ExxonMobil
Exxon Mobil struggles with a $2.5 billion California offshore exit
09 Jan 2024
Exxon Mobil is set to write down approximately $2.5 billion related to its troubled California properties, marking a move to cease offshore oil production in the state after five decades.
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ExxonMobil hands over operations of Iraqi oil field to PetroChina
02 Jan 2024
US oil giant ExxonMobil has exited the West Qurna 1 oilfield in southern Iraq and handed over its operations to PetroChina as the principal contractor, reports citing an Iraqi deputy oil minister said on Monday.
Exxon nears a $60 billion deal to acquire Pioneer
06 Oct 2023
Exxon Mobil is in advanced talks to buy Pioneer Natural Resources for around $60 billion.Exxon is about to make its largest deal since the acquisition of Mobil in 1998
Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil in $10-bn LNG export project
06 Feb 2019
The project, involving investment of more than $10 billion, will create thousands of jobs and produce 16 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually, offering reliable LNG supplies to global markets
Embattled oil major Exxon fails to get environmental law suit dismissed
31 Mar 2018
American oil and gas major Exxon Mobil, facing two major charges, is battling it out furiously but failing to win over support
Exxon knew about global warming, but misled public: study
24 Aug 2017
Exxon Mobil misled the public about climate change for years even as its research echoed the growing scientific consensus that global warming is real and caused by human activity, says a new study by Harvard researchers.
Exxon sues US govt after $2-mn fine over Russian dealings
21 Jul 2017
ExxonMobil sued the US government after the Treasury Department fined it $2 million for "reckless disregard" of US sanctions in dealings with Russia in 2014 when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was Exxon's chief executive
ExxonMobil plans to invest $20 bn to expand manufacturing
07 Mar 2017
ExxonMobil is expanding its refining and chemical capacity along the US Gulf Coast through planned investments of $20 billion, that would create 45,000 new jobs
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