RFE/RL: ExxonMobil evacuates US staff from Iraq amid tensions with IranBy Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Published May 19, 2019. Updated May 19 at 2:00 pm A sign at an Mobile station July 29, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by AFPU.S. oil giant ExxonMobil has evacuated its American staff from an oil field in Iraq, according to reports.Read more here.