IRVING, Texas (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. said on Monday that the first liquefied natural gas had arrived at the Adriatic regasification terminal near Porto Levante.
Exxon said the terminal is the first offshore gravity-based structure for unloading, storage and regasification of liquid natural gas.
Exxon said 45 percent of the terminal is owned by Qatar Terminal [...]

IRVING, Texas — The average retail price for gasoline jumped more than six cents last week across Texas to nearly $2.33 a gallon.
AAA Texas on Thursday reported the nationwide average rose almost nine cents, reaching $2.45.
The association says El Paso had the state’s most expensive gasoline, at $2.39 a gallon. Houston and San Antonio [...]

Exxon Mobil has been fined $6.1 million for violating the federal Clean Water Act for a 2006 oil spill at its terminal in Everett, Mass., according to a Department of Justice news release.
The DoJ states that Exxon-Mobil employees knew that a valve was defective for four months prior to its failure to contain diesel fuel [...]

IRVING, Texas, Nov 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Turkey B.V., has signed an agreement with Turkish national oil company, TA 1/4rkiye Petrolleri Anonim OrtaklAAYA (TPAO), to explore in two large deepwater blocks offshore Turkey, marking ExxonMobil’s entry into Black Sea exploration.
ExxonMobil will become [...]

By Joe Carroll
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the investor darling among the world’s largest oil companies in the first half of the year, has become the biggest loser.
Petrobras, as Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer is known, is the worst performer among the top 10 publicly traded oil companies since May. The stock dropped 53 [...]

By Joe Carroll
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’s biggest oil company, said third-quarter profit jumped 58 percent, exceeding analyst estimates, as record crude prices made up for the largest drop in output in at least a decade.
Net income rose to $14.8 billion, or $2.86 a share, from $9.41 billion, or $1.70, [...]

By Edward Klump
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — ConocoPhillips, the third-largest U.S. oil company, posted a 41 percent profit increase after gains in energy prices made up for a drop in production. The company’s shares fell as New York oil futures tumbled.
Third-quarter net income climbed to $5.19 billion, or $3.39 a share, from $3.67 billion, or $2.23, [...]