supermajor

English

Etymology

super- +‎ major

Adjective

supermajor (not comparable)

  1. very major; of great significance or importance.

Noun

supermajor (plural supermajors)

  1. Any of the world's largest few privately-owned oil and gas companies.
    • 2008 June 7, Conrad De Aenlle, “Big Oil Is Owed Some Love”, in New York Times‎:
      Mr. Freeman prefers smaller yet still diversified companies with stronger growth profiles than the supermajors, like Apache, which has interests in natural gas as well as oil, and Occidental Petroleum, which produces oil, gas and chemicals.
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