Useful to remember Tillerson/Exxon ties to Qatari -- under his leadership, Exxon partnered w/Q nat'l oil company to build an LNG terminal on the Gulf of Mexico for import+export.
Of course he was also tight w/Putin+Rosneft -- pushed for joint drilling in the Kara Sea north of Siberia/Arctic-adjacent, for joint drilling off Sakhalin Island, opposed Obama sanctions against Russia and fought fiercely while CEO for the Holy Grail, drilling w/Putin petro-state in the Arctic. Largely owed his appointment to James Baker, petro-state mandarin, Kushner+Steve Bannon.
Useful to remember Tillerson/Exxon ties to Qatari -- under his leadership, Exxon partnered w/Q nat'l oil company to build an LNG terminal on the Gulf of Mexico for import+export.
Of course he was also tight w/Putin+Rosneft -- pushed for joint drilling in the Kara Sea north of Siberia/Arctic-adjacent, for joint drilling off Sakhalin Island, opposed Obama sanctions against Russia and fought fiercely while CEO for the Holy Grail, drilling w/Putin petro-state in the Arctic. Largely owed his appointment to James Baker, petro-state mandarin, Kushner+Steve Bannon.