ExxonMobil's Donald Humphreys Defends Big Oil and Its Role in a Global Economy

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The controversy over carbon emissions is just one of several surrounding ExxonMobil -- a list that includes gasoline prices surging towards $4 a gallon, the company's push for expanded oil exploration and drilling, and its high-profile war of wills with the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. Yet during a presentation as part of the Wharton Leadership Lecture series, Donald D. Humphreys, senior vice president and treasurer of the Irving, Texas-based behemoth, set out to erase what he said are widely held misconceptions about the powerful company that traces its roots back to the 19th century and John D. Rockefeller.
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