Exxon Mobil doesn’t seem so bothered with the pressure bearing down on fossil fuels. But profit suggests the oil giant is suffering, and its stock is the worst performer among its peers. CEO Darren Woods is living in denial, writes TheRealLSL.
Exxon Mobil on Jan. 31 said that net income fell 5.2% in the fourth quarter compared with the same quarter the previous year, even though production remained relatively flat. The results benefited from a $3.7 billion after-tax gain from selling some Norway assets to Var Energi for $4.5 billion.
That flattered the performance of Exxon’s drilling and production business, boosting earnings in this so-called upstream business by 85% compared with the same period in 2018. Excluding the gain, profit in the non-U.S. upstream business was down 22%, with profit from U.S. wells suffering an almost 75% decline.
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