{"id":180222,"date":"2010-01-14T11:16:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/exxonmobil-strikes-it-rich-in-texas-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-14T11:16:06","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T16:16:06","slug":"exxonmobil-just-struck-it-rich-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/180222","title":{"rendered":"ExxonMobil Just Struck It Rich In Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.exxonmobil.com&amp;esheet=6140316&amp;lan=en_US&amp;anchor=ExxonMobil&amp;index=5&amp;md5=711c3f15f12c21789823a9404c302531\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b4f41a0000000000095ff83\/ap-exxonmobil.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"AP ExxonMobil\" \/>ExxonMobil<\/a>,        the largest publicly traded international <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/natural-gas-companies-ditching-gas-investment-going-to-oil-2010-1\">oil and gas<\/a> company, announced a project in northeast <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/pair-of-texas-officials-go-after-exxon-2009-8\">Texas<\/a> on Wednesday to recover the equivalent of an additional 40        million barrels of oil, or enough to meet the annual energy needs of        over one million Texas households.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eon.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/eon\/permalink\/?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20100113005154&amp;newsLang=en\">Enhanced Online News: <\/a>The project will reportedly extend the life of the Hawkins field, discovered in 1940, for an additional 25 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Construction is expected to begin in the first quarter 2010. At its        peak, the ExxonMobil project will employ a construction workforce of        about 300 people. Project start-up is anticipated in late 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Hawkins Field is located in Wood County, Texas, about 100 miles east        of Dallas. Over the past 70 years, it has produced more than 800 million        barrels of oil. The field is one of the largest ever discovered in the        state and provided significant energy supplies to support America&#8217;s        effort during World War II.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eon.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/eon\/permalink\/?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20100113005154&amp;newsLang=en\">Read the whole thing here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/exxonmobil-strikes-it-rich-in-texas-2010-1#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/natural-gas-companies-ditching-gas-investment-going-to-oil-2010-1\">Natural Gas Companies Fleeing Back To Oil After Exxon Dives Into Their Turf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/exxon-heres-why-we-just-spent-41-billion-on-natural-gas-2009-12\">Exxon: Here&#8217;s Why We Just Spent $41 Billlion On Natural Gas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/pair-of-texas-officials-go-after-exxon-2009-8\">Texas Goes After Exxon For Sabotaging Oil Wells<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/igDRN3K9QkRrXLaNeUbSVM9N3yI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/igDRN3K9QkRrXLaNeUbSVM9N3yI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/igDRN3K9QkRrXLaNeUbSVM9N3yI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/igDRN3K9QkRrXLaNeUbSVM9N3yI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=DnBRlRSwFkE:JJN_G1RenKA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=DnBRlRSwFkE:JJN_G1RenKA:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=DnBRlRSwFkE:JJN_G1RenKA:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=DnBRlRSwFkE:JJN_G1RenKA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=DnBRlRSwFkE:JJN_G1RenKA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=DnBRlRSwFkE:JJN_G1RenKA:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=DnBRlRSwFkE:JJN_G1RenKA:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=DnBRlRSwFkE:JJN_G1RenKA:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/DnBRlRSwFkE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ExxonMobil, the largest publicly traded international oil and gas company, announced a project in northeast Texas on Wednesday to recover the equivalent of an additional 40 million barrels of oil, or enough to meet the annual energy needs of over one million Texas households. 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