US Next 9 Largest Oil & Gas Companies After ExxonMobil and Chevron Paid Total US Federal Income Tax Rate of 23.8% in the Most Recent Five Years, 11.2% Below the Statutory US Federal Income Tax Rate on Large Corporations of 35.0% ...................................................................................... The Free-Spending Trump Administration Reacts By Irrationally Trying To Force the US Senate To Lower US Federal Income Taxes on These Large Corporations By Another 43% By Reducing the Statutory US Federal Income Tax Rate From 35.0% to 20.0%

Based on a review of their audited annual financial statements and income tax footnotes filed with the SEC, below is the US Federal Income Tax Paid along with the related US Pretax Income for each of the 11 Largest Oil & Gas Companies (All with Stock Market Caps Above $30 Bil) for the most recent five years:

																Total	Total
																5 Years	5 Years	5 Years
	2016	2016		2015	2015		2014	2014		2013	2013		2012	2012		2012-16	2012-16	2012-16
	US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US	Effective
	Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax	US Tax
Oil & Gas	Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income	Rate Paid
	mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s
US Big 2
ExxonMobil	(173)	(5,832)		38	147		1,461	9,080		1,110	9,746		1,880	11,222		4,316	24,363	17.7%
Chevron	(623)	(4,317)		(817)	(2,877)		748	6,296		15	4,672		1,703	8,456		1,026	12,230	8.4%
Next 9 Largest
Schlumberger	(511)	(3,103)		90	(691)		718	1,990		682	1,904		698	1,980		1,677	2,080	80.6%
ConocoPhillips	(9)	(4,410)		(718)	(4,150)		188	2,310		724	5,046		63	4,070		248	2,866	8.7%
EOG Resources	12	(1,520)		22	(6,840)		269	5,161		208	3,269		243	1,988		754	2,058	36.6%
Occidental Petroleum	(784)	(2,698)		(810)	(5,810)		870	(732)		113	3,399		(308)	852		(919)	(4,989)	NM
Phillips 66	(105)	1,713		1,128	4,983		1,661	5,121		1,054	5,158		1,967	6,192		5,705	23,167	24.6%
Kinder Morgan	(148)	1,466		(125)	611		(16)	2,941		57	3,107		48	1,246		(184)	9,371	-2.0%
Halliburton	(737)	(6,636)		(635)	(1,560)		959	3,020		245	1,070		695	2,826		527	(1,280)	NM
Valero Energy Corp	294	1,733		1,513	5,327		1,196	4,677		635	3,531		515	4,015		4,153	19,283	21.5%
Marathon Petroleum	189	1,822		1,210	4,374		1,382	3,835		954	3,246		1,185	5,238		4,920	18,515	26.6%
Total all Next 9 Largest	(1,799)	(11,633)		1,675	(3,756)		7,227	28,323		4,672	29,730		5,106	28,407		16,881	71,071	23.8%