Read more ExxonMobil stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2554/exxonmobil.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:10:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63182/in-televised-auction-of-oil-contracts-iraq-plays-hardball.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Iraqi oil industry has been nationalized since 1972, but today the country is awarding the first contracts in decades to private petroleum companies—live on television. So far a joint bid by British Petroleum and a Chinese firm has won the first contract, for a 17 billion-barrel field in...http://www.newser.com/story/63182/in-televised-auction-of-oil-contracts-iraq-plays-hardball.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 7:34:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61500/stocks-oil-jump-together.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStocks jumped at the open today, with the Dow up 61 points, the Nasdaq adding 0.5%, and the S&P gaining 0.7%, powered by strong moves in its energy and basic materials sectors. That was due in part to the surge in fuel prices, with oil clearing $71 a...http://www.newser.com/story/61500/stocks-oil-jump-together.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 8:49:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45490/20-years-after-spill-valdez-oil-harmless.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNearly 20 years after the Exxon Valdez spill, what little oil remains in the soiled Prince William Sound is harmless to plant and animal life, scientists agree. The last oil deposits remain deep in the cracks between shoreline rocks, inaccessible to animals and degraded enough to be "biologically insignificant." But...http://www.newser.com/story/45490/20-years-after-spill-valdez-oil-harmless.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Dec 2008 16:48:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35214/supplies-drop-as-big-oils-power-shrivels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA rapidly changing world order has left the giant oil companies all monied up with nowhere to drill, the New York Times reports. The Western oil giants' share of production has plummeted from over half in the 1970s to just 13% today. Production is falling as oil supplies remain in...http://www.newser.com/story/35214/supplies-drop-as-big-oils-power-shrivels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 Aug 2008 2:55:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33846/exxon-reports-best-quarter-in-history-misses-estimates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExxonMobil reported the biggest quarterly profit in US history today, earning $11.68 billion or $2.22 a share as revenues rose 40% over the previous year. But those stratospheric numbers fell short of Wall Street’s estimates; analysts had expected crude prices, which have doubled over the past year, to...http://www.newser.com/story/33846/exxon-reports-best-quarter-in-history-misses-estimates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 31 Jul 2008 9:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28353/rockefellers-pump-exxon-execs-for-changes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExecutives at Exxon are bracing for an onslaught from the Rockefeller family, whose patriarch founded the oil firm’s predecessor a century ago, the Wall Street Journal reports. Led by John D. Rockefeller’s great-granddaughter, the family wants Exxon to pursue renewable forms of energy and appoint an independent chairman.http://www.newser.com/story/28353/rockefellers-pump-exxon-execs-for-changes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 May 2008 13:58:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27045/bad-news-pummels-stocks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStocks performed poorly today, battered by another new oil high and bad news from AIG and Citigroup, Bloomberg reports. The Dow lost 120.90 to end at 12,745.88, with a weekly loss of 2.4%. The S&P 500 shed 9.50 to 1,388.28, while the Nasdaq...http://www.newser.com/story/27045/bad-news-pummels-stocks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 May 2008 15:28:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26249/exxon-profits-shoot-up-17-but-still-miss-target.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExxon Mobil’s profits jumped 17% in the first quarter, but still fell short of expectations, Bloomberg reports. Exxon’s number, which was held back by drops in productions and refinery profit margins, looks shabby compared to the world’s other two largest oil companies, which posted 25% and 63% gains respectively. “Exxon...http://www.newser.com/story/26249/exxon-profits-shoot-up-17-but-still-miss-target.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 May 2008 8:54:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26054/rockefeller-clan-launches-green-revolt-at-exxon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExxon Mobil is facing a shareholder revolt by most of John D. Rockefeller's 300 descendants, who are pushing for the mammoth company to go greener, reports the Wall Street Journal . The Rockefellers are campaigning for Exxon to develop new energy technology, cut greenhouse gas emissions and appoint a new independent...http://www.newser.com/story/26054/rockefeller-clan-launches-green-revolt-at-exxon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Apr 2008 3:39:11 CDT