Safe Arctic energy development
Last week a number of members of Congress asked Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to strip Arctic lease sales from the upcoming five-year oil and gas leasing program. “The Arctic Ocean should be...
View ArticlePipelines to economic success
If the natural-gas-driven manufacturing renaissance in the United States is to continue, then infrastructure is going to have to keep up with the expected large growth in domestic natural gas demand...
View ArticleThe truth about ExxonMobil and climate change
For a few months now, ExxonMobil has been hit by a series of politically motivated legal attacks related to our climate research. Amid all the tumult, it’s easy to lose track of the most elemental – if...
View ArticleSuccessful dialogue at annual meeting
Last week in Dallas ExxonMobil held our 134th annual shareholders’ meeting, a tradition that goes back to our earliest days as Standard Oil. These meetings each year allow us to report on the health of...
View ArticleFocus on Technology: Using cogeneration to reduce emissions
Producing electricity generates a lot of waste heat – “lost” energy that is a byproduct of providing useful power. As Scientific American notes, “For every one unit of energy that is converted into...
View ArticleFocus on Technology: The old college try
On America’s college campuses, students have taken their final exams and most have left for the summer. At ExxonMobil, however, our work at institutions of higher learning takes no vacation. That’s...
View ArticleDigging deep on our fuel cell research
It’s still in the early days, but we’re excited about a new partnership to research a novel way to capture carbon that could end up making a significant difference in curbing greenhouse gas emissions....
View ArticleWhat makes up the price of U.S. gasoline?
I talked earlier this week about how crude oil prices have increased about 15 percent over the past year, which reflects a trend in rising commodity prices across the board in 2010. Not surprisingly,...
View ArticleStriking a regulatory balance
In his op-ed in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (“Toward a 21st-Century Regulatory System”), President Obama opened with the following statement: “For two centuries, America’s free market has not only...
View ArticlePutting our earnings in context
We announced our 2010 results yesterday, and while much of the coverage focused on the headline earnings of $30 billion, I want to share some other key numbers to help put it in perspective. For...
View ArticleLong-term energy investments highlighted at NYSE meeting
Today I was in New York attending ExxonMobil’s annual meeting with analysts at the New York Stock Exchange. Each year, we take this opportunity to review our previous year’s performance and preview...
View ArticleGas prices and industry earnings: A few things to think about the next time...
Here’s a simple fact of economics that’s getting everyone in Washington pretty excited this week: When prices increase for a commodity like oil, companies that produce and sell that commodity earn more...
View ArticleJoin me on Twitter
It’s been just a little over a year since I launched the Perspectives energy policy blog, and I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to read and comment on my posts. Now, I’m pleased to...
View ArticleJoin me on the Energy Tweet Sheet
Readers: The following blog post was published in The Daily Beast today. Join the #EnergyTweetSheet discussion on Twitter and follow me @KenPCohen as I highlight some of the most interesting energy...
View ArticleDownload the free ExxonMobil app for iPad®
If you’re looking to find news and information about ExxonMobil – or to learn more about the energy industry in general – take a look at ExxonMobil’s new app for iPad®. Released today, the free...
View ArticleDiscriminating on anti-discrimination
It’s not uncommon for large companies such as ExxonMobil to be the target of political campaigns, which has been the case with efforts by a small number of very vocal advocates of the LGBT community....
View ArticleFactoring into the discussion
Six years ago we unveiled ExxonMobil Perspectives as a forum for discussion about important energy industry issues. To support the conversations taking place on the Perspectives blog and give them more...
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