Brazil heralded this week's auction of a huge oil field as a vindication of its state-dominant approach to its oil riches, but some industry experts say the country must modify its rules before new fields are sold for Brazil to achieve its ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Oil giant ExxonMobil has reportedly hired former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey (pictured), as a consultant. The company was recently told that it must choose between working in Iraq’s southern oilfields, where it operates ...
Tags: Exxon, Former US Ambassador, Iraq
For the third year in a row, some ExxonMobil shareholders want a vote on a proposal requiring the Irving, Texas, company to report its progress on limiting the environmental damage and community impact of hydraulic fracturing. New York ...
Iraq has again told Exxon Mobil that it must choose between working in its southern oilfields or in Kurdistan. Reuters reports that Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi [Elaibi] expects the company to make a final decision within a few days, ...
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki held talks with ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson (pictured) on Monday. AFP reports that the meeting was the first between the two since the firm signed an oil exploration agreement with Kurdistan in October ...
Tags: Maliki, Exxon Boss, Rex Tillerson, oil exploration agreement
RIA Novosti reported that Russian and US oil majors Rosneft and ExxonMobil signed an agreement to jointly explore the commercial potential of oil fields in Western Siberia. The two companies will create JV in which Rosneft will hold 51 ...
Tags: commercial potential of oil fields, ExxonMobil, energy exploration