NEW YORK ¨C U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s suggestion on Sunday that Exxon Mobil or another U.S. oil company operate Syrian oil fields drew rebukes from legal and energy experts.
¡°What I intend to do, perhaps, is make a deal with an ExxonMobil or one of our great companies to go in there and do it properly ... and spread out the wealth,¡± Trump said Sunday during a news conference about the U.S. special forces operation that led to the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., the two largest U.S. oil companies operating in the Middle East, declined comment on the President¡¯s remarks.
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