FX.co ★ Highest paid oil executives in the USA

The salary of Rex Tillerson, the head of the US oil corporation Exxon Mobil, is $2.7 million. Exxon Mobil is the largest private oil company in the world. In January 2013, its capitalization was named the highest. Morover, 99.85% of the company's securities are free-floating.

John S. Watson, head of Chevron compamy, has the salary of 1,77 million dollars. Chevron Corporation is one of the world's largest integrated energy companies. The corporation has proved reserves of $13 billion of raw materials. Chevron takes the second place in the US and is one of the largest oil enterprises in the world. The corporation has a rather large network of oil refineries and gas stations.

The salary of Robert Walker, the head of Anadarko Petroleum, is equal to $4.8 million. Anadarko Petroleum, an American petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company, is located in Texas and has been operating since 1959. Currently, the corporation operates in the US, Canada, Algeria and Sierra Leone. The proved reserves of Anadarko Petroleum reach 2,37 billion barrels of oil equivalent. In addition to exploration and production, the Company engages in the gathering, processing, and treating of natural gas, and the transporting of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. The Company also participates in the hard minerals business through its ownership of non-operated joint ventures and royalty arrangements.

The salary and bonuses of Ryan Lance from ConocoPhillips are estimated at $7.3 million. ConocoPhillips Co. is an American multinational energy corporation with its headquarters located in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas in the United States. It is the world's largest independent pure-play exploration and production company The enterprise operates in more than 40 countries around the world.

Robert Lawler, the head of Chesapeake Energy Corporation has the salary and bonuses totaled $4.4 million. The company was founded in 1989 by Aubrey McClendon and Tom L. Ward with only a $50,000 initial investment. In 2015, the company produced 679 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day, which was 72% natural gas, 17% petroleum, and 11% natural gas liquids.