FX.co ★ The global oil and gas industry: top-10 companies

The main factor, on the basis of which the list was developed, is TSR (total stockholder return). It shows the combination of stock incremental price and dividend yield of company shares over a particular period of time.

The first place in the list according to the figures of Boston Consulting Group takes the American company Cheniere Energy. The activities of the corporate, the market-value of which reaches $8,8 billion, its mid-year TSR – 46,5%, are connected with liquefied natural gas.

On the second place there is the refiner Tesoro from USA. The mid-year TSR of the corporate equals to 43,3%, the market-value achieves $12,7 billion. Tesoro is considered to be one of the major independent companies of the States that is connected with oil refining.

The third place is taken by one more American company – vertically-integrated oil producer Valero Energy Corporation. At the moment its market-value is estimated in $34 billion. The mid-year TSR Valero Energy equals to 30,1%.

The American Magellan Midstream Partners is on the fourth place. The market-value of the company, which possesses the most impressive pipework system in USA, achieves $15,4 billion. The mid-year TSR is up to 24,3%.

The Russian oil company Tatneft takes the fifth place. The market-value of the company at this date amounts to $9,4 billion. Its mid-year TSR is 20,8%.

The sixth place is taken by the Brazilian Ultrapar Holdings. The corporate activities are focused on fuel supply, the production of purpose-made chemical products, oil products storing and pharmacy. The company's market-value achieves $8,33 billion. The mid-year TSR equals to the Russian company's figures – 20,8%.

The Canadian company Enbridge takes the seventh place: its market-value reaches $28,4 billion, the mid-year TRS is 13,7%. The pipeline production for base oil, oil-products and natural gas, and also the allocation of natural gas are the main business activities of Enbridge.

One of the best-known Russian oil and gas companies Lukoil is on the eighth place. The corporate's market-value equals to $23 billoion, its mid-year TSR reached the mark of 12,1%.

The ninth place is taken by Energy Transfer Equity from USA. The central focuses of the company are storage and transport of natural gas. The market-value of Energy Transfer Equity is $14,4 billion, its mid-year TSR amounts to 12,1%.

The Russian corporate Novatek closes the top-10 oil and gas companies with the highest level of mid-year TSR. The company is known as one of the biggest independent natural gas producers in the Russian Federation. The market-value of JSCo Novatek amounts to $24,8 billion, its mid-year TSR is 11,8%.