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ExxonMobil and Chevron bosses last year discussed merging the two biggest oil producers in the U.S., Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the meeting. According to Bloomberg, ExxonMobil chief executive officer Darren Woods and Chevron CEO Michael Wirth discussed a potential consolidation of the oil …

Despite the devastating downturn of 2020, most global majors held up quite well during the market turmoil, a Rystad Energy comparative analysis reveals after measuring key upstream performance metrics. Total outshined all other peers, as the French company not only exceled in financial and operational performance, but also was the …

Exxon Mobil Corp. disclosed emissions data on customers’ use of its fuels and other products for the first time after coming under pressure from investors. The oil giant’s so-called Scope 3 emissions from petroleum-product sales were equivalent to 730 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019, according to the …

ExxonMobil subsidiary ExxonMobil Exploration and Petronas Suriname Exploration & Production (PSEPBV) have discovered hydrocarbons offshore Suriname. The companies have discovered hydrocarbons at the Sloanea-1 exploration well on Block 52. Drilled by operator Petronas, the latest discovery is being examined to determine the well’s resource potential. Block 52 covers an area …

Exxon Mobil is about to incur the biggest write down in its modern history as what was once an exemplar of American capitalist might shudders under the weight of debilitated energy markets. Exxon — already hobbled by cratering crude prices, a global supply glut and a pandemic-driven collapse in fuel …

Exxon Mobil Corp said on Thursday it could cut its global workforce by about 15%, including deep white-collar staff reductions in the United States, as the COVID-19 pandemic batters energy demand and prices. Exxon and other oil producers have been slashing costs due to a collapse in oil demand and …

Exxon Mobil Corp is “very close” to completing its workforce appraisals in the United States and Canada and expects to unveil job cuts, its chief executive told employees in an email. The second-largest U.S. oil company by market value lost nearly $1.7 billion in the first six months and analysts …

Chevron’s market value overtook ExxonMobil for the 1st time on October 7, during the same week in which it closed a $4.1 billion all-stock deal for Noble Energy. According to a Reuters article, Chevron’s market cap ended the day around $142 billion, topping ExxonMobil’s $141.65 billion market value at the …

The coronavirus pandemic that has slammed oil demand and prices is forcing energy majors to tighten their belts on exploration, even if finding new deposits remains essential to their existence. While the sector is increasingly diversifying into greener energies such as wind power, its core business remains oil and gas. …

In January 2017, Rex Tillerson left to join the Trump administration as Secretary of State (and was permitted to sell more than $50 million in directly held Exxon stock tax free). His replacement, CEO Darren Woods — now nearly four years into the job — has presided over a 50% …