{"id":2060512,"date":"2023-10-09T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T17:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/head-of-exxons-shale-oil-business-faces-sexual-assault-charge-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:33:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T17:33:34","slug":"head-of-exxons-shale-oil-business-faces-sexual-assault-charge-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/head-of-exxons-shale-oil-business-faces-sexual-assault-charge-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Exxon&#8217;s shale oil chief accused of sexual assault in Texas."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhead-of-exxons-shale-oil-business-faces-sexual-assault-charge-in-texas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2060512&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Breaking News: Exxon Mobil Executive\u2062 Arrested\u2064 on \u200bSexual Assault Charge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Gary Mcwilliams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>October\u200c 9, 2023 \u2013 3:29 AM PDT<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOUSTON (Reuters) \u2013<\/strong> The\u2063 head of Exxon Mobil\u2019s (XOM.N) shale oil and gas\u200c business, a \u200cunit involved in merger talks with rival Pioneer Natural Resources \u2062(PXD.N), was arrested at a \u2064Texas hotel last week on \u200ba sexual assault \u2063charge, police said.<\/p>\n<p>David \u200cScott, an Exxon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-kathleen-hicks-as-deputy-defense-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary\">senior vice president<\/a> who oversees all its shale oil and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hammerhead-plans-rare-u-s-listing-of-canadian-gas-producer-in-over-1-billion-spac-deal-2\/\" title=\"Hammerhead plans rare U.S. listing of Canadian gas producer in over  billion SPAC deal\">gas production business<\/a>, was arrested early\u200d Thursday\u200b morning at a La Quinta Inn &#038; Suites hotel \u2062in Magnolia, Texas, the Montgomery Sheriff\u2019s \u200dOffice said.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to reach Scott were unsuccessful. It \u2064was not immediately clear if he had legal representation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are \u2064aware of\u2064 the allegations and cannot comment on a personal matter;\u200b however, we\u200c can say that this individual\u200c will\u2062 not continue work responsibilities\u200b as the investigation proceeds,\u201d said spokesperson Emily Mir said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll\u2064 Exxon Mobil \u2064employees, officers and directors\u200d are accountable for observing the \u2062highest standards of \u2063integrity and code of conduct in support of\u2064 the company\u2019s business and otherwise,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, 49, was arrested in his\u2063 room\u200c at the budget hotel\u2063 near Exxon\u2019s Spring, Texas, \u2064headquarters. One of the two women he \u200dwas in the room\u200d with\u200b left and called police from \u200cthe lobby, a worker who\u200d saw a security video told Reuters. Rooms \u200dat the hotel\u2064 cost about $120 a night.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters and others on Thursday reported that Exxon was\u200d in advanced\u2062 talks to acquire \u2062Pioneer in a deal that could value the shale producer at \u2063about\u200d $60 billion. An agreement \u2064could be \u200cdisclosed in coming\u200d days, Reuters said, citing three \u2062people familiar with\u200b the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s LinkedIn profile shows\u200c he has been with Exxon \u2063for more than \u200c26 year and has been involved\u200b in some of its most important\u2064 oil and \u2063gas projects. \u2064Originally\u2062 from \u200cAustralia, he\u200b started with Exxon\u200c in Melbourne as\u200d an engineer, moving to jobs in \u200dMalaysia and Abu Dhabi, where he was president of its United Arab Emirates affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>He\u200b became \u200dhead of \u200dExxon\u2019s Permian Basin\u200b operations\u2064 in\u2064 2020 and was promoted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/head-of-exxons-shale-oil-business-faces-sexual-assault-charge-in-texas\/\" title=\"Exxon's shale oil chief accused of sexual assault in Texas.\">senior vice president earlier<\/a> this year in charge of\u200c all its shale oil\u200c and gas.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2064a senior vice president, he would not necessarily be involved in merger talks, a person familiar with the matter\u2063 said.<\/p>\n<p>Scott faces a second-degree felony\u2064 assault charge\u200d and was held on a $30,000 bond, according to\u200c jail records. Convictions on such\u2062 felonies\u200c in Texas carry a minimum of \u200dtwo years and up to\u2063 20 \u200dyears\u2063 in jail.