Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Exxon Corporation


Related Topics

In the News (Sun 3 Jun 12)

  
  Exxon Corporation - Ana.- (August 1998)
Exxon and Shell collectively account for over one-half of the sales of VII for use in motor oil in North America.
On July 10, 1996, Exxon and Shell announced an intention to form a joint venture to own and operate their businesses engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing and sale of additives used in the production of fuels and lubricants (the “Joint Venture”).
If Exxon completes the sale to Chevron before the proposed Order is made final, the proposed Order requires that Exxon rescind the sale to Oronite if the Commission determines after the public comment period that the proposed sale to Oronite is not appropriate relief.
www.ftc.gov /os/1998/08/9710007.ana.htm   (936 words)

  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Exxon Corporation, 203 F.3d 871 (5th Cir. 2000)
Exxon adopted the policy in response to the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, in which one of its tankers ran aground, causing environmental injury and resulting in billions of dollars of liability for Exxon.
Exxon justifies its policy as promoting safety in jobs in which it is unable to oversee employees to ensure they are not relapsing into substance abuse, as well as furthering environmental protection, the prevention of future tort liability, and good corporate citizenship.
Exxon faced massive tort liability as a result of the Valdez spill and claims that should another incident occur, it would be subject to heightened damages, including punitive and criminal sanctions.
biotech.law.lsu.edu /cases/ADA/eeoc_v_exxon.htm   (2027 words)

  
 NAAG Letter - Survivors of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
We, the undersigned Attorneys General, urge the Exxon Corporation to end the protracted litigation over the spill and honor the unanimous judgment of the jury in the lawsuit that followed.
Each year Exxon delays payment of its obligation it earns an estimated $400 million from the difference between the statutory interest rate on judgments of 6 percent and the company's internal rate of return of about 14%.
Exxon's use of its economic strength to delay, and in many cases to deny, justice to the 40 thousand people it has injured by the Exxon Valdez spill raises a significant concern.
www.jomiller.com /exxonvaldez/ag.html   (392 words)

  
 Corporate propaganda in schools: Exxon's 'Video for Students'
Exxon mentions only that the eagle population of Prince William Sound was about 5,000, that Exxon's teams trapped 113 eagles, and that only 15 of the trapped birds were in such poor condition that they had to be taken to rehabilitation centers.
Exxon's narrator tells that 36,000 dead birds were retrieved, but he doesn't tell this: The number of birds that were killed may have been as high as 500,000, according to federal scientists.
The Exxon Valdez spill began to foul beaches in March of 1989, when the eggs of wild salmon (eggs that had been laid during the summer of 1988) were hatching; many of these eggs and many of the newly hatched fry were killed or damaged by the oil.
www.textbookleague.org /36exx.htm   (1945 words)

  
 Higgins v. Exxon Co.
Exxon's SPOSA is a severance payment that is an EKISA- governed welfare benefit plan of Exxon Corporation (as opposed to Exxon Chemical).
On October 16, 1992, Exxon sent a letter to all employees of the Linden Facility Polymers Research Group advising them that Exxon Chemical was moving the group to the Baytown Polymers Unit in Baytown, Texas.
Exxon subsequently filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that (1) Higgins' claim was time-barred under ERISA's "actual knowledge" three-year statute of limitations and that (2) the SPOSA was not under serious consideration at the time Higgins made his inquiries.
pub.bna.com /pbd/003821.htm   (1847 words)

  
 Chemtrail Central :: View topic - Slimeball Exxon Corporation profits surge 75%
Exxon Mobil said net income rose to $9.9 billion, or $1.58 a share, in the third quarter from $5.68 billion, or 88 cents a share, a year earlier.
Exxon Mobil's capital expenditures jumped to $4.41 billion from $3.63 billion a year earlier.
Shares of Exxon Mobil, the largest of the so-called "super-major" oil companies, rose more than 10 percent in the quarter, underperforming the broader Standard and Poor's integrated oil and gas index, which rose more than 13 percent.
www.chemtrailcentral.com /forum/thread9710.html&sid=6ed495a71681c1e7b9db8110f60e0c64   (400 words)

  
 Exxon in the McSpotlight
Exxon are the 3rd largest US-based worldwide petrochemical corporation.
In March 1989 the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground and broke open,releasing 11 million gallons of crude oil into the Prince William Sound, Alaska.
It also criticised the Alaska pipeline consortium, of which Exxon is a partner, for it's 'massive failure' in reposonse to the spill, which greatly contributed to its severity.
www.mcspotlight.org /beyond/companies/exxon.html   (444 words)

