OIL PRODUCER
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$388,726
Contributions
347
Unique Donors
71
$532,126 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the occupation/industry string Oil Producer. FEC.gov aggregates count 441 contributions from 94 donors. The same stored string totals $7,725,244 across every cycle in this table, so the cell is about 6.9% of the lifetime bucket — filer-entered form text meeting a two-year window, not an oil-and-gas NAICS total, a producers PAC, or a well-count file.
Key figures
- Oil Producer × 2008 is $532,126 in itemized individual contributions.
- The cell includes 441 contributions from 94 donors.
- 2008 is about 6.9% of the grouping’s $7,725,244 all-cycle total.
- The label is filer-entered form text, not an oil-and-gas NAICS total, a producers PAC, or a well-count file.
- FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.
Oil Producer as stored text, 2008 as cycle
Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — OIL PRODUCER and 2008 — sum to $532,126. 441 itemized contributions and 94 unique donors produced it. The total is not a corporate treasury gift and is not a committee disbursement. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables. Cite FEC.gov for this intersection.
Neither the Oil Producer hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Oil Producer is occupation/industry string, not a verified payroll file. 94 donors and 441 lines in 2008 matched that stored string. OIL PRODUCER is a short stored label. Named operators and OIL AND GAS sit in other groupings. People who typed OIL, OIL AND GAS, INDEPENDENT PRODUCER, and named operators sit in other buckets. This page is the exact string OIL PRODUCER.
LobbyVault keeps this two-key page so a reader can open Oil Producer 2008 without treating the industry hub as a cycle total or the 2008 cycle hub as an employer total. The overlay at the Oil Producer 2008 path holds the itemized rows for this cell. This prose publishes the packet snapshot: $532,126, 441 contributions, 94 donors, and 6.9% of $7,725,244.
6.9% of the Oil Producer roll
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $7,725,244. The 2008 slice of $532,126 is about 6.9% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 93.1% ($7,193,118). Treating 2008 as the entire Oil Producer FEC story would ignore that remainder. The industry hub is the year index for this string.
Treat $7,725,244 as the denominator for the 6.9% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $7,725,244. Neighboring spellings are not added into either figure.
Full analysis: Oil Producer political money — 2008 cycle →
Questions
- How much did Oil Producer-listed donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $532,126 in itemized individual contributions for the Oil Producer grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 441 contributions and 94 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $7,725,244 all-cycle figure. Cite FEC.gov. OIL PRODUCER in 2008 is $532,126 on 441 itemized receipts from 94 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $7,725,244.
- What share of Oil Producer FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $7,725,244. The 2008 cell of $532,126 is about 6.9% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 93.1% ($7,193,118) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell.
- Is $532,126 the Oil Producer PAC total for 2008?
- No. $532,126 is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to OIL PRODUCER in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 441 contributions came from 94 donors. Cite FEC.gov. OIL PRODUCER in 2008 is $532,126 on 441 itemized receipts from 94 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $7,725,244.
- Do Oil Producer donations in 2008 fund federal awards?
