OIL PRODUCER as FEC employer text: $7.7 million

A trade title instead of a company name

LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. Independent operators often type OIL PRODUCER instead of a well-operator legal name. The $7,725,244 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not a NAICS 211 oil-and-gas-extraction rollup, not EIA production volumes, and not an API-style PAC.

People who typed a named major, OIL AND GAS, RANCHER, FARMER, or SELF-EMPLOYED without this two-word string sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into OIL PRODUCER. The FEC field records stored text, not a well-permit roster.

434 donors and 14,161 lines

434 unique donors produced 14,161 OIL PRODUCER contribution lines totaling $7,725,244. That is on the order of 33 itemized receipts per donor. Unique-donor count is thinner than OWNER or CHIROPRACTOR-style title rows nearby in the ranking, so dollars concentrate among fewer named people. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and association PAC filings are outside the $7,725,244 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Repeat names among 14,161 lines are expected.

Named majors and RANCHER stay separate

Named oil companies, RANCHER, FARMER, and AUTO DEALER are separate employer strings. Combining them with OIL PRODUCER would invent an energy-or-land recode. This page stays at $7,725,244 for the two-word title only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside OIL PRODUCER — owner, president, self-employed — as typed. A donor who listed ExxonMobil, Chevron, or another legal name is not in these 434 people unless the receipt grouped to OIL PRODUCER.

Donor table without lease inference

The OIL PRODUCER donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a lease, a pipeline, or a motive to that line. EIA production tables are a different dataset.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This guide does not assign a partisan percentage to the title. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $7,725,244, 14,161 contributions, 434 donors, top employer OIL PRODUCER. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Unitemized gifts, state races, and association PACs are omitted.

Compare RANCHER, FARMER, and AUTO DEALER on the industry index. Occupation breakdowns show titles beside OIL PRODUCER. Cite $7,725,244 from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS oil-and-gas table.

Named majors, RANCHER, and FARMER stay out

OIL PRODUCER as a two-word trade title is not a named major, not OIL AND GAS, not RANCHER, and not FARMER. Those strings sit on other keys. The $7,725,244 total, 14,161 contribution lines, and 434 donors describe this title only. AUTO DEALER remains another trade-title row. Association PAC filings stay outside the industry headline. Unique-donor count is smaller than many title-style rows in this dollar band.

Unitemized gifts, state races, EIA production volumes, and NAICS 211 extraction payroll stay outside the $7,725,244. Occupation pages show titles beside OIL PRODUCER. Independent operators who still type the two words remain in the 434. The FEC field is not a well-permit roster. Repeat names among 14,161 lines are expected.

Open the OIL PRODUCER donor table for disclosed names and committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution, not a lease or pipeline inference. Cite $7,725,244, 14,161 contributions, and 434 donors from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports. Do not add named majors to this title and call the sum an oil-and-gas industry.

Researchers who want an energy recode must list named majors, OIL AND GAS, RANCHER, and FARMER as separate additions. The $7,725,244 figure does not absorb those rows. It stays on OIL PRODUCER as 434 donors and 14,161 lines. EIA production tables are a different dataset. Follow recipient committees on the OIL PRODUCER donor table. Party share is not computed on the industry headline. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, self-reported employer text, not NAICS 211 and not an association PAC.

Questions

How much have OIL PRODUCER-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $7,725,244 to the OIL PRODUCER employer string, from 14,161 contributions and 434 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not an energy PAC and not a NAICS oil-and-gas-extraction total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted from that figure.

Does this include Exxon or Chevron employees?

Only if the receipt grouped to OIL PRODUCER. Named majors are other stored strings when filers typed those legal names. RANCHER and FARMER are separate title-style keys. Figures here are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is this API or company PAC spending?

No. The $7,725,244 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to OIL PRODUCER. Association and company PAC filings are other FEC categories. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts only.

How many unique donors listed OIL PRODUCER?

The rollup counts 434 donors and 14,161 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count — on the order of 33 itemized receipts per donor. This is not a well-permit headcount. Coverage is itemized federal receipts only. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.