Theresa M. Fariello, a former official in the Clinton Energy Department, is poised to assume the top lobbying slot at ExxonMobil's Washington office this spring, say two energy lobbyists. Fariello, who now spearheads the corporate policy shop in Dallas for ExxonMobil, will be replacing Dan Nelson, whose retirement was announced recently, effective in early spring. A former lobbyist in Washington for Occidental Petroleum, Fariello worked for then-Energy Secretary Bill Richardson during the Clinton years as a deputy assistant secretary for international affairs.

                                                                                                              -- Peter H. Stone