U.S. oil and gas supermajors have come under plenty of flak during the ongoing oil price rout, with some blaming them for the oil price collapse for stubbornly refusing to lower production while others have accused them of using backhand means to stifle smaller competitors. Specifically, Pioneer Natural Resource CEO Scott Sheffield is on record accusing ExxonMobil of blocking help from the American government in a bid to kill off smaller shale companies with weaker balance sheets. And now, some pundits are claiming that Exxon itself is facing some pretty precarious prospects down the line if low energy prices persist. Wood Mackenzie, a global energy, renewables, and mining research and consultancy group, has reported that Exxon is the least resilient of all the oil supermajors with the least ability to weather the market downturn. WoodMac says this is the case thanks to Exxon’s huge exposure to low-margin assets […]