ExxonMobil the Exxon Building (1251 Avenue of the Americas), its former headquarters in Rockefeller Center, to a unit of Mitsui Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. in 1986 for $610 million, and in 1989, moved its headquarters from Manhattan, New York City to the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. John Walsh, president of Exxon subsidiary Friendswood Development Company, stated that Exxon left New York because the costs were too high. On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska and spilled more than of crude oil. The Exxon Valdez oil spill was the
History of the oil tanker smaller ULCCs, these ships are sometimes given the "V-Plus" size designation. In February 2008, their owners announced plans to convert "TI Africa" and the "TI Asia" into stationary floating storage and offloading units to be placed in the Al Shaheen oilfield near Qatar in late 2009. With the exception of the pipeline, the tanker is the most cost-effective way to move oil today. Worldwide, tankers carry some annually, and the cost of transportation by tanker amounts to US$0.02 per gallon at the pump. The first open register was Panama in 1916. Fear for political instability and high and excessive consular