  
 EXXON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Exxon contributed some $1.2 million, in 1998, to minority and women-oriented groups that addressed family support services, education enrichment programs for youth, community revitalization and support for advocacy organizations.
The NMSDC has twice designated Exxon as its "Corporation of the Year." According to Harriet R. Michel, president of NMSDC, the selection of Exxon to receive the award "is based upon the company's achievement and decades of commitment to building strong commercial relationships between minority businesses and their corporate partners.
Exxon's revenue rose from an annual $96 billion in 1989 to $137.2 billion in 1997; its net profits rose from an annual $3.5 billion in 1989 to $8.5 billion in 1997; and its stock value rose from $5 billion to $20 billion between the 1989 Valdez spill and the 1994 trial alone.
webpages.marshall.edu /~ewen/exxon.htm   (2728 words)

  
 Exxonmobil - Knowmore
Exxon Chemical Company became a worldwide organization in 1965 and in 1999 was a major producer and marketer of olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene along with specialty lines such as elastomers, plasticizers, solvents, process fluids, oxo alcohols and adhesive resins.
Exxon’s worsening emissions may be caused, in part, by an increase of flaring of gas in Nigeria.
Exxon’s emissions are more than 50% higher than their closest competitor’s, despite only a slightly larger production of oil and gas.
www.knowmore.org /index.php/Exxonmobil   (6106 words)

  
 [No title]
The silvery pipes that extract hundreds of millions of dollars in natural gas per year for Exxon Mobil glint in the tropical sun, a glittering contrast to the ramshackle huts and rice fields of the villagers nearby.
Exxon Mobil Corporation is engaged in the energy and petrochemical business.
December 30, 2004 - Exxon Mobil Corporation and its employees announced that they are contributing $5 million to assist relief efforts arising from the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunamis.
www.lycos.com /info/exxon-mobil--exxon-mobil-corporation.html   (563 words)

  
 FTC v. Exxon Agreement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Exxon must purchase sufficient air time so that the ad reaches 65% of the target audience (adults ages 18 - 49) an average of 2.7 times per person in the first wave, and 51% of the target audience an average of 2 times in the second wave.
Exxon must monitor the actual exposure the ad achieves in each market, and should it fail to achieve at least 90 percent of the exposure levels specified in the order for each market, it must seek additional spots from the television stations to meet the specified targets.
The brochure, which will be made available free of charge at Exxon service stations, informs consumers that most cars will not benefit from higher octane gasoline, and also explains that consumers may need higher octane gasoline if their owner’s manual recommends it or if their car engine consistently knocks or pings.
neptune.spacebears.com /cars/legal/exxagree.html   (2512 words)

  
 02-1344 -- Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Norton -- 10/15/2003
Exxon and TOSCO acquired these claims from their previous owners, who had located them prior to February 25, 1920, in accordance with the General Mining Law of 1872, 30 U.S.C. That law, "premised on a policy of encouraging exploration of valuable mineral deposits in the western United States.
Exxon filed affidavits stating that it had performed assessment work for the years 1973 through 1988, but the ALJ determined that it was non-qualifying road maintenance work.
Aerial photographs of the Exxon claim group were taken in 1954, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1979, 1980, and 1981.
www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2003/10/02-1344.htm   (4205 words)

  
 Exxon Valdez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Exxon Valdez was the original name of an oil tanker owned by the former Exxon Corporation.
The captain of the Exxon Valdez, Joseph Hazelwood, was then found guilty of negligence, and in 1991 a federal judge approved a $1.1 billion settlement reached by Exxon, the federal government, and Alaska.
Exxon operated the tanker in Europe to avoid further publicity, renaming it the Exxon Mediterranean, and later the Sea River Mediterranean (under the Exxon subsidiary SeaRiver Maritime).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Exxon_Valdez   (511 words)

  
 ExxonMobil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The spill was the second largest in U.S. history, and in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez incident U.S. Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
Exxon's long-time mascot is a tiger; Mobil's mascot is a red pegasus which dates back to the late 19th century and is one of the oldest marketing symbols still in use.
In March 2003, James Giffen of the Mercator Corporation was indicted, accused of bribing 2 high level officals of Kazakhstan (President Nursultan Nazarbayev and a former Prime Minister) with $78 million in order to win ExxonMobil a 25% share in the Tengiz oilfield, the third largest in the world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Exxon_Mobil   (2087 words)

  
 Exxon Mobil - SourceWatch
Exxon Mobil is the world's largest integrated oil company (ahead of BP and Shell).
Exxon's tiger PR Recognizing Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington, in mid-July 2005 ExxonMobil ran a quarter-page ad on the op-ed page of New York Times headlined "Saving Tigers." [5] According to Exxon's website, the company has given more than $9 million since 1995 to efforts to save endangered tigers.
According to PR Week, "while Exxon works with a number of PR firms, including Weber Shandwick," the new campaign is "entirely in-house." After earning a record-breaking $36.1 billion last year, Exxon wants to avoid backlash from consumers angry about high gas prices and weaken support for the Windfall Profits Tax proposals before Congress.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Exxon_Mobil   (974 words)

