Sector: Oil & Gas Producers

DividendMax covers 5 (effectively 4) companies in this sector. Royal Dutch shell has 'A' and 'B' shares. The 'A' shares attract Dutch tax and the 'B' shares UK tax. Most people in the UK would opt for the 'B' shares for this reason.

This sector contains the once mighty B.P. which is gradually regaining it's feet. By once mighty, we really mean it in dividend terms. Before the Deepwater Horizon disaster, B.P. paid out a staggering 20% of all U.K dividends paid by value.

The other real heavyweight in this group is BG Group which has performed very well in recent years.

Finally, there is the rapidly growing Tullow, which can be expected to have an ever increasing payout given it's very high dividend cover.