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Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power

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by Steve Coll


  Brooks, Karen, 113

  Browne, John, 16–17, 57, 59–61, 64, 224–25, 226, 259, 264–65, 340, 610–12

  Browner, Carol, 539–40, 542–43

  Buchan, Graeme, 451–52, 459

  Buchholtz, Walter, 86, 340, 493

  Buffett, Warren, 577

  Bundy, Darcie A., 215

  Burma, 244

  Burt, Richard, 292

  Bush, Barbara, 235

  Bush, George H. W., 13, 69, 80–81, 235, 247, 252, 314, 557, 565

  Bush, George W., xiv, 76, 77, 143, 145–47, 181, 229, 239, 248, 249, 257, 258, 266, 277, 278, 280, 285, 290, 293, 301, 340, 364, 412, 418, 430, 444, 468, 531, 543, 557, 559, 568, 570

  addiction-to-oil speech of, 435–39, 445

  on alternate energy, 436–37

  on climate change, 89, 90, 91, 303

  Consumer Safety Act signed by, 493

  Equatorial Guinea policy and, 294–96

  in Moscow visit, 258–59

  oil dependency issue and, 303–4

  Putin and, 250–51, 252

  Bush, Jeb, 606

  Bush, Laura, 250

  Bush (G.H.W.) administration, 162, 280

  Bush (G. W.) administration, 70, 101, 112–13, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 134–35, 174–75, 183, 189, 204, 205, 254, 259, 265, 266, 267, 274, 276, 277, 290–91, 301–2, 304, 365, 441, 499, 545, 561, 563, 564, 568–69, 570, 620, 622

  Aceh war intervention of, 395–96, 400

  alternate energy issue and, 436–37

  Chad and, 366–67

  Chavez regime and, 411–12

  China oil policy and, 242

  climate change issue and, 179, 183–84, 337–38

  climate change working group of, 89–91

  energy policy and, 69

  Equatorial Guinea policy and, 143, 145–46, 147–49, 296, 514–15, 518, 520, 531, 532

  Iraq oil industry and, 564–66, 572

  Iraq War and, 228, 231, 236–37, 247–48

  John Doe lawsuit and, 401–2

  Nigeria policy and, 468–69

  Voluntary Principles and, 404

  BusinessWeek, 104

  Calil, Eli, 285

  Cameron, James, 528

  Cameroon, 138–39, 141–42, 145, 147, 150, 154, 155, 350, 515

  Chad-Kribi pipeline and, 163–65

  Campbell, John, 143–44, 455–56, 462

  Canada, 51, 58, 440, 453, 598

  and pipeline to U.S., 623

  tar sands deposits of, 55, 192, 421, 544–48

  U.S. oil relationship with, 544, 548

  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 546

  cap-and-trade system, 226, 535, 538–40, 547, 551, 555

  Brookings study on, 553–54

  ExxonMobil’s opposition to, 536–37, 541

  Obama on, 540–41

  Waxman-Markey bill and, 552–53

  carbon dioxide, 78, 80, 83–84, 88, 89, 91, 226, 311, 348, 436, 617–18, 619, 620

  carbon tax, 535–36, 539, 541–43, 556, 596

  ExxonMobil’s endorsement of, 537–39, 541, 549, 552–53

  Carlon, Joseph R., 30

  Carroll, Philip J., Jr., 231, 233, 235–36, 565

  Carson, Johnnie, 471, 531

  Carter, Jimmy, 238–39, 401, 435

  Carter, Susan, 341

  Carter administration, 76

  Cassidy & Associates, 291–92, 295, 296, 297, 518–20

  Castel, P. Kevin, 430, 431, 432–33

  Catholic Relief Services, 167, 169

  Cato Institute for Public Policy Research, 184

  Cazzaniga, Vicenzo, 197–98

  Cejka, Tim, 587, 591–92

  Center for Policy Innovation, 552

  Center for Public Integrity, 612

  Center for Responsive Politics, 494

  Center for Strategic and International Studies, 613

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 482

  Central African Republic, 155

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 2, 72, 207, 238, 241, 297, 470, 516

  Chad operations of, 172–73, 174–75, 352–53

  Equatorial Guinea coup and, 292–93

  M.E.N.D. analyzed by, 463

  Cerro Negro Association Agreement, 414

  Chad, 20, 154–76, 192, 232, 349–70, 440, 453, 522, 622

  Al Qaeda threat and, 172–73

  Bush (G. W.) administration’s agreement with, 366–67

  Chad-Kribi pipeline in, 163–66

  C.I.A. operations in, 172–73, 174–75, 352–53

  corruption and waste in, 353–54, 356, 359

  Darfur crisis and, 356–57, 362–65

  Déby coup in, 155–57

  Esso’s exploration of, 157–58

  ExxonMobil’s operations in, 159–60, 162–63, 167–70, 349–51, 354–55, 359, 361–62, 367–68, 370

