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Exxon Mobil or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is the world's biggest oil and gas company. It was created when Exxon and Mobil, both companies formed after the John D. Rockefeller's original Standard Oil company split apart, joined together in a merger to become one company. ExxonMobil has been involved in the global warming controversy,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] as have other Big Oil corporations such as Royal Dutch Shell[13][14]

Exxon Mobil Corporation
Public (NYSE: XOM)
IndustryOil and Gas
Founded1999 (merger)
1911 (Standard Oil of New Jersey)
1911 (Standard Oil of New York)
1882 (Standard Oil)
HeadquartersIrving, Texas, United States
Key people
Darren Woods (Chairman/CEO)
ProductsFuels, Lubricants, Petrochemicals
Revenue$370.680 Billion USD(2005)
Increase $36.130 Billion USD (2005)
Number of employees
83,700
Websitewww.exxonmobil.com

Board of directors

Right now, Exxon Mobil board members include:

Biggest shareholders

 
A Mobil gas station.

As of March 31, 2006:

Owner Percent
Barclays Global Investors 4.1
State Street Global Advisors 3.1
Vanguard Group 2.6
JPMorgan Chase 1.5
Northern Trust Company 1.4
AllianceBernstein 1.4
Wellington Management Company 1.3
Fidelity Management and Research 1.3
Wellington Management Company 1.3
Capital Research & Management Company 1.1
Bank of America 0.9
Merrill Lynch Investment Management 0.9
TIAA-CREF Investment Management 0.8
Mellon Financial 0.7
Lord Abbett 0.6
State Farm Insurance 0.6
Other 76.4

Books

  • Bender, Rob, and Tammy Cannoy-Bender. An Unauthorized Guide to: Mobil Collectibles — Chasing the Red Horse. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Company, 1999.
  • Exxon Corporation. Century of Discovery: An Exxon Album. 1982.
  • Gibb, George S., and Evelyn H. Knowlton. The Resurgent Years, 1911-1927: History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956.
  • Hidy, Ralph W., and Muriel E. Hidy. Pioneering in Big Business, 1882-1911: History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1955.
  • Larson, Henrietta M., and Kenneth Wiggins Porter. History of Humble Oil & Refining Company: A Study in Industrial Growth. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1959.
  • Larson, Henrietta M., Evelyn H. Knowlton, and Charles S. Popple. New Horizons, 1927-1950: History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). New York: Harper & Row, 1971.
  • McIntyre, J. Sam. The Esso Collectibles Handbook: Memorabilia from Standard Oil of New Jersey. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Company, 1998.
  • Sampson, Anthony. The Seven Sisters: The 100-year Battle for the World's Oil Supply. New York: Bantom Books, 1991.
  • Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II. 1946.
  • Tarbell, Ida M. All in a Day’s Work: An Autobiography.. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1939.
  • Tarbell, Ida M., and David Mark Chalmers. The History of the Standard Oil Company. New York: Harper & Row, 1966.
  • Wall, Bennett H. Growth in a Changing Environment: A History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) 1950-1972 and Exxon Corporation (1972–1975). New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988.
  • Yergin, Daniel. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.

ExxonMobil Media

References

  1. ↑ David Kaiser; Lee Wasserman (December 8, 2016). The Rockefeller Family Fund vs. Exxon. The New York Review of Books. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/12/08/the-rockefeller-family-fund-vs-exxon/. Retrieved December 3, 2016. 
  2. ↑ David Kaiser; Lee Wasserman (December 22, 2016). The Rockefeller Family Fund Takes on ExxonMobil. The New York Review of Books. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/12/22/rockefeller-family-fund-takes-on-exxon-mobil/. Retrieved December 3, 2016. 
  3. ↑ Clifford Krauss (October 28, 2016). "Exxon Concedes It May Need to Declare Lower Value for Oil in Ground". The New York Times. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ David Hasemyer (5 January 2017). "Federal Climate Investigation of Exxon Likely to Fizzle Under Trump". InsideClimate News. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Clifford Krauss (20 September 2016). "S.E.C. Is Latest to Look Into Exxon Mobil's Workings". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Aruna Viswanatha and Bradley Olson (20 September 2016). "SEC Probes Exxon Over Accounting for Climate Change; Probe also examines company's practice of not writing down the value of oil and gas reserves". WSJ. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  7. ↑ Liam Denning (21 September 2016). "Just Another Cloud In Exxon's Sky". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  8. ↑ Hiroko Tabuchi and Clifford Krauss (20 September 2016). "A New Debate Over Pricing the Risks of Climate Change". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "How to deal with worries about stranded assets, Oil companies need to heed investors' concerns". The Economist. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  10. ↑ Clifford Krauss (28 October 2016). "Exxon Concedes It May Need to Declare Lower Value for Oil in Ground". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  11. ↑ David Halperin (12 January 2017). "Should America Pick A Secretary Of State Who Faces Fraud Investigations?". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  12. ↑ Jenny Rowland, Myriam Alexander-Kearns, Erin Auel, Matt Lee-Ashley, and Howard Marano (10 January 2017). "How Exxon Won the 2016 Election". Center for American Progress. Retrieved 31 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  13. ↑ Shell Oil's Stark Climate Change Warning from 1991 at YouTube
  14. ↑ Damian Carrington and Jelmer Mommers (28 February 2017). "'Shell knew': oil giant's 1991 film warned of climate change danger; Public information film unseen for years shows Shell had clear grasp of global warming 26 years ago but has not acted accordingly since, say critics". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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