** -Exxon Mobil Corp and a small activist hedge fund are waging a more than $65 million proxy fight over board seats, with the largest U.S. oil producer marshalling executives, TV appearances, social media and websites to rebut the challenge.
** Divers search for 12 missing people from a capsized oil industry boat off the shore of Louisiana.
** Exxon Mobil Corp. is considering selling its stake in Iraq’s West Qurna-1 oil field in a sign that the supermajor is willing to part with one its marquee oil fields in the Middle East to reduce the mountain of debt accumulated last year.
** Washington state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday setting a target to stop sales of gasoline-fueled vehicles there beginning in 2030, five years sooner than California.
** Canadian lawmakers on Thursday urged the leaders of the United States and Canada to take further steps to resolve a dispute between Enbridge Inc and the state of Michigan over the cross-border Line 5 oil pipeline.
** BP P.L.C BP announced that it made a significant oil discovery at the Puma West exploration prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico of the United States.
** Boulder, Colorado, announces completion of a project to install 2.1 MW of solar on city buildings, expected to save taxpayers $1.5 million by 2050.
** The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is in the early stages of determining specific sites for wind turbines on its south-central North Dakota reservation.
** A congressional subcommittee sees bipartisan support for cleaning up and capping orphaned oil and gas wells, but Republicans say they oppose a bill to authorize $7.25 billion for cleanup because it imposes bonding requirements and fees on oil and gas companies.
** North Carolina lawmakers advance legislation to criminalize non-electric vehicle drivers parking in electric vehicle charging stations.