US | oil companies Guess What Oil Execs Make Industry bigwigs are grilled by the Senate By John Johnson Posted May 21, 2008 8:19 PM CDT Copied Oil company executive, J. Stephen Simon of Exxon Mobil, left, accompanied by fellow executives, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Big Oil executives today were grilled by the Senate on soaring prices, and Sen. Patrick Leahy asked for their salaries, the AP reports. Here's what they said: J. Stephen Simon, Exxon: $12.5 millon. John Lowe, ConocoPhillips: Did not recall Peter Robertson, Chevron: Did not recall. John Hofmeister, Shell, $2.2 million. Robert Malone, BP America, $2 million. Read These Next Why Catherine O'Hara's death feels like a 'gut punch.' New batch of Epstein files contains more eyebrow-raising claims. The world's richest shipwreck 'is still sitting there.' This 'nerd' student DJ was a phishing mastermind. Report an error