Bob Brackett
Bernstein Institutional Services LLC, Research Division
Good morning, and welcome to the second day of the 42nd Annual Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference. I am Bob Brackett, co-Head of America’s Energy and transition and global metals and mining.
We are not expecting a fire drill or any sort of test. If the alarm rings, please take it seriously. Your primary exit is out the back door down to the right where I am pointing to the escalator area where you likely came up this morning down to the first floor, exit to the street and wait further instructions. If for any reason that path is blocked, there’s a series of internal stairwells that you can choose. They’ll take you down one floor to the ground floor and follow the lights there.
Ultimately, this is your conversation. We call it a fireside chat. The way you can contribute and engage in the conversation is through the various blue pieces of paper that are scattered around the room. It has a QR code that gets you to the Pigeonhole app that allows you to put your questions into the queue.
While we wait for your questions to come in, Neil and I will have a conversation that’s very much like a pyramid. We will start at a high level with macro questions, move down to how that macro informs strategy, talk to operations and then we have time to get into technology and exploration and all sorts of good things.
With that, I welcome Neil Chapman, Senior Vice President of Exxon Mobil. And I believe he