  
 The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In regard to addressing the actual problem, which Exxon claimed was its first priority, it took company officials nearly 10 hours after the accident to deploy booms to contain the spill.
In addition, Exxon was criticized for refusing to acknowledge the extent of the problem, which was due, in part, to the advice of the company's legal counsel.
The biggest criticism the company received was the fact that CEO Lawrence Rawl waited six days to make a statement to the media and that he did not visit the scene of the accident until nearly three weeks after the spill.
iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Spring01/Hogue/exxon.html   (612 words)

  
 TO: ANTHONY PAONITA
DISPUTE: Denial of Exxon's insurance claim for reimbursement on $250 million worth of the $3.5 billion clean-up from the Mar. 24, 1989, Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
Appeals are certain from either side regardless of how a Houston jury rules here soon on Exxon Corporation's claim that underwriters from Lloyd's of London should reimburse the oil giant for $250 million worth of the $2.5 billion it contends it spent to mop up the mess, Exxon Corporation v.
Contending that Exxon Corporation and the shipping company are actually one in the same, she told jurors that the mother company cannot recover any more.
www.hal-pc.org /~gtaylor/ExxonLloyds.html   (1567 words)

  
 Princeton - News - Exxon Corporation Presents $288,897 Matching Gift to Princeton
Corporate matching programs bolster Princeton's annual giving effort, which provides unrestricted funding for the University's programs of teaching, research and campus life.
The Exxon Education Foundation, which has one of the most generous matching gift policies among U.S. corporations, matches Exxon Corporation employee gifts to educational institutions on a three-to-one basis.
Based in Irving, Texas, the Exxon Education Foundation makes donations solely for education and is separate from Exxon's corporate giving programs.
www.princeton.edu /~compub/news/99/q2/0517-exxon.htm   (286 words)

  
 About Exxon-Mobil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Exxon Chemical Company became a worldwide organization in 1965 and in 1999 was a major producer and marketer of olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene along with speciality lines such as elastomers, plasticizers, solvents, process fluids, oxo alcohols and adhesive resins.
Jersey Standard changed its name to Exxon Corporation in 1972 and established Exxon as an uncontested trademark throughout the United States.
For the remainder of the 20th century, Exxon and Mobil continued to operate in a relatively low-price, low-margin environment.
www.fullfleet.com /articles/exxon-article-1.htm   (423 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: EXXON COMPANY, U.S.A.
EXXON COMPANY, U.S.A. Exxon Company, U.S.A., a division of Exxon Corporation, manages the corporation's oil and gas interests in the United States.
Exxon U.S.A. traces its descent from the Humble Oil Company, which was chartered in Texas in February 1911 with a capital of $150,000 (raised to $300,000 in 1912).
Exxon organized a $2.5 billion cleanup and became involved in extended litigation over the damage caused by the spill.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/EE/doe4.html   (2171 words)

  
 Exxon Mobil Corporation Names Corporate Vice Presidents; Division and Affiliate Presidents
Corporate Departments Donald D. Humphreys was elected vice president and controller of Exxon Mobil Corporation.
Before the merger, he had served as a vice president of Exxon Corporation and as president of Exxon Exploration Company since it was organized in 1992.
He has held various engineering, planning, supply, transportation and management assignments with Exxon affiliates and operating divisions in Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands and the U.S. He served as executive assistant to the chairman of Exxon Corporation in 1991.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-02-1999/0001087372&EDATE=   (2675 words)

  
 IN RE EXXON CORP and MOBIL CORP - Legal Case Documents
Respondent Exxon is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New Jersey, with its principal place of business at 5959 Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75039.
Proposed Respondent Exxon Corporation is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New Jersey, with its office and principal place of business located at 5959 Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75039.
Exxon owns four refineries in the United States; those four refineries can process approximately 1.1 million barrels of crude oil and other feedstocks daily.1 Exxon owns or leases approximately 2,049 gasoline stations nationally and sells gasoline to distributors or dealers that operate another 6,475 retail outlets throughout the United States.
www.legalcasedocs.com /120/247/760.html   (3912 words)

  
 About Toyota: Environmental Commitment -- Partnerships -- Toyota and Exxon Sign Agreement to Advance Next Generation ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
During autumn, 1998, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Exxon Corporation (Exxon) have entered into a long-term alliance to advance the science and technology necessary for next generation automotive systems.
Under terms of the agreement, Toyota and Exxon will share business and technological information, identify critical cross-industry factors impacting future vehicle technology, and conduct joint research on new transportation vehicle systems.
Toyota and Exxon are determined to meet this challenge.
www.toyota.com /about/environment/partnerships/exxon_agreement.html   (368 words)

  
 NOAA Fisheries Alaska Office of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Damage Assessment and Restoration
Memorandum of Agreemement between the State of Alaska and the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, 1993.
On March 24, 1989 the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil across 1,300 miles of coastline - a catastrophic event that lead to one of the most thorough examinations of the effects of oil on the environment.
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council was established with funds from the legal settlement between the State of Alaska, the Federal Government and Exxon to develop research, restoration and habitat conservation plans for the spill area.
www.fakr.noaa.gov /oil   (514 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.