Rockefeller family

ExxonMobil is aware of the particular geopolitical situation in the region of Cyprus, Tristan Aspray, the company's vice-president for Exploration in Europe, Russia and the Caspian, said during an investment forum hosted by the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency at Bloomberg's European headquarters in London on Friday.

Greece's Energy Ministry announced on Tuesday it had selected a consortium made up of Hellenic Petroleum (HELPE), Total and Exxon Mobil to conduct hydrocarbon research off western and northwestern Crete, according to the state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA).

State-owned energy giant Qatar Petroleum on June 3 signed an agreement to buy a 30-percent stake in Exxon Mobil hydrocarbon affiliates in Argentina.

Twenty-two world records have been set at a Christie's auction, including the $832 million total for the priciest private collection of artworks and other treasures, owned by Peggy and David Rockefeller. The late couple's family is donating all proceeds from this week's sale to charity.

Oil majors Exxon Mobil, Total and Repsol are among members of two consortia that have submitted bids to explore for oil and gas off Greece.

US oil giant ExxonMobil intends to send two surveying vessels to Cyprus's exclusive economic zone in the face of Turkish pressure that has temporarily prevented Italian company Eni's drilling in Block 3.

Tenders for offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation west and south of Greece have attracted "strong interest" from companies exploring in the Mediterranean, the head of Greece's oil and gas resources management company said on Wednesday.

Greece launched two tenders on Monday for offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation in the west and south of the country, the energy ministry said.

The move follows expressions of interest by a consortium of Total, Exxon Mobil and Hellenic Petroleum for exploration in two sites off the island of Crete, and by Greece's Energean for a block in the Ionian Sea in western Greece.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will be honored with the highest recognition of the World Petroleum Council (WPC), the Dewhurst Award, for his "outstanding contribution to the oil and gas industry," the WPC announced in a statement late on June 21. 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Turkey to attend the 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC), which will take place in Istanbul between July 9 and 13, according to the statement released by the World Petroleum Council on June 9.        

The council stated that during the Congress, Tillerson would receive the highest honor from the World Petroleum Council.