOCs ) , commonly referred to as Baby Bells , resulting in several independent companies , including Southwestern Bell Corporation ; the latter changed its name to SBC Communications Inc. in 1995 . In 2005 , SBC purchased its former parent AT & T Corporation and took on its branding , with the merged entity naming itself AT & T Inc. and using its iconic logo and stock-trading symbol . In 2006 , AT & T Inc. acquired BellSouth , the last independent Baby Bell company , making their formerly joint venture Cingular Wireless ( which had acquired AT & T Wireless in 2004 ) wholly owned and rebranding it as AT & T Mobility . The current AT & T reconstitutes much of the former Bell System , and includes ten of the original 22 Bell Operating Companies along with the original long distance division .
Enel S.p.A. , or the Enel Group , is an Italian multinational energy company that is active in the sectors of electricity generation and distribution , as well as in the distribution of natural gas . Enel was first established as a public body at the end of 1962 , and then transformed into a limited company in 1992 . In 1999 , following the liberalisation of the electricity market in Italy , Enel was privatised . The Italian state , through the Ministry of Economy and Finance , is still the main shareholder , with 23.6% of the share capital as of 1 April 2016 . Enel is the 84th largest company in the world by revenue , with €73.1 billion . It has a stock market capitalisation of €39.4 billion , making it Europe 's largest integrated utility by capitalisation . [ citation needed ] As of 2018 , Enel is also the second largest power company in the world by revenue after the State Grid Corporation of China . The company is quoted on the FTSE MIB index on the Milan Stock Exchange .
Italy ( Italian : Italia [ iˈtaːlja ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Italian Republic ( Italian : Repubblica Italiana [ reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna ] ) , is a European country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands . Italy is located in south-central Europe , and it is also considered a part of Western Europe . The country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 ( 116,350 sq mi ) and shares land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino . Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland ( Campione ) and a maritime exclave in the Tunisian Sea ( Lampedusa ) . With around 60 million inhabitants , Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union . The capital and largest city is Rome ; other major cities are Milan , Naples , Turin , Palermo , Genoa , Bologna , Florence and Venice . Due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean , Italy has historically been home to myriad peoples and cultures . In addition to the various ancient peoples dispersed throughout what is now modern-day Italy , the most predominant being the Indo-European Italic peoples who gave the peninsula its name , beginning from the classical era , Phoenicians and Carthaginians founded colonies mostly in insular Italy , Greeks established settlements in the so-called Magna Graecia of Southern Italy , while Etruscans and Celts inhabited central and northern Italy respectively . An Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC , which eventually became a republic with a government of the Senate and the People . The Roman Republic initially conquered and assimilated its neighbours on the Italian peninsula , eventually expanding and conquering parts of Europe , North Africa and Asia . By the first century BC , the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became a leading cultural , political and religious centre , inaugurating the Pax Romana , a period of more than 200 years during which Italy 's law , technology , economy , art , and literature developed . Italy remained the homeland of the Romans and the metropole of the empire , whose legacy can also be observed in the global distribution of culture , governments , Christianity and the Latin script .
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings , Incorporated ( 東京電力ホールディングス株式会社 , Tōkyō Denryoku Hôrudingusu kabushiki gaisha , TYO : 9501 ) , also known as Toden ( 東電 , Tōden ) or TEPCO , is a Japanese electric utility holding company servicing Japan 's Kantō region , Yamanashi Prefecture , and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture . This area includes Tokyo . Its headquarters are located in Uchisaiwaicho , Chiyoda , Tokyo , and international branch offices exist in Washington , D.C. , and London . It is a founding member of strategic consortiums related to energy innovation and research ; such as JINED , INCJ and MAI . In 2007 , TEPCO was forced to shut the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant after the Niigata-Chuetsu-Oki earthquake . That year it posted its first loss in 28 years . Corporate losses continued until the plant reopened in 2009 . Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , one of its power plants was the site of one of the world 's most serious continuing nuclear disaster , the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster . TEPCO could face ¥2 trillion ( $ 23.6 billion ) in special losses in the current [ when ? ] business year to March 2012 , and the Japanese government plans [ timeframe ? ] to put TEPCO under effective state control to guarantee compensation payments to the people affected by the accident . The Fukushima disaster displaced 50,000 households in the evacuation zone because of leaks of radioactive materials into the air , soil and sea .
Japan ( Japanese : 日本 , Nippon [ ɲippoꜜɴ ] ( listen ) or Nihon [ ɲihoꜜɴ ] ( listen ) ) is an island country located in East Asia . It is bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east , and spans more than 3,000 kilometers ( 1,900 mi ) along the coast of the continent from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Philippine Sea in the south . Part of the Pacific Ring of Fire , Japan encompasses a stratovolcanic archipelago of about 6,852 islands , with five main islands ( Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and Okinawa ) comprising 97% of the country 's total area of 377,975 square kilometers ( 145,937 sq mi ) . Japan is officially divided into 47 prefectures and traditionally into eight regions . Approximately two-thirds of the country 's terrain is mountainous and heavily forested , and less than one-eighth of land is suitable for agriculture . Consequently , Japan is among the most densely populated and urbanized countries in the world , with over 90% of its population living in urban areas . The largest of these is the metropolitan area centered on the capital city of Tokyo , which is the most populous in the world and home to more than 38 million people . Japan itself is the world 's eleventh most populous country with a population of 126.2 million , of which 97.8% are ethnically Japanese . The kanji ( or Chinese characters ) that make up the name of Japan in the Japanese language mean sun origin ; in the Western world , the country is often known by the sobriquet Land of the Rising Sun . Periods of influence from other regions , primarily China , followed by periods of isolation , particularly from Western Europe , have characterized the history of Japan . While archaeological evidence indicates that Japan was inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period , the first written mention of the archipelago appears in Chinese texts from the first century AD . Between the fourth and ninth centuries , the kingdoms of Japan became gradually unified under an Emperor and imperial court based in Heian-kyō ( modern Kyoto ) .