5 Biggest Natural Resources Companies in the World

4. Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL)

Market Capitalization: $201B

Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) is one of the most recognizable oil companies in the world. Earlier this month, the oil giant said that despite plant outages, its Q4 numbers for the gas-trading unit are expected to be much stronger that Q3 figures. The company also said it now expects Q4 production from its Upstream segment of 1.825 million – 1.925 million boe/day, up from the previous estimates of 1.75 million – 1.95 million boe/day.