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'''ExxonMobil Corporation'''{{Efn|In official SEC filings, the company is split into two words and phrased as '''Exxon Mobil Corporation'''. However, in most media and communications, the two names are merged into a single word as '''ExxonMobil Corporation'''. Occasionally, the company is also abbreviated to '''EM''', especially with regard to the company's retail rewards program.}} ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɛ|k|s|ɒ|n|ˈ|m|oʊ|b|əl}} {{respell|EK|son|MOH|bəl}})<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowley |first=Kevin |date=July 29, 2022 |title=Exxon CEO Loves What Manchin Did for Big Oil in $370 Billion Deal |language=en |agency=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-29/exxon-s-woods-calls-manchin-bill-step-in-the-right-direction |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=August 29, 2022 |title=Exxon should not participate in upcoming auction of oil blocks—Patterson |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2022/08/29/news/guyana/exxon-should-not-participate-in-upcoming-auction-of-oil-blocks-patterson/ |access-date=August 29, 2022 |website=[[Stabroek News]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Michael |date=August 29, 2022 |title=Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Amazon, Exxon, Costco, Apple & more |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/29/mondays-top-analyst-calls-tesla-amazon-costco-apple-exxon.html |access-date=August 29, 2022 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en}}</ref> is an American multinational [[List of oil exploration and production companies|oil and gas]] corporation headquartered in [[Spring, Texas]], a suburb of | '''ExxonMobil Corporation'''{{Efn|In official SEC filings, the company is split into two words and phrased as '''Exxon Mobil Corporation'''. However, in most media and communications, the two names are merged into a single word as '''ExxonMobil Corporation'''. Occasionally, the company is also abbreviated to '''EM''', especially with regard to the company's retail rewards program.}} ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɛ|k|s|ɒ|n|ˈ|m|oʊ|b|əl}} {{respell|EK|son|MOH|bəl}})<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowley |first=Kevin |date=July 29, 2022 |title=Exxon CEO Loves What Manchin Did for Big Oil in $370 Billion Deal |language=en |agency=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-29/exxon-s-woods-calls-manchin-bill-step-in-the-right-direction |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=August 29, 2022 |title=Exxon should not participate in upcoming auction of oil blocks—Patterson |url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2022/08/29/news/guyana/exxon-should-not-participate-in-upcoming-auction-of-oil-blocks-patterson/ |access-date=August 29, 2022 |website=[[Stabroek News]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Michael |date=August 29, 2022 |title=Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Amazon, Exxon, Costco, Apple & more |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/29/mondays-top-analyst-calls-tesla-amazon-costco-apple-exxon.html |access-date=August 29, 2022 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en}}</ref> is an American multinational [[List of oil exploration and production companies|oil and gas]] corporation headquartered in [[Spring, Texas]], a suburb of Houston.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 20, 2001 |title=Certificate of incorporation and by-laws |url=https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/about-us/who-we-are/corporate-governance/certificate-of-incorporation-and-by-laws |access-date=September 19, 2022 |publisher=ExxonMobil |language=en |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325022529/https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/about-us/who-we-are/corporate-governance/certificate-of-incorporation-and-by-laws |url-status=dead }}{{Self-published source|date=February 2023}}</ref>{{sfn|10-K|2018}}{{rp|1}} Founded as the [[Successors of Standard Oil|largest direct successor]] of [[John D. Rockefeller]]'s [[Standard Oil]], the modern company was formed in 1999 following the merger of Exxon and [[Mobil]]. It is [[Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] across the entire oil and gas industry, and within it is also a chemicals division which produces plastic, synthetic rubber, and other chemical products. As the largest U.S.-based oil and gas company, ExxonMobil is the [[List of largest companies in the United States by revenue|seventh-largest by revenue in the U.S.]] and [[List of largest companies by revenue|13th-largest in the world]]. It is the largest investor-owned oil company in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dutta |first=Sumit |date=2018-02-06 |title=Top 10 Oil & Gas Companies: ExxonMobil |url=https://www.oilandgasiq.com/strategy-management-and-information/articles/top-oil-gas-companies-exxon-mobil |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Oil & Gas IQ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Global 500 |url=https://fortune.com/global500/2022/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-14 |title=Top ten companies by oil production |url=https://www.offshore-technology.com/analysis/companies-by-oil-production/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=Offshore Technology |language=en-US |archive-date=June 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605042218/https://www.offshore-technology.com/analysis/companies-by-oil-production/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Approximately 55.56% of the company's shares are held by institutions, the largest of which as of 2019 were [[The Vanguard Group]] (8.15%), [[BlackRock]] (6.61%), and [[State Street Corporation]] (4.83%). | ||
