Report: Exxon France Assets on Block

Exxon Mobil is considering the sale of at least some of its French oil business that could be worth up to $2.6 billion, according to The Business of < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />London. Likely bidders include First Reserve, PAI Partners and Petroplus (of which Carlyle owns 20%).