US Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil Corporation,

US Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil Corporation, Rex W. Tillerson (L) shakes hand with President of the Conference of OPEC and Algeria's Minister of Energy and Mines, Chakib Khelil during a plenary session at the 19th World Petroleum Congress in Madrid on July 01, 2008. Oil prices surged to new highs yesterday as leading figures from the energy industry gathered in Madrid amid growing public anger at the high cost of fuel and increasing concerns about inflation.
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