ExxonMobil Takes Legal Action After Putin Blocks Its Exit From Russia

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The Texas-based fossil fuel company ExxonMobil has taken preliminary steps to sue the Russian Federation after Russian President Vladimir Putin intervened to block the corporation’s exit from his country.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 30 that Exxon issued a notice of difference to the Russian government earlier this week, following a presidential decree issued by Putin that would prevent the company from exiting the Sakhalin-1 project, a large-scale project that has been drilling oil from off the Pacific coast of Sakhalin, a Russian-controlled island in the Japanese archipelago, since 2005.

The Sakhalin-1 project, of which ExxonMobil is the principal operator, produced more than 200,000 barrels of crude oil daily last year, and the project includes the world’s longest oil well, the Z-44 Chayvo Well. Despite the lucrative yields and high sunk costs of the Sakhalin-1 project, the company’s continued involvement with Russia constitutes a challenge for the company’s public relations in the West, as well as a humanitarian concern for the fossil fuel giant.

“ExxonMobil supports the people of Ukraine as they seek to defend their freedom and determine their own future as a nation. We deplore Russia’s military action that violates the territorial integrity of Ukraine and endangers its people,” ExxonMobil said in a statement.

“In response to recent events, we are beginning the process to discontinue operations and developing steps to exit the Sakhalin-1 venture. … Given the current situation, ExxonMobil will not invest in new developments in Russia.”

However, the efficacy of the lawsuit remains an open question to some analysts observing the situation. Geopolitical consultant Matthew Easton expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of ExxonMobil’s ultimatum, arguing that the lawsuit would only be efficacious under conditions that ExxonMobil had no incentive not to operate within Russia.

By Nicholas Dolinger

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