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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, 632
n

Corning, Inc., 315

Corporate Council on Africa, 147

Council on Foreign Relations, 547

Courville, Cindy, 294–95, 515

Cousins, Gregory, 4–5, 632
n

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, 647
n

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, 650
n

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

Desert Storm, Operation, 228

D’Esposito, Steve, 26

Det Norske Veritas, 607

Deutsche Bank, 324, 574

Devon Energy, 591

Dingell, John, xiv, 76, 340–41, 488–92, 506, 551

DINP (diisononyl phthalate), 482–84, 486, 487, 489–92, 493

di Tiro, Hasan, xv, 96–97, 116, 117, 118, 119, 394

D.N.O., 568–69, 570

Dobriansky, Paula, 91

Dodson, J. R., 288

Dodson Aviation, Inc., 288

Doe v. Unocal,
120

Dogs of War, The
(Forsyth), 283

Dolan, Michael, 493

Dole, Elizabeth, 537

Domenici, Pete, 321–22

Doral Inc., 96

Dow Chemical, 539

downstream, as term, 49

Dubai, 562, 567

Duma, Russian, 264, 266, 271, 275

DuPont, 61, 317

Durão Barroso, José, 285

Durbin, Dick, 76

Dutch disease, 166

du Toit, Nick, 286, 289, 644
n

Earth in the Balance
(Gore), 535

East Timor, 104–5

Economic Club, 556

Ecuador, 578

Edmonds, James, 90

Edson, Gary, 90

EECO 3000 (leak detector system), 387, 389

EG Justice, 532

election of 2008, 497–500, 505–7, 531, 542, 550–51, 607, 650
n

Electra oil field, 333

Elf Acquitaine, 61, 171–72

Enco, 36

Energy Department, U.S., 255, 274, 342–43, 437, 444, 543, 549, 560, 581

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, 546

Energy Information Administration, 200, 242, 650
n

Energy Policy Act of 2005, 446

ENI, 425

Environmental Conservation Department, Alaska, 5, 10

Environmental Defense Fund, 552, 606

Environmental Protection Agency, 12, 15, 90, 91, 380–81

Environment Department, Maryland, 386

enzyme P450, 130

Equatorial Guinea, 18, 137–53, 192, 356, 360, 440, 453, 504, 608, 622, 644
n

Al Qaeda and, 149

arms purchase of, 517–18

Bush (G. W.) administration and, 143, 145–46, 147–49, 296, 514–15, 518, 520, 531, 532

E.I.T.I. membership proposal and, 523–25

ExxonMobil operations in, 139, 140, 164, 512, 514, 520–24

Fang clan of, 526

G. W. Bush and, 294–96

human rights issue in, 142–43, 145, 146–48, 150–51, 152–53, 296–97, 511–13, 516, 521, 529, 531–33

Israel’s relations with, 516–17

Leahy murder in, 138–39

Macías regime of, 137–38

Mobil’s relations with, 139–40, 142

Nigerian raid on, 529–30

Obama administration and, 531–32

Obiang coup in, 140–41

Obiang-Powell meeting and, 294–95

Obiang-Rice meeting and, 518–20

oil deposits of, 141–42

Riggs Bank and, 144–45, 152–53, 290, 294, 295, 509

Smith’s posting to, 508–10

Spain and, 285, 290–91

State Department and, 145, 146–49, 151, 283, 295–97, 299, 510–13, 518–19