Exxon Mobil Begins Drilling Russia’s Arctic Waters in Spite of Sanctions
Despite increasing western sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, Exxon Mobil has begun drilling their first well in Russia’s pristine Arctic territory on Saturday. “Today, commercial success is driven by efficient international cooperation,” Reuters reported Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying on a video conference with Glenn Waller, ExxonMobil’s lead manager in Russia,…
