ExxonMobil
Companiesoil-and-gas
Standard Oil's largest successor and a notably closed company: the single indispensable book is Coll's, with the industry histories supplying the rest.
7 books · 1 people behind it
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- Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American PowerSteve Coll, 2012
- The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and PowerDaniel Yergin, 1991
- The Seven SistersAnthony Sampson, 1975
The people behind it 1
Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.
Journalists 1
Books 7
Daniel Yergin · 1991 · The standard history of the oil industry Exxon inherited and led.
Steve Coll · 2012 · The definitive account of the company as a quasi-sovereign actor.
Anthony Sampson · 1975 · The classic account of the oil majors' cartel before OPEC broke it.
T2 The Quest
Daniel Yergin · 2011 · Yergin's sequel on energy security, shale and the majors' changed position.
T2 The New Map
Daniel Yergin · 2020 · Energy transition and geopolitics; the demand risk facing an integrated major.
Art Davidson · 1990 · The 1989 spill and Exxon's response, reported from Alaska.
Joseph A. Pratt, William E. Hale · 2013 · Company-sponsored scholarly history with internal archive access.