Who owns the oil companies?a. foreign government b. us government c. individual families c. stockholders?

Question

im doing a survey for a class, let me know what you think

Answer 1

Oil companies in US are publically traded meaning share holder owns the company.

Many in foreign countries are government owned, such as Citgo owned by Venezuelan government. Some in middle east are owned by a prince which gets little tricky. You can consider them personally owned, family owned, or government owned as definitions are very vague.

Answer 2

All of the above.
It depends which oil companies you're talking about, in which countries...