General

On August 2, the 2021 Fortune 500 list was released. The operating income of the Fortune 500 companies this year is approximately US$31.7 trillion, a decrease of 5% from last year. The total net profit of all listed companies is 1.6 Trillions of dollars, a sharp drop of 20% year-on-year, the biggest drop since 2009.

Wal-Mart has become the world's largest company for the eighth consecutive year, China's State Grid Corporation has risen to second place, Amazon has entered the top three for the first time, and China National Petroleum Corporation and China Petrochemical Corporation rank fourth and fifth respectively.

The list shows that a total of 143 companies in China are on the list this year. Last year, a total of 133 companies in China made the list. At the same time, a total of 122 companies in the United States are on the list this year, one more than the previous year.

The Chinese energy and chemical companies on the list include: China National Petroleum Corporation, China Petrochemical Corporation, Hengli Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Energy Group Co., Ltd., China National Offshore Oil Corporation, National Energy Investment Group Co., Ltd., Jinneng Holding Group Co., Ltd., China Sinochem Corporation, China National Chemical Corporation, Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Group Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Hengyi Group Co., Ltd., Shenghong Holding Group Co., Ltd., Cedar Holding Group Co., Ltd., Shanxi Coking Coal Group Co., Ltd., Xinjiang Guanghui Industrial Investment (Group) Co., Ltd., China Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd., Huayang New Material Technology Group Limited company.

China's top 500 energy and chemical companies

In the "Fortune" chemical industry list of 11 companies, BASF leads the chemical industry list, ranking 134, up 9 places over the previous year; China National Chemical Corporation (161), Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group Co., Ltd. ( 255), Zhejiang Hengyi Group Co., Ltd. (309), Dow Company (310), Shenghong Holding Group Co., Ltd. (311), 3M Company (382), Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (401), Lyondell Basel Industries (438), Linde Group (447), LG Chemical Company (461).

In addition, there are 5 companies in the field of crude oil production, and 24 companies in the refining industry have entered the top 500.

2021 Fortune Global 500 Petroleum and Chemical Industry List