The five biggest oil companies made USD 6,000 per second.

Omissions

• The speaker does not specify a reference period; the closest available data is Oxfam's July 2026 projection of full-year 2026 profits, based on first-half 2026 results.
• The published estimate covers six companies (including Eni), not five; the five-company aggregate would necessarily be smaller than the USD 4,660/second figure, so USD 6,000/second for five companies is not supported by any source located.
• Per-second figures are derived arithmetically from annual profit projections by an NGO (Oxfam), not official statistics from Eurostat, the IEA or company filings directly; they are an advocacy framing rather than a measured indicator.
• A second 2026 figure circulating (about USD 2,967 per second) refers to the INCREASE in profits relative to the previous year (roughly USD 94 billion), not total profits, and should not be conflated with the headline figure.
• The exact provenance of the USD 6,000/second figure is not documented by any source located; it may be an outdated figure from an earlier profits cycle rather than a 2026 estimate.

Sources

• PrimaryOxfam International — 'Big Oil set to double profits as their emissions fuel deadly heatwaves' (press release)The projected full-year profits of BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies amount to $147 billion, more than their combined [profits in the previous year].
• SecondaryNL Times — 'Big oil companies making $17 mil. profits per hour as wildfires rage: Oxfam Novib'Now, that has increased to $147 billion. That amounts to $17 million per hour, or approximately $4,660 per second, Oxfam Novib pointed out.
• SecondaryDemócrata — 'Oxfam: oil companies will skyrocket their profits in 2026'Six of the planet's largest oil companies will accumulate in 2026 almost 3,000 dollars (2,562 euros) in profits per second, in a scenario ... [with a total profit of 94 billion dollars, the projected increase over the previous year]
• SecondaryReuters — 'Cash-rich oil majors face post-Iran strategy rethink'Analysis of oil majors' cash generation and spending plans following the Iran-related price shock (2026-09-28); does not report a per-second profit figure of USD 6,000.