How much have OIL & GAS-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $5,608,717 to the OIL & GAS employer string, from 5,798 contributions and 280 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a trade-association PAC and not a NAICS oil-and-gas total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this the oil industry’s corporate political spending?

No. The $5,608,717 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to OIL & GAS. Corporate treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold producer legal names into this phrase. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include ExxonMobil or Chevron employees?

Only if the grouped employer text is OIL & GAS. Company legal names are separate keys if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the sector phrase. Staff who typed ENGINEER without the phrase sit in occupation-style rows instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed OIL & GAS?

The rollup counts 280 donors and 5,798 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employment census of the extraction sector. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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OIL & GAS

Total Donated

$5,608,717

Contributions

5,798

Unique Donors

280

Top Employer

OIL & GAS

Contributors who listed OIL & GAS on federal itemized receipts account for $5,608,717, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 5,798 contributions from 280 donors. OIL & GAS is a sector phrase as typed on the employer field, not a NAICS oil-and-gas extraction total, not a trade-association PAC, and not every producer legal name such as EXXONMOBIL or CHEVRON. Unitemized gifts stay outside the $5,608,717.

Key figures

OIL & GAS as FEC employer text totals $5,608,717 from 280 donors.
5,798 contribution lines sit under that sector phrase.
Producer legal names are separate FEC keys if stored that way.
The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or association PAC total.

A sector phrase, not a producer census

FEC forms store OIL & GAS when that is what the filer typed. They do not apply NAICS 211. The $5,608,717 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the ampersand phrase. It is not wellhead production, not a Bureau of Land Management lease file, and not every staffer who typed a company legal name instead.

People who typed OIL AND GAS without the ampersand, ENERGY, PETROLEUM, or a specific operator name sit in other rows if stored that way. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into OIL & GAS. The FEC field is not an American Petroleum Institute roster.

280 donors and a high dollar-per-person cluster

280 unique donors produced 5,798 OIL & GAS contribution lines totaling $5,608,717. That is on the order of 21 itemized receipts per donor. Relative to other employer keys near this dollar band, the unique-person count is small, so dollars per listed donor run high. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a split among upstream, midstream, and downstream jobs.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and association PAC filings are outside the $5,608,717 unless an individual receipt itself carries this phrase. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is federal itemized individual receipts only.

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Questions

How much have OIL & GAS-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $5,608,717 to the OIL & GAS employer string, from 5,798 contributions and 280 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a trade-association PAC and not a NAICS oil-and-gas total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Is this the oil industry’s corporate political spending?: No. The $5,608,717 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to OIL & GAS. Corporate treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold producer legal names into this phrase. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Does this include ExxonMobil or Chevron employees?: Only if the grouped employer text is OIL & GAS. Company legal names are separate keys if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the sector phrase. Staff who typed ENGINEER without the phrase sit in occupation-style rows instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
How many unique donors listed OIL & GAS?: The rollup counts 280 donors and 5,798 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an employment census of the extraction sector. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Industry ties

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Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

2012 · $1,269,791 2018 · $652,491 2010 · $225,100 2016 · $201,542 2008 · $163,600 2006 · $162,733 2014 · $159,648 1984 · $139,438 2004 · $120,722 1980 · $109,493

OIL & GAS political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$109,493	83	56
1982	$98,310	77	33
1984	$139,438	100	49
1986	$38,853	43	32
1988	$54,350	41	32
1990	$43,295	56	45
1992	$76,075	106	62
1994	$57,713	94	49
1996	$65,825	100	67
1998	$51,810	87	45
2000	$104,125	119	66
2002	$83,633	100	49
2004	$120,722	124	51
2006	$162,733	122	48
2008	$163,600	155	55
2010	$225,100	126	42
2012	$1,269,791	157	47
2014	$159,648	113	43
2016	$201,542	821	49
2018	$652,491	662	38

