Investing in Big Oil

Comment: "Big Oil" is a pejorative term, but I would like to invest in one of the Supermajors: the six largest, non state-owned energy companies.

Here they are:

• BP
  
• ConocoPhillips
  
• Chevron
  
• Exxon Mobil
  
• Total
  
• Royal Dutch Shell
  

Stock	EPS	P/E Ratio	Dividend	Yield
BP	-1.60	N/A	N/A	N/A
COP	7.37	9.09	2.20	3.4%
CVX	8.37	10.74	2.88	3.3%
XOM	5.65	12.89	1.76	2.4%
TOT	6.24	8.53	2.70	5.1%
RDS-B	4.99	13.11	3.36	5.2%

Comments:

• I can just invest in one! It will take me well into 2011 to be able to afford to buy 100 shares
  
• BP is out ... obvious reasons, I suppose. Were high flying, now not.
  
• Royal Dutch Shell has A and B shares. Info on here: A shares are subject to Dutch withholding tax
  
• Stock price comparison