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ExxonMobil sets reservoir computing record

Feb 16, 2017

ExxonMobil, working with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), has achieved a major breakthrough with proprietary software using more than four times the previous number of processors used on complex oil and gas reservoir…

Darren Woods replaces Tillerson as Exxon CEO

Dec 14, 2016

Following news that ExxonMobil chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson has been nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump to lead the US State Department, ExxonMobil has announced that Tillerson will step down and Darren Woods will succeed Tillerson in both positions…

ExxonMobil, Oil Search take PNG stake

Sep 12, 2016

Supermajor ExxonMobil and independent Oil Search have taken stakes in two deepwater licenses offshore Papua New Guinea, in the southwest Pacific.  The move will see the two firms each take a 40% stake in the PPL 373 and PPL 375 licenses from Gini Energy…

ExxonMobil starts up US$4 billion Julia project

Apr 19, 2016

ExxonMobil has started oil production at its US$4 billion Julia oil field in the Gulf of Mexico with the first production well currently online, and a second well set to start production in the coming weeks, the supermajor announced. Image…

ExxonMobil to add 450,000 boe/d by 2017

Mar 02, 2016

As ExxonMobil decreases its capital spending budget this year by 25%, the supermajor looks to start up 10 new upstream projects between now and 2017 that will see its production capacity increase. Tillerson…

ExxonMobil adds 1 billion boe to reserves

Feb 19, 2016

ExxonMobil added 1 billion boe of proved oil and gas reserves in 2015 for a total of 24.8 billion boe that was a result of new developments, and a significant discovery offshore Guyana. Image from ExxonMobil…

ExxonMobil launches Mobil Serv Lubricant Analysis

Feb 17, 2016

ExxonMobil has released Mobil Serv Lubricant Analysis, a new mobile-enabled used oil analysis service, in the US and Canada. The service streamlines the used oil analysis process, from initial sample gathering to final reporting.   Specifically…

Woods named Exxon president

Dec 11, 2015

ExxonMobil has chosen Darren W. Woods to be president and a member of the company's board of directors, effective 1 January 2016. Woods is currently senior vice president of the corporation. Rex W. Tillerson will continue his roles of chairman of the board and CEO…

ExxonMobil, Kogas to share technologies

Jul 21, 2015

ExxonMobil reports that it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning and the Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas) to hold discussions concerning natural gas technologies and new energy technologies…

BP, ExxonMobil suspend Arctic work

Jun 29, 2015

An oil industry consortium that includes BP and ExxonMobil suspended a Canadian arctic exploration program in the Beaufort Sea region due to insufficient time to begin test drilling before its lease expires in 2020, according to Seeking Alpha…

Guyana vows no interruptions

Jun 29, 2015

Guyana's president, David Granger, says he has assured ExxonMobil that exploration work at the company's recent oil discovery off the Guyana coast will not be interrupted, despite Venezuela’s recent revival of a century-old claim on 66% of Guyana’s territory…

XOM confirms significant Guyana discovery

May 20, 2015

ExxonMobil confirmed a significant oil discovery on the Stabroek Block found 120mi offshore Guyana. The well, spud on 5 March 2015, was drilled by ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana, and encountered more than…

ExxonMobil starts Kizomba Phase 2

Apr 30, 2015

ExxonMobil started oil production at the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 subsea development project off Angola. The Kizomba B FPSO. From BP. Phase 2 of Kizomba is a subsea infrastructure development of the Kakocha…

ExxonMobil inks Equatorial Guinea PSC

Apr 02, 2015

ExxonMobil has been awarded a production sharing contract (PSC) for Block EG-06 by the government of Equatorial Guinea. The contract was signed between ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Equatorial Guinea (Offshore), GEPetrol and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea…

ExxonMobil starts at Hadrian South

Mar 30, 2015

ExxonMobil began production at its deepest subsea tie-back, Hadrian South in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Image from ExxonMobil.   Hadrian South is located about 230mi offshore in the…

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