The [[Criticism of ExxonMobil|company has been widely criticized]] and sued, mostly for environmental incidents and [[ExxonMobil climate change denial|its history of climate change denial]] against the scientific consensus that fossil fuels significantly contribute to [[Climate change|global warming]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Copley |first=Michael |date=29 February 2024 |title=ExxonMobil is suing investors who want faster climate action |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234358133/exxon-climate-change-oil-fossil-fuels-shareholders-investors-lawsuit |website=NPR}}</ref> The company is responsible for many oil spills, the largest and most notable of which was the 1989 [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill]] in [[Alaska]] and itself considered to be one of the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill#Economic and Native impact|world's worst oil spills]] in terms of environmental damage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holusha |first=John |date=April 21, 1989 |title=Exxon's Public-Relations Problem |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/21/business/exxon-s-public-relations-problem.html |access-date=July 9, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=11 Major Oil Spills Of The Maritime World |url=https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/11-major-oil-spills-of-the-maritime-world/ |access-date=July 9, 2020 |website=Marine Insight}}</ref> The company has been the target of accusations of human rights violations, excessive influence on [[Foreign policy of the United States|American foreign policy]], and its impact on developing countries.<ref name="tel12">{{cite news|author=Ian Thompson|date=July 30, 2012|title=Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9429215/Private-Empire-ExxonMobil-and-American-Power-by-Steve-Coll.html|url-status=live|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211214237/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9429215/Private-Empire-ExxonMobil-and-American-Power-by-Steve-Coll.html|archive-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> | The [[Criticism of ExxonMobil|company has been widely criticized]] and sued, mostly for environmental incidents and [[ExxonMobil climate change denial|its history of climate change denial]] against the scientific consensus that fossil fuels significantly contribute to [[Climate change|global warming]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Copley |first=Michael |date=29 February 2024 |title=ExxonMobil is suing investors who want faster climate action |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234358133/exxon-climate-change-oil-fossil-fuels-shareholders-investors-lawsuit |website=NPR}}</ref> The company is responsible for many oil spills, the largest and most notable of which was the 1989 [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill]] in [[Alaska]] and itself considered to be one of the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill#Economic and Native impact|world's worst oil spills]] in terms of environmental damage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holusha |first=John |date=April 21, 1989 |title=Exxon's Public-Relations Problem |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/21/business/exxon-s-public-relations-problem.html |access-date=July 9, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=11 Major Oil Spills Of The Maritime World |url=https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/11-major-oil-spills-of-the-maritime-world/ |access-date=July 9, 2020 |website=Marine Insight}}</ref> The company has been the target of accusations of human rights violations, excessive influence on [[Foreign policy of the United States|American foreign policy]], and its impact on developing countries.<ref name="tel12">{{cite news|author=Ian Thompson|date=July 30, 2012|title=Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9429215/Private-Empire-ExxonMobil-and-American-Power-by-Steve-Coll.html|url-status=live|access-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211214237/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9429215/Private-Empire-ExxonMobil-and-American-Power-by-Steve-Coll.html|archive-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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==== War profiteering allegations ==== | ==== War profiteering allegations ==== | ||
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, | 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> | ||
==== Exposure to benzene ==== | ==== Exposure to benzene ==== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* Litigation involving ExxonMobil: | * Litigation involving ExxonMobil: | ||
''[[Connecticut v. ExxonMobil Corp.|Connecticut v. ExxonMobil]]'' | |||
''[[Exxon Corp. v Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd]]'' | |||
''[[Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation|Kivalina v. ExxonMobil]]'' | |||
''[[People of the State of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp.|People of the State of New York v. ExxonMobil]]'' | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||