ExxonMobil will top the tree of high-spending integratedplayers with its capex plans between this year and 2016, the report from GlobalData claimed.

A whopping $1.039 trillion is set to be spent worldwide onoil and gas projects this year, Global Data said. This would be an over 13%hike on the $916 billion spent globally in 2011, the analysis firm said.

The North American market will see the largest amount of spendingthis year with a combined capex of $254.3