Safety
Top U.S. universities lead shale gas training program for regulators and other officials
I’ve talked a lot about how shale gas development is transforming energy markets, sparking economic activity, and helping meet our shared environmental goals. As the industry continues to grow, it’s important that local and state governments maintain their capacity for appropriate oversight and regulation. A continued focus on safe operations – from both industry and government – will allow Americans to keep benefiting from the jobs and revenue created by development of this lower-emission fuel source. That’s the idea behind a noteworthy new training initiative announced yesterday by several leading American universities …
Julia development planning – taking time to get it right
News outlets have been covering ExxonMobil’s request for a court to review the U.S. Interior Department’s rejection of plans to develop our Julia oil discovery in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. I don’t plan to argue the case here. What I do want to talk about today are the headlines about a significant oil discovery and the questions from media and others about why we didn’t trumpet it from the rooftops when we made the find several years ago.
Yellowstone cleanup: Staying focused on the facts and cleanup
More than one week after the breach of the ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) line under the Yellowstone River in Montana, the Unified Command in charge of the response – consisting of local, state and federal resources, as well as those from ExxonMobil – has been making progress in the cleanup efforts.
Update from the cleanup operations in Montana
I’m currently in Montana working with ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) as part of the response team following last Friday’s spill, and I wanted to provide a quick summary of actions taken since my last update. Yesterday, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer joined EMPCo President Gary Pruessing on a visit to the site of cleanup operations in Laurel, Mont. There, Gov. Schweitzer saw the work being done by some of the more than 300 people who are now part of the cleanup and response efforts.
Cleanup continues in Montana
By now, many of you are aware that crude oil was released from an ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) line in Montana under the Yellowstone River on Friday, and cleanup operations are continuing. As EMPCo president Gary Pruessing has said, we will stay with the cleanup until it is complete, and we sincerely apologize to the people of Montana for the inconvenience the spill has caused.
Numbers that count: ExxonMobil’s 2010 Citizenship Report
As one of the world’s leading energy companies, ExxonMobil has a clear responsibility to safely and reliably supply the energy that helps meet growing global needs. But our responsibilities don’t end there. Our operations span six continents, and our employees live and work in communities around the world. How we interact with and support these communities is critical to how we measure our performance as a global, corporate citizen.
