A court in Chad told Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay a record fine of $74 billion, as well as $819 million in royalties it said the oil company owed to the state, according to a court document. “We disagree with the Chadian court’s ruling and are evaluating next steps,” spokesman Todd Spitler said by e-mail Thursday. “This dispute relates to disagreement over commitments made by the government to the consortium, not the government’s ability to impose taxes,” he said in a later e-mail, declining to comment on the $74 billion figure. The fine is about five times the size of the central African nation’s gross domestic product, which the World Bank estimates at $13 billion. The High Court in the capital, N’Djamena, announced its ruling Oct. 5 in response to a complaint from the Finance Ministry that a consortium led by Exxon hadn’t met its tax obligations. The president […]