From: John Cuccia 

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:40:11 -0400, "Tony Ingenoso"
 wrote:

>The ones who need to be shown where the future is, are Dupont, Monsanto,
>etc.  They'll be the prime players when tar/shale/coal become practical.
>The "oil companies" will continue to be in the
"transportation business".

Just out of curiousity, I checked.  Exxon Chemicals has roughly the same
gross annual sales as Dupont and Monsanto.combined.

That doesn't include revenue from Exxon upstream (exploration and
production) and downstream (refining, transportation, and marketing)
segments.

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