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting\u2062 by Gary McWilliams; Editing by Lisa Shumaker<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>President Biden \u200dto Continue Construction of Border Wall, Defying Previous Pledge<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>New\u2062 Song Release: &#8220;Freedom&#8221; by Jimmy \u2064Levy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Georgia&#8217;s Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission May Remove Fulton County \u2063District Attorney<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>September Jobs Report Exceeds Expectations with 336,000\u2064 New Jobs Added<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>EU\u2064 Antitrust Regulators Seek Input \u2064on Bing&#8217;s Compliance with Tech Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Arm Holdings Stock Rises After \u200dPositive \u200dRatings\u200b from Wall Street Analysts<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Pressure Mounts on \u2062Biden \u200bAdministration to Restrict\u200c American Companies in China&#8217;s Chip Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>OpenAI Considers\u2063 Developing Its Own AI Chips and Evaluates\u200c Acquisition Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are the allegations against David \u2062Scott, the head of Exxon Mobil&#8217;s shale oil and gas business?<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Breaking News: Exxon Mobil Executive\u2062 Arrested\u2064 on \u200bSexual Assault Charge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By\u2062 Gary Mcwilliams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>October\u200c 9, 2023 \u2013 3:29 AM PDT<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOUSTON (Reuters) \u2013<\/strong> The\u2063 head of Exxon Mobil\u2019s \u2062(XOM.N) shale oil and gas\u200c business, a \u200cunit involved in merger talks with\u200c rival Pioneer Natural Resources \u2062(PXD.N), was arrested at a \u2064Texas hotel last\u2064 week on \u200ba sexual assault \u2063charge, police said.<\/p>\n<p>David \u200cScott,\u2063 an Exxon senior vice president who oversees all its \u200cshale oil and gas production business, was \u2062arrested early\u200d Thursday\u200b morning at a\u2063 La Quinta Inn &#038; Suites hotel \u2062in Magnolia, Texas,\u2063 the Montgomery Sheriff\u2019s \u2063\u200dOffice said.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts\u200b to reach Scott were unsuccessful. It \u2064was not immediately clear if he had legal representation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are \u2064aware of\u2064 the allegations and cannot comment on a personal matter;\u200b however, we\u200c can say that this \u200bindividual\u200c will\u2062 not continue work responsibilities\u200b as the investigation proceeds,\u201d said spokesperson Emily Mir said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll\u2064 Exxon Mobil \u2064employees, officers and \u200bdirectors\u200d are\u200b accountable \u200cfor \u200bobserving the \u2062highest\u2064 standards\u2064 of \u2063integrity and code of conduct in support of\u2064 the \u200ccompany\u2019s business and otherwise,\u201d\u2064 she added.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, 49, was arrested \u200bin his\u2063 room\u200c\u200d at the budget hotel\u2063 near \u200bExxon\u2019s Spring, Texas, \u2064headquarters. One of the two\u200d women he \u200dwas in\u2062 the room\u200d\u2063 with\u200b left and called police from \u200cthe lobby, a worker who\u200d saw a security video told Reuters. Rooms\u2062 \u200dat the hotel\u2064 cost about $120 a night.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters and others on Thursday reported that Exxon was\u200d in advanced\u2062\u2062 talks to acquire \u2062Pioneer in a deal that could value the shale producer at \u2063about\u200d $60 billion. An agreement \u2064could be \u200cdisclosed in coming\u200d days, Reuters\u200b said, citing three \u2062people familiar with\u200b the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s \u2064LinkedIn profile shows\u200c he has \u200dbeen with Exxon\u200b \u2063for more\u2064 than \u200c26 year and \u2062has been\u2064 involved\u200b \u2064in some of its most important\u2064 oil and \u2063gas projects. \u2064Originally\u2062 from \u200cAustralia, he\u200b started with Exxon\u200c \u200din Melbourne as\u200d an engineer, moving to jobs in \u200dMalaysia and Abu \u2063Dhabi, where he was president of its\u2062 United Arab Emirates \u2062affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>He\u200b became \u200dhead of \u200dExxon\u2019s Permian Basin\u200b operations\u2064\u2064 in\u2064 2020 and was promoted to \u2062senior vice president \u2064earlier this year in charge of\u200c all its shale\u2063 oil\u200c\u2062 and gas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>executive at Exxon Mobil&#8217;s shale oil and gas division, was apprehended for alleged sexual assault at a Texas hotel. 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