The Cautious King Of the Oil Patch

摘要

Don't expect record oil prices and predic-tions of permanently tight supplies to change the course of Exxon Mobil Corp.The largest publicly traded oil giant hasn't produced industry-leading returns in booms and busts by zigzagging with every price change."Focus and discipline are even more important in these buoyant industry conditions," Chief Executive Lee R.Raymond told analysts on Mar.9.