Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. likely will appoint its current refining boss as new CEO as current boss Rex Tillerson hurtles toward the State Department. Darren Woods, who has held the top refining position at Exxon since 2012, overhauled the company's refining business from a mere side operation to a full-fledged profit machine. Even if Tillerson doesn't make the cut for secretary of State, Exxon will still have to tap a new CEO; Tillerson reaches the company's mandatory retirement age in March. Woods would take charge of the corporation as it is beset by a yearslong decline in energy markets, ill-timed investments in Russian and North American shale plays, and charges of a decadeslong climate change cover-up. Still, with President-elect Donald Trump indicating he'll loosen fossil fuel regulations, analysts expect Woods to steer Exxon toward broader business successes.
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机译：石油巨头埃克森美孚公司（Exxon Mobil Corp.）可能会任命其现任炼油厂老板为新任首席执行官，原因是现任老板雷克斯·蒂勒森（Rex Tillerson）急切地寻求国务院的支持。达伦·伍兹（Darren Woods）自2012年以来一直在埃克森美孚（Exxon）担任最高炼油职位，他将该公司的炼油业务从单纯的副业转变为成熟的盈利机器。即使蒂勒森没有削减国务卿的职位，埃克森美孚仍然不得不聘请新的首席执行官。蒂勒森（Tillerson）于3月达到公司的法定退休年龄。伍兹将负责这家公司，因为它受到能源市场多年下滑，对俄罗斯和北美页岩气投资不合时宜以及数十年气候变化掩盖的指控困扰。尽管如此，当选总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）表示他将放松化石燃料法规时，分析人士预计，伍兹将带动埃克森美孚在更广泛的商业领域取得成功。
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