  F.A.R.F. suppressed in, 167

  Habré regime of, 155

  Kome-5 faculty of, 349–50, 354

  Obama’s visit to, 368–70

  oil deposits of, 157–58

  rebel raid on, 363–64

  resource curse and, 166–67, 360

  Sahel region of, 172, 173

  State Department and, 154, 354

  Sudan conflict and, 351–52, 356–57, 363–64

  tax dispute and, 367–68

  U.S. relations with, 158–59, 170, 174–75

  Wolfowitz-World Bank crisis of, 360–66, 367

  World Bank-Exxon deal and, 163–69, 350, 353–56, 358

  Chaplin, John Paul, xiii, 453–54, 456, 457, 465, 467, 469–70

  Chaves, Milton, 424

  Chavez, Hugo, xv, 408–9, 411–12, 424, 425, 426–28, 432–34

  Orinoco operations seizure and, 422–23

  royalties dispute and, 415–17

  see also Venezuela

  chemical industry, 478–87

  DINP and, 482–84, 486, 487

  ExxonMobil lobbying and, 485–87

  Hazard Index and, 481

  phthalates used in, 481–87, 489–91

  precautionary principle and, 480, 484–85

  risk analysis and, 479–81, 484

  Cheney, Lynne, 68, 270

  Cheney, Richard B., xiv, 76, 77, 143, 145–46, 162, 173, 181, 204, 205, 235, 243–45, 255, 267, 270, 304, 323, 324, 406, 438, 462, 497

  energy policy and, 69–70, 89–91, 320–21

  Raymond’s friendship with, 70–71, 239–40, 247–48, 276

  Chesapeake Energy, 591

  Chesebro, Stephen, 262

  Chevalier, Jeff, 611

  Chevron Corporation, 31, 36, 40, 51, 70, 277, 322, 340, 488, 550, 578, 595–96, 608

  Chad and, 159, 172, 368, 369–70

  Iraqi oil industry and, 229, 568

  Kazakhstan project of, 252

  liquefied natural gas industry and, 581

  lobbying by, 342, 540–41

  Nigeria and, 454, 457, 463, 475

  oil reserves of, 58

  R.O.C.E. of, 596

  Russian oil industry and, 254–55, 258–59, 273

  Texaco merged with, 61, 275, 277

  Venezuela operations of, 414, 415, 418

  Chile, 287

  China, People’s Republic of, 18, 81, 82, 83, 224, 240–45, 246, 247, 266, 272–73, 297, 303, 308, 310, 324, 345, 368, 415, 425, 440, 449, 453, 486, 512, 513, 546, 547, 555, 559, 617, 618, 620

  Africa oil trade of, 241–42

  “Go Out” policy of, 241

  oil dependency of, 243–44

  oil imports of, 240–41, 420, 422

  U.S. Navy and, 243–44, 245

  Chong, Tommy, 108, 110

  Chow, Ed, 36

  Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (C.H.A.P.), 483, 492

  Chu, Steven, 543

  Cirigliano, Tom, 187

  CITGO gas stations, 430

  Citigroup, 169, 315, 361

  Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, 624

  Clark, Wayne, 520–21

  Clarke, D. L., 382

  Clement
, Paul, 406–7

  Climate Central, 620

  climate change, 134, 179, 240, 311, 545, 583

  Airlie Center conference on, 345–47

  BP and, 224–26

  Bush administration and, 179, 183–84, 337–38

  Bush working group on, 89–91

  Copenhagen talks on, 555

  ExxonMobil and, 91–92, 179–80, 182–86, 187, 310–11, 534–35, 536–37, 543

  forecasts of, 310–11

  Global System Model of, 337

  greenhouse effect and, 77–78

  G. W. Bush’s skepticism of, 303

  Kyoto Protocol and, see Kyoto Protocol

  oil industry and, 84–89

  public confusion on, 619–20

  Raymond’s doubts of, 181, 183, 184–85, 187, 309, 311

  Rio summit and, 80–81

  Tillerson and, 335–38, 347, 534–35, 536–37, 543, 596

  2000 election and, 181

  2008 election and, 504–6

  see also cap-and-trade system; carbon tax; global warming

  Climate Research Board, 78

  Clinton, Bill, 165, 224, 343, 540, 549, 550, 554, 570

  Clinton, Hillary, 76, 302, 341–42, 498–99, 531, 550–51

  Clinton administration, 68, 70, 81, 85, 86, 104, 106, 145, 167, 168, 189, 220, 253, 367, 485, 543, 620

