How is Exxon going to prove its share of the pre-contract costs incurred in Guyana if its automatic ‘file sweep’ programme deleted records dated before August 2015?
Exxon has an automatic ‘file sweep’ programme that has been deleting company records dated before August 2015. And, apparently, no backup exists for the deleted records. Did Exxon’s automatic ‘file sweep’ programme brush away the pre-contract records? Hence, what evidence will Exxon be submitting to prove its portion of the estimated US$900 million pre-contract costs?…