Exxon, Chevron Are Subpoenaed In U.N. Oil-for-Food Investigation
Exxon Mobil Corp. and ChevronTexaco Corp. confirmed that they are among companies receiving a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York investigating alleged improprieties in the United Nation's oil-for-food program in Iraq.</br></br>A spokeswoman for Exxon, Irving, Texas, said the subpoena from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York requested documents related to the program, and that "we are responding appropriately."</br></br>A ChevronTexaco spokesman in San Ramon, Calif., said the company is cooperating "to the extent that we are able."</br></br>Neither company would comment further on the subpoenas, which are requests for information and don't indicate wrongdoing.</br></br>U.S. refiners Valero Energy Corp., San Antonio, and Premcor Inc., Old Greenwich, Conn., which also are big purchasers of Iraqi oil under the U.N. program, said yesterday that they haven't received subpoenas from the U.S. Attorney's office.