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Guess What Oil Execs Make

Posted May 21, 08 8:19 PM CDT in Business,  US 

(Newser) – Big Oil executives today were grilled by the Senate on soaring prices, and Sen. Patrick Leahy asked for their salaries, the AP reports. Here's what they said:

  • J. Stephen Simon, Exxon: $12.5 millon.
  • John Lowe, ConocoPhillips: Did not recall
  • Peter Robertson, Chevron: Did not recall.
  • John Hofmeister, Shell, $2.2 million.
  • Robert Malone, BP America, $2 million.

Source Associated Press

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Oil company executive, J. Stephen Simon of Exxon Mobil, left, accompanied by fellow executives, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
From left, oil executives Robert Malone, John Hofmeister, Peter Robertson, John Lowe and J. Stephen Simon, are sworn in on Capitol Hill.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
ConocoPhillips Executive Vice President John Lowe testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oil prices.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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