Rachel Blair

Senior Counsel

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Rachel Blair is Senior Counsel, Upstream for Exxon Mobil Corporation and has served as counsel for ExxonMobil’s upstream unconventional organization since 2016.  Her current practice supports the company’s Permian Basin business unit as well as the company’s unconventional domestic divestment transactions.  Rachel supported ExxonMobil in the Pioneer and ExxonMobil merger negotiation and served as law lead for its integration planning.  Additionally, Rachel has served as counsel for ExxonMobil for its unconventional business in most major basins in the United States.  Prior to joining ExxonMobil, Rachel served as Oil and Gas Counsel with Denbury Resources, where she started her legal career.  Rachel, a native Mississippian, received a B.S. in chemical engineering and J.D., with honors, from the University of Mississippi.