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 Sarah Ferguson said she cut off Epstein. Not quite, emails show. Turning Point reveals lineup for its alternative halftime show. The voice behind 'Joy to the World' has died at 83. A US fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone near an American vessel. Report an error