Top Donors

Top OIL & GAS donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	HAMM, HAROLD	$1,210,275	123	ENID, OK	—	1986–2014
2	HENRY, JAMES C MR	$265,686	43	MIDLAND, TX	—	1988–2014
3	MOUNGER, WILLIAM	$114,940	52	JACKSON, MS	—	1998–2014
4	LOWE, MARY RALPH MS	$108,000	7	HOUSTON, TX	—	1988–2012
5	JONES, A V JR	$96,140	64	ALBANY, TX	—	1980–2014
6	CALHOON, RICK	$81,450	36	JACKSON, MS	—	1988–2014
7	SPRING, ROBERT	$79,250	80	EDMOND, OK	—	1992–2014
8	FRANKLIN, JAMES B	$75,143	61	AMARILLO, TX	—	1980–2006
9	O'BRIEN, MORGAN	$51,125	29	SHREVEPORT, LA	—	1990–2014
10	MOUNGER, WILLIAM M II	$49,050	32	JACKSON, MS	—	1988–2014
11	STOLTZ, DEANE H	$40,750	46	MIDLAND, TX	—	1980–2004
12	RUTHERFORD, MICHAEL G	$33,700	26	HOUSTON, TX	—	1982–2014
13	PARSONS, MICHAEL J	$31,350	11	ALBANY, TX	—	2000–2014
14	SINGER, JOE L	$28,883	29	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	—	1980–2004
15	MOORMAN, LEWIS J	$28,750	14	SAN ANTONIO, TX	—	1982–2014
16	ISAACS, VERNON A JR	$28,300	14	ENGLEWOOD, CO	—	1990–2014
17	EAVES, RAYMOND H	$27,500	15	HOBBS, NM	—	1980–1994
18	CHASE, MARILYN	$25,300	14	ARTESIA, NM	—	2000–2012
19	LONG, CORNELIA	$24,610	12	HOUSTON, TX	—	1984–2014
20	HALL, CHARLES M	$24,050	23	HOUSTON, TX	—	1980–2014
21	MONCRIEF, RICHARD	$23,950	14	FORT WORTH, TX	—	1990–2006
22	BEECHERL, ROBERT	$21,000	6	MIDLAND, TX	—	1994–2012
23	WOODS, HAROLD JR	$21,000	11	MONROE, LA	—	1980–1986
24	WILLIAMS, MODESTA	$20,800	13	MIDLAND, TX	—	1984–2010
25	BRIGGS, MICHAEL	$20,215	37	AMARILLO, TX	—	1990–2012
26	MORRIS, BEN T	$19,850	17	HOUSTON, TX	—	1980–2014
27	JOHNSON, LAMAR	$19,150	24	PINE PRAIRIE, LA	—	1986–2014
28	HAUPTMAN, THOMAS	$17,825	17	BILLINGS, MT	—	1990–2014
29	SEAY, NANCY	$17,725	12	SAN ANTONIO, TX	—	2002–2014
30	ARNOLD, ISAAC	$17,694	25	HOUSTON, TX	—	1982–2016
31	DALE, LAWRENCE B	$17,500	15	DALLAS, TX	—	1990–2014
32	ELLIS, ROBERT S	$16,300	32	OKLA CITY, TX	—	1980–2014
33	O'BRIEN, WILLIAM J III	$15,850	11	SHREVEPORT, LA	—	1980–2006
34	LYNCH, HENRY C	$15,500	6	NORMAN, OK	—	1980–1984
35	ROBINSON, GEORGE A MR	$14,800	4	HOUSTON, TX	—	1988–2014
36	BIAFORE, BELINDA	$14,672	24	FAIRMONT, WV	—	1998–2014
37	SCHEXNAILDER, PAUL	$13,000	11	HOUSTON, TX	—	1996–2010
38	RIDGWAY, JULIUS M SR	$11,650	15	JACKSON, MS	—	1996–2012
39	CARTER, THOMAS L JR	$11,000	8	HOUSTON, TX	—	1996–2008
40	FULTON, ROBYN	$11,000	2	HOUSTON, TX	—	1980–1984
41	BROWN, VAN M	$11,000	12	MIDLAND, TX	—	1984–2012
42	WAGNER, ADAM	$10,900	8	MIDLAND, TX	—	1984–2010
43	ROACH, TOM	$10,500	20	AMARILLO, TX	—	1992–2014
44	MOSBACHER, KATHRYN	$10,500	12	NEW YORK, NY	—	1980–1996
45	EVEREST, JEA I MR	$10,000	1	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	—	1980
46	WOOD, BILL	$9,650	18	ABILENE, TX	—	1994–2014
47	CORRIGAN, HUGH	$9,650	11	MIDLAND, TX	—	1996–2012
48	ISAACS, JONATHAN	$9,440	21	LITTLETON, CO	—	1996–2012
49	MELTON, GENE	$9,300	16	EDMOND, OK	—	2004–2012
50	BOYD, GARY	$9,179	17	KILGORE, TX	—	1996–2014

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received OIL & GAS donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	RESTORE OUR FUTURE, INC.C00490045	$985,000	123
2	AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.C00637512	$500,000	123
3	WINREDC00694323	$273,650	341
4	MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICAN PARTYC00084368	$227,840	100
5	NRSCC00027466	$155,588	522
6	ACTBLUEC00401224	$132,049	436
7	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376	$126,758	203
8	TRUMP VICTORYC00618389	$96,200	43
9	ROMNEY VICTORY, INC.C00518282	$81,900	188
10	NRCCC00075820	$76,268	171
11	MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PACC00580100	$45,378	165
12	TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC.C00369033	$43,882	361
13	CONAWAY FOR CONGRESSC00383828	$42,400	71
14	TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEEC00618371	$42,025	288
15	TED CRUZ VICTORY COMMITTEEC00542423	$38,900	60
16	REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXASC00143743	$38,645	341
17	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418	$38,433	431
18	JIMMY FRANKLIN FOR CONGRESSC00143420	$30,113	61
19	TEAM RYANC00545947	$30,000	78
20	FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS PACC00002261	$29,100	11
21	WICKER FOR SENATEC00443218	$28,400	91
22	DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603	$27,905	181
23	BOEHNER FOR SPEAKERC00478354	$27,500	43
24	KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON FOR SENATE COMMITTEEC00279273	$25,550	313
25	PERDUE FOR SENATEC00547570	$25,255	251