- No. This series is FEC individual contributions. USAspending awards are a different dataset under a different statute. The packet publishes no obligation dollars. An employer string plus a cycle year does not convert $532,126 into a contract or grant. Cite FEC.gov. OIL PRODUCER in 2008 is $532,126 on 441 itemized receipts from 94 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $7,725,244.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Related ties
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMITH, JOE | $42,900 | 20 | TULSA, OK | — |
| 2 | YOUNG, GEORGE | $40,350 | 58 | FT WORTH, TX | — |
| 3 | VETETO, MARK | $22,000 | 6 | HOBBS, NM | — |
| 4 | TRACHTENBERG, LARRY | $21,500 | 5 | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | — |
| 5 | WARD, LEW | $19,800 | 12 | ENID, OK | — |
| 6 | BROOKS, DAVID | $14,747 | 29 | JACKSON, MS | — |
| 7 | GARY, SAMUEL | $13,750 | 16 | ENGLEWOOD, CO | — |
| 8 | CRAIG, EARLE M JR | $13,450 | 10 | MIDLAND, TX | — |
| 9 | PARTEN, JOHN R | $12,500 | 7 | MADISONVILLE, TX | — |
| 10 | RANKIN, B M | $12,000 | 4 | DALLAS, TX | — |
| 11 | DALRYMPLE, ARCH III | $10,500 | 2 | AMORY, MS | — |
| 12 | HARPER, WAYNE | $9,935 | 8 | DALLAS, TX | — |
| 13 | WARREN, JOHN R | $7,900 | 5 | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | — |
| 14 | PARTEN, JOHN | $7,500 | 9 | MADISONVILLE, TX | — |
| 15 | HOFFMAN, GEORGE | $7,200 | 8 | HENDERSON, KY | — |
| 16 | ALDERSON, BOYD | $6,900 | 3 | EL DORADO, AR | — |
| 17 | BEAL, BARRY A JR | $6,900 | 2 | MIDLAND, TX | — |
| 18 | SMITH, VICTOR | $6,649 | 12 | JACKSON, MS | — |
| 19 | WOOD, ROBERT L | $6,500 | 3 | MIDLAND, TX | — |
| 20 | JACOBS, CHARLES E | $6,300 | 2 | ALBANY, TX | — |
| 21 | MCGINLEY, JOHN | $6,200 | 5 | TULSA, OK | — |
| 22 | OGDEN, EMIL E | $5,700 | 6 | ABILENE, TX | — |
| 23 | NEW, DAVID A | $5,500 | 1 | NATCHEZ, MS | — |
| 24 | MORAN, MELVIN R | $5,100 | 3 | SEMINOLE, OK | — |
| 25 | WARD, LEW MR | $5,000 | 1 | ENID, OK | — |
| 26 | O'SHAUGHNESSY, PATRICK | $4,125 | 7 | WICHITA, KS | — |
| 27 | CANTRELL, ROBERT R | $3,700 | 2 | ADA, OK | — |
| 28 | SEITZ, JAMES R JR | $3,500 | 4 | WICHITA FALLS, TX | — |
| 29 | FENN, BILL | $3,450 | 4 | ROSWELL, NM | — |
| 30 | HOLMAN, FRANK | $3,423 | 7 | DALLAS, TX | — |
| 31 | MCHUGH, JEROME P | $3,400 | 4 | DENVER, CO | — |
| 32 | HARVEY, JOHN L | $3,300 | 2 | JACKSON, MS | — |
| 33 | OWENS, SANDRA | $3,046 | 3 | OILMONT, MT | — |
| 34 | RIDGWAY, JULIUS M | $3,000 | 3 | JACKSON, MS | — |
| 35 | OELZE, MARION | $2,500 | 3 | NASHVILLE, IL | — |
| 36 | LEONARD, JIM | $2,500 | 4 | AUSTIN, TX | — |
| 37 | HAMILTON, JOHN M | $2,495 | 5 | WICHITA FALLS, TX | — |
| 38 | CLARK, JOHN M | $2,300 | 1 | MIDLAND, TX | — |
| 39 | GRAHAM, KEITH | $2,300 | 1 | ABILENE, TX | — |
| 40 | HAMILTON, JOHN M MR | $2,198 | 6 | WICHITA FALLS, TX | — |
| 41 | PENNINGTON, C B | $2,000 | 2 | BATON ROGUE, LA | — |
| 42 | LAKE, PEYTON M | $1,800 | 2 | TYLER, TX | — |
| 43 | SCOTT, JERRY | $1,750 | 3 | SEMINOLE, OK | — |
| 44 | NELSON, PAT | $1,750 | 3 | CARM, IL | — |
| 45 | CROWDER, STEVE | $1,535 | 2 | DRUMRIGHT, OK | — |
| 46 | HUDSON, MARY | $1,500 | 5 | KS CITY, KS | — |
| 47 | GUFFEY, WILLIAM R | $1,500 | 2 | DALLAS, TX | — |
| 48 | COURSON, HAROLD | $1,300 | 2 | PERRYTON, TX | — |
| 49 | BURNS, HENRY | $1,250 | 2 | MERIDIAN, MS | — |
| 50 | SYLTE, TOM | $1,200 | 2 | PENSACOLA, FL | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00431445 | $57,444 | 83 |
| 2 | C00244863 | $42,900 | 20 |
| 3 | C00444133 | $22,000 | 6 |
| 4 | C00431569 | $21,900 | 13 |
| 5 | C00417618 | $21,500 | 5 |
| 6 | C00246306 | $21,100 | 14 |
| 7 | C00369033 | $17,000 | 10 |
| 8 | C00386458 | $14,747 | 29 |
| 9 | C00111427 | $14,650 | 12 |
| 10 | C00000935 | $13,750 | 16 |
| 11 | C00240465 | $12,500 | 7 |
| 12 | C00008227 | $12,000 | 4 |
| 13 | C00452003 | $10,500 | 2 |
| 14 | C00089482 | $9,935 | 8 |
| 15 | C00328997 | $7,500 | 9 |
| 16 | C00280453 | $6,649 | 12 |
| 17 | C00455378 | $6,500 | 3 |
| 18 | C00432906 | $6,200 | 5 |
| 19 | C00440420 | $6,200 | 8 |
| 20 | C00207993 | $5,950 | 6 |
| 21 | C00027466 | $5,500 | 1 |
| 22 | C00167213 | $5,000 | 1 |
| 23 | C00430694 | $4,125 | 7 |
| 24 | C00329896 | $3,500 | 4 |
| 25 | C00373118 | $3,450 | 4 |