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ExxonMobil. ExxonMobil is a multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the largest publicly traded oil and gas company in the world, making it one of the most profitable companies. In addition to this, ExxonMobil is a major player in the global energy market. Exxon Mobil has operations in over 30 countries, and ...
ExxonMobil, an American multinational oil and gas corporation presently based out of Texas, has had one of the longest histories of any company in its industry.A direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, the company traces its roots as far back as 1886 to the founding of the Vacuum Oil Company, which would become part of ExxonMobil through its own merger with Mobil during the 1930s.
Exxon Mobil Corporation. People of the State of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp. was a lawsuit filed on October 24, 2018, in the New York Supreme Court. The suit alleges fraud by Exxon Mobil Corporation to mislead the company's investors about management of risks posed by climate change. [1] On November 15, 2018, the court signed a preliminary ...
ExxonMobil Corporation [a] ( / ˌɛksɒnˈmoʊbəl / EKS-on-MOH-bəl; commonly shortened to Exxon [5] [6] [7]) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation and the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller 's Standard Oil. The company, which took its present name in 1999 per the merger of Exxon and Mobil, is vertically integrated ...
Criticism of ExxonMobil. As the world's largest majority investor-owned oil and gas corporation, ExxonMobil has received significant amounts of controversy and criticism, mostly due to its activities which increase the speed of climate change and its denial of global warming . The largest direct descendant of Standard Oil is also attributed to ...
From the 1980s to mid 2000s, ExxonMobil was a leader in climate change denial, opposing regulations to curtail global warming. For example, ExxonMobil was a significant influence in preventing ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by the United States. [1] ExxonMobil funded organizations critical of the Kyoto Protocol and seeking to undermine ...
Assumed office. January 1, 2017. Preceded by. Rex W. Tillerson. Darren W. Woods (born 1964/65) is an American businessman who is the chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of ExxonMobil since January 1, 2017. [2] His salary exceeds $20,000,000 per year.
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc., 545 U.S. 546 (2005), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that 28 U.S.C. § 1367 permits supplemental jurisdiction over joined claims that do not individually meet the amount-in-controversy requirements of § 1332, provided that at least one claim meets the amount-in-controversy requirements.