Big Oil’s Billion-Dollar Bet on the Caspian Is Paying Off

To identify the regions generating the most cash for majors, we forecast the group’s top five projects by cumulative free cash flow for the period 2025 to 2030. Two standout regions are the Permian shale play, which dominates the US majors' portfolios, and the Caspian region, where all majors have maintained their presence despite portfolio streamlining Chevron’s projected $28 billion in free cash flow from Kazakhstan’s Tengiz field underscores the region's value to its portfolio. ExxonMobil's $14 billion ...