If the American oil company Exxon bites the dust it will effect a lot of people, what is not said in congress is that MobilExxon is an American company with American investors, includign things like pension plans. Only about 1% of MobilExxon is privately owned. MobilExxon also employs about 20,000 people.
Take the time to read and become informed...

Is ExxonMobil's future running dry? - MSN Money

 

good read....you can see that there are a lot of different things going on the back ground of finding and securing the product.

thanks