  Clinton Global Initiative, 549, 554–55

  Coalition Provisional Authority (C.P.A.), 231, 561–62, 564, 565, 567, 569

  Coast Guard, U.S., 3, 4, 5, 6–7, 10, 11, 13, 14–15, 476

  Coburn, Leonard, 255, 274

  Cohen, Herman “Hank,” 162–63

  Cohen, Ken, xiii, 320, 342, 348, 448, 479, 496, 501, 538, 542, 549–50, 555

  at Airlie Center conference, 343–44, 345–47

  background of, 215–16

  cap-and-trade opposed by, 537

  climate change issue and, 86, 225, 335–38, 339, 504, 505, 532–33

  ExxonMobil P.A.C. and, 340–41

  Exxon’s public image and, 331–32

  human rights issue and, 221, 222–23

  political contributions of, 494, 495

  public affairs department directed by, 213–14, 217, 219–20, 305

  2030 forecast campaign and, 309, 312

  cold war, 17, 20, 51, 158, 245

  Coleman, Norm, 298, 416

  Colgate-Palmolive, 80

  Collingsworth, Terry, 119–21, 399, 403–6

  Colombia, 106, 342

  Colton, William, 442–43, 493

  Communist Party, Chinese, 214

  Communist Party, Hungarian, 17

  Communist Party, Indonesian, 102

  Communist Party, Italian, 198

  Competitive Enterprise Institute, 86, 345

  Congress, U.S., 69, 80, 88, 125, 184, 189, 200, 224, 304, 341, 382, 437, 482, 486, 487, 516, 539, 548, 589, 604, 607, 619

  ethanol mandate in, 446–48

  Exxon’s lobbying of, 71–77, 84, 87, 183, 246, 301–3, 339–43, 481, 496, 534–35, 542–43, 548, 551

  2008 election and, 505

  see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

  Congressman Joe Barton Committee, 493

  Connor, John Alan, 108–9

  Conoco Phillips, 50, 61, 107, 199, 229, 340, 414, 425, 590, 595, 597, 608

  Consumer Energy Alliance, 547

  Consumer Product Safety Commission, 483–84, 485, 487, 491–93

  Consumer Product Safety Improvements Act of 2008, 486

  Controlled Risk Group, 458–59

  Controls Integrity Management System (C.I.M.S.), 190

  Convention for Exploration, Exploitation and Transportation of Hydrocarbons in Chad, 159–60

  Cooney, Philip, 84–85

  Cooper, Kathleen, 33–34

  COREXIT, 12

  Cornett, Don, 8–9, 632n

  Corning, Inc., 315

  Corporate Council on Africa, 147

  Council on Foreign Relations, 547

  Courville, Cindy, 294–95, 515

  Cousins, Gregory, 4–5, 632n

  Cowper, Steve, 6, 9–10, 11, 15

  Croatia, 570

  Cross Timbers Oil, see XTO Energy, Inc.

  Cruden, Sandy, 451–52

  Cummings, Bill, 398

  Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, 429–30, 432, 433

  Curtis, Steve, 601–2

  Cutt, Tim, xiii, 408–10, 423–26

  Dahan, Rene, 171, 209, 217

  DaimlerChrysler, 85

  Damon B. Bankston, 603

  Daoud, Sofyan, 103

  Darfur, 242, 356–57, 362, 363, 370, 519

  Darmono, Bambang, 396

  Dart, Kenneth, 262

  Darwin, Charles, 134

  Daschle, Tom, 446

  Davidson, Steven K., xiii, 429–30, 433

  Davies, Kert, 85, 181–84

  Davis Polk & Wardwell, 59, 588

  D. C. I. Group, 537

  Déby, Idriss, xiv, 155–57, 160, 162–63, 166, 167–69, 172, 174–75, 351, 354, 355, 363–64, 497, 522

  ExxonMobil’s tax dispute and, 367–68

  money funneled to, 352–53, 358

  mutiny feared by, 356, 357–58

  Obama’s visit with, 368–70, 647n

  Wolfowitz-World Bank crisis and, 360–66, 367

  Yamamoto’s meeting with, 365–66

  Déby Itno, Hinda, 364

  “Decade of Dirty Tricks: ExxonMobil’s Attempts to Stop the World from Tackling Climate Change, A,” 182

  Deepwater Horizon disaster, 600, 601–4, 611

  capping of, 617

  deaths in, 603

  errors prior to, 612–13

  explosion and fire in, 602–3

  failure of risk management in, 604

  oil industry’s safety culture and, 614–16

  oil released in, 603

  public anger and, 617

  Tillerson’s characterization of, 613–14

  see also offshore drilling

  Defense Department, U.S., 173–74, 233, 280, 293, 516

  Nigeria security issue and, 470–74

  Defense Forces, Israeli, 516

  Defense Intelligence Agency, 280

  Defense Ministry, Chadian, 357

  Defense Ministry, Chinese, 242

  Dellinger, Walter, 406–7

  Delozier, Mark, 6

  Delta Working Group, 455–56

  de Mahieu, Stephane, 522

  Democratic Party, U.S., 302, 339, 501, 505, 506, 549, 550, 583, 650n

  ExxonMobil contributions to, 340–41, 495–96

  “Denial and Deception: A Chronicle of ExxonMobil’s Efforts to Corrupt the Debate on Global Warming,” 182–83

  DePasquale, Ricci, 391

 

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