Who's who in big oil: TIE's periodic rundown of the global powers that be.

THE GLOBAL CONSUMER

The United States

Rest of the World

THE GLOBAL SUPPLIERS

Rule Makers:

Saudi Arabia--Ali Naimi

Iran--Bijan Namdar Zanganeh

Venezuela--Ali Rodriguez

Rule Breakers:

Iraq--Saddam Hussein

Russia--Vladimir Putin

Kazakhstan--Nursultan Nazarbayev

Lubricators:

Vitol

Glencore

Washington Players:

Vice President Dick Cheney

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham

Bush Economic Advisor Larry Lindsey

Sen. Jeff Bingaman

Sen. Frank Murkowski

Team Players:

Norway--Einar Steensnaes

Oman--Mohammed bin Hamad al-Rumhi

Mexico--Ernesto Martens

Angola--Botelho de Vasconcelos

Oil Cos.--Big Hitters:

Shell--Phillip Watts

ExxonMobil--Lee Raymond

Total Fina Elf--Thierry Desmarest

British Petroleum--Lord Browne

Chevron--David O'Reilly

Change Agents:

Petronas--Hassan Marican

Petrobras--Francisco Gros

Statoil--Olay Fjell

Sonatrach--Chakib Khelil

Inside Experts:

Petroleum Finance Company--Robin West

Middle East Economic Survey--Walid Khadduri

Petroleum Industry Research

Foundation--John Lichtblau

Skadden Arps--Lynn Coleman

Cambridge Energy

New Movers:

ConocoPhillips--Jim Mulva

Encana--Gwyn Morgan

Anadarko--Bob Allison

Valero--William Greehey

Russian Oil Cos:

LUKoil--Vagit Aiekperov

Yukos--Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Surgutneftegaz--Vladimir Bogdanov

Tyumen Oil Company--Mikhail Fridman

Sibneft--Roman...