Wall Street Journal | Oil Majors' Dividends Survive Plunge in Oil Prices Wall Street Journal The world's biggest energy companies have doubled down on their promise to protect dividends, despite a precipitous drop in profits this year, driven by a steep decline in oil prices. In the first nine months of the year, the four oil companies known ... In Defense of Exxon Mobil, Oil, and a Poor, Connecting World Major Oil Companies Have Half-Trillion Dollars to Fund Takeovers |