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Rex Tillerson, Exxon's chairman and chief executive, said the agreement represented "a significant strategic step by both companies" .

Indeed Rex Tillerson, the firm's chief executive, once humorously referred to biofuels as "moonshine" .

'There is no question in my mind that there is significant conventional resources available, ' Mr. Tillerson said in an interview last week.

'Just a signal that such access will be granted would have an immediate effect on the market, ' Mr. Tillerson said.

'We don't want to distract them at all, ' said Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon, which is leading the system's engineering and construction.

As chairman of ExxonMobil , you have to be prepared for some personal criticism , and Rex Tillerson has suffered his share .

Tillerson was speaking as part of Chatham House's new International Business Leaders Programme.

A 30- year Exxon veteran , who has been facing battles from Venezuela to Kazakhstan, Mr Tillerson was never likely to concede meekly .

As Rex Tillerson, the man who holds both jobs, prepares to fight that effort again, the irony is irresistible.

Mr Tillerson obviously expects the price of gas to rise.

Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson said this month that U. S. gasoline demand peaked in 2007.

U. S. oil products demand was about 20 million barrels a day in 2007 and should fall to about 17 million barrels by 2020, Tillerson said.

Chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation (the largest oil and gas company) Mr. R. W. Tillerson