ExxonMobil: Difference between revisions

During a 2022 surge in profits among ExxonMobil and other large oil companies, partly due to [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|the war in Ukraine]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Jake |date=29 April 2022 |title={{-'}}Big Oil is intentionally profiteering from the war': Exxon profits double after Putin's invasion |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/04/29/big-oil-is-intentionally-profiteering-from-the-war-exxon-profits-double-after-putins-invasion_partner/ |work=[[Salon.com|Salon]] |access-date=2024-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=Exxon Mobil reached record profits amid high gas prices, war in Ukraine |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/exxon-mobil-reached-record-profits-amid-high-gas-prices-war-in-ukraine |work=[[PBS NewsHour]]}}</ref> U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] criticized ExxonMobil. In June 2022, amid record oil prices, he said that "Exxon made more money than God this year".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Franck |first=Thomas |date=June 10, 2022 |title='Start investing': Biden jabs Exxon Mobil for high fuel costs in inflation speech |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/10/watch-live-joe-biden-speaks-about-inflation-after-may-cip-report.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> When the oil giant reported its second quarter earnings in 2022, CNN reported that Exxon made US$2,245.62 per second in profit across the 92-day long second quarter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Isidore |first=Chris |date=2022-07-29 |title=$2,245.62 a second: ExxonMobil scores enormous profit on record gas prices {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/energy/exxonmobil-chevron-earnings/index.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>