
Pioneer’s Scott Sheffield fires back at FTC allegations following $60 billion ExxonMobil deal
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Former Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Chief Executive Officer Scott Sheffield says federal regulators mischaracterized facts and wrongly vilified him in saying he tried to collude with OPEC to prop up crude prices, Fig. 1. Sheffield, a key figure in the rise of the U.S. shale industry, filed a request Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission asking the agency to