Exxon Mobil Corporation

* Exxon retreated from energy trading push amid 2020 losses (Recasts first paragraph with British departure, adds details on U.S. traders joining rival)

Exxon Mobil Corp lost two top crude oil traders from its U.S. energy group trading, according to people familiar with the matter, in a continued exodus from the group.

Turkey has shared data on its Black Sea discovery with U.S. energy majors Chevron and Exxon Mobil ahead of possible cooperation in extracting the gas, a Turkish official with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Exxon Mobil Corp plans to invest $240 million to expand the crude slate and improve pollution control at its 502,500 barrel-per-day refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, said the state’s governor on Wednesday.

* Exxon's per-well output falls to sixth from first in key basin

* Exxon's per-well output falls to sixth from first in key basin

Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday it has made a new discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, as the U.S. oil major develops one of the world's most important new oil and gas blocks in the last decade.

* Past boards lacked energy expertise, missed key market shifts

Exxon Mobil's newly elected board member Kaisa Hietala says her work at Finnish refiner and biofuel producer Neste makes her more than just a champion of biofuels, she also has experience transforming a business.

Exxon Mobil's newly elected board member Kaisa Hietala says her work at Finnish refiner and biofuel producer Neste makes her more than just a champion of biofuels, she also has experience transforming a business.

Exxon Mobil Corp shareholders elected a third director nominated by hedge fund Engine No. 1 to the oil company's board, the company said on Wednesday, extending the firm's upset victory at one of America's top energy corporations.

Exxon Mobil Corp Director Ursula Burns called environmental pressures and the successful activist campaign to gain board seats at the biggest U.S. oil producer a "tidal wave" in a speech on Wednesday.

Africa-focused Savannah Energy and Exxon Mobil Corp are in exclusive talks over the sale of Exxon's interest in energy assets in Chad and Cameroon, the companies said on Wednesday.

Africa-focused Savannah Energy said on Wednesday it was in exclusive talks with U.S. oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp for a proposed acquisition of its upstream and midstream assets in Chad and Cameroon.

* Bacalhau has light oil with reduced contaminants, companies say

Investment firm Engine No. 1, which last week won at least two seats on Exxon Mobil Corp's board, is planning to launch an exchange-traded fund that will focus on socially conscious investing, according to a regulatory filing.

Fund manager T. Rowe Price backed three activist-slate candidates in the contest for board of directors seats at oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp, a spokesman said on Friday.

Asset manager State Street Corp voted for two of the four candidates put forward by activist hedge fund Engine No. 1 for Exxon Mobil's board, a spokesman for the Boston firm said late on Thursday.

The full makeup of Exxon Mobil Corp's board of directors remained undecided following Wednesday's hotly contested election in which 16 candidates vied for 12 seats.