ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) attend a signing ceremony in Tuapse, Russia, in June 2012 for an agreement between Rosneft and ExxonMobil to jointly develop reserves in western Siberia. Photo: EPA/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti
ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) attend a signing ceremony in Tuapse, Russia, in June 2012 for an agreement between Rosneft and ExxonMobil to jointly develop reserves in western Siberia. Photo: EPA/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti
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Shi Jiangtao
Shi Jiangtao

Updated: 11:05am, 9 Jan, 2017

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ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) attend a signing ceremony in Tuapse, Russia, in June 2012 for an agreement between Rosneft and ExxonMobil to jointly develop reserves in western Siberia. Photo: EPA/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti
ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) attend a signing ceremony in Tuapse, Russia, in June 2012 for an agreement between Rosneft and ExxonMobil to jointly develop reserves in western Siberia. Photo: EPA/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti
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