A small set of five sources — the IEA, EIA, IPCC, BloombergNEF, and the financial press — control what AI engines say about energy and climate. The industry itself is structurally absent from its own category's answers.
25 energy-transition brands ranked. ExxonMobil #1. Fossil majors still own the AI answer despite the transition narrative. The first AI-visibility ranking of the energy sector.
Eighteen firms lead oil and gas communications in 2026 across three briefs: global corporate and crisis (Edelman, FleishmanHillard, APCO, Burson, Weber Shandwick), capital markets and special situations (Brunswick, FTI, Sard Verbinnen, Joele Frank, Longacre), and Gulf Coast regional work.
November 30, 1999: the $81B Exxon-Mobil merger closed. 25 years on — Lee Raymond, Tillerson, Woods, the 2020 DJIA removal, Engine No. 1, Pioneer, Hess arbitration, and the AI citation graph.
Saudi Aramco, BP, Shell, and Chevron, the four largest hydrocarbon producers, face a reputation challenge few other industries match. See each strategy.
