Big is not beneficial for oil 'supermajors', says review

  • 06/02/2001

  • Financial Times (London)

The oil "supermajors" created from recent mergers have failed to deliver on their promises of extra profitability, productivity and ability to tackle bigger drilling projects around the world. That is the thrust of a new report by HSBC bank that seeks to "explode the myth" that size is everything in an industry.