In 2021 oil companies reaped their highest earnings in more than a decade, and with the invasion of Ukraine their earnings exploded — according to Chris Kuveke, Financial Data Reporter at Bailout Watch. He co-authored and published a report, “Big Oil’s Wartime Bonus“, which describes the $45 billion in stock buybacks by oil corporation executives and amazing dividends reaped by shareholders in the past year.

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