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Steve Coll found reporting on Exxon scarier than covering the CIA
“I thought it was hard to report on the CIA, and I came to understand that Exxon was far more difficult and a little bit scarier even.”
Amy Westervelt's travel reservations mysteriously canceled while investigating Exxon
“When I was interviewing those former Exxon scientists I mentioned before, the ones that had done all that climate research back in the seventies and eighties, every time I traveled, half my reservations would somehow wind up changed or canceled.”
Private oil majors supply just 15% of global oil and gas
“We should remember that when you put them all together, they're only 15% of world oil and gas supply. Most of the world's oil and gas comes from state controlled companies.”
Exxon paid Equatorial Guinea and Chad just 8% and 10% in royalties
“Equatorial Guinea had only gotten about eight percent royalties in its Contract. Chad got 10%, but Guyana was more stable and developed than those countries had been when they inked contracts with Exxon.”