Exxon Pulled Into Pipeline Monopoly Spat in Texas Business Court

ExxonMobil faces antitrust claims in Texas for launching a clean-energy project after blocking a rival company from a carbon dioxide pipeline network, according to a new filing in Texas Business Court.

Clean Hydrogen Works LLC added Exxon as a defendant Monday to a year-old lawsuit against Exxon’s affiliate, Denbury Carbon Solutions LLC.

Exxon, the amended petition says, pulled a “Rockefeller-style power play” by acquiring Denbury in late 2023 and making it end an agreement to let Clean Hydrogen Works use its carbon dioxide pipeline.

The reason, Clean Hydrogen Works alleges, is that Exxon was getting ready to sell blue ammonia ...