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The term Upstream refers to exploration, development, production, and gas and power marketing. Downstream refers to the refining and marketing of petroleum products such as motor fuels and lubricants.
Projections, targets, expectations, estimates, and business plans in this report are forward-looking statements. Actual future results, including demand growth and energy mix; capacity growth; the impact of new technologies; capital expenditures; project plans, dates, and capacities; production rates and resource recoveries; efficiency gains and cost savings; and benefits of the XTO Energy transaction could differ materially due to, for example, changes in oil and gas prices or other market conditions affecting the oil and gas industry; reservoir performance; timely completion of development projects; war and other political or security disturbances; changes in law or government regulation; the actions of competitors; unexpected technological developments; the occurrence and duration of economic recessions; the outcome of commercial negotiations; unforeseen technical difficulties; the timing and conditions of regulatory clearance for the XTO Energy transaction; our ability to integrate effectively XTO Energy’s business with our own; and other factors discussed in this report and in Item 1A of ExxonMobil’s most recent Form 10-K.
Definitions of certain financial and operating measures and other terms used in this report, including ExxonMobil’s definition of “proved reserves,” are contained in the section titled “Frequently Used Terms” on pages 100 through 103. In the case of financial measures, the definitions also include information required by SEC Regulation G.
“Factors Affecting Future Results” and “Frequently Used Terms” are also posted on the “investors” section of our Web site.
Prior years’ data have been reclassified in certain cases to conform to the 2009 presentation basis.




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EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 2009 FINANCIAL & OPERATING REVIEW   1

Global energy needs continue to evolve. For more than 125 years, ExxonMobil has been a leader in the evolution of energy and energy technology.
Around the world, more people are seeking access to energy and the economic and social progress it enables. Population and economic growth – particularly in developing countries – are expected to push global demand for energy higher by almost 35 percent by 2030 compared to 2005. New technologies – in areas like medicine, computing, and personal communications – are creating new demands for energy, while other technologies are enabling us to use energy more efficiently and with less environmental impact. New energy sources are also emerging.
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This evolution of energy and technology is not new. Our energy landscape has transformed repeatedly over the past 150 years, as new technologies change not just how consumers use energy, but also the types of energy they use. It is important to remember, however, that these shifts happen gradually, over the course of decades.
 
Looking forward we see a dual challenge.
Providing energy to meet growing needs while protecting the environment requires an integrated set of solutions.
    
We believe the most effective way to address these intertwined challenges over the long term is to seek integrated solutions focused on expanding supplies, increasing efficiency, and mitigating emissions. Looking to the future, ExxonMobil realizes the scale of this global challenge is enormous, but so, too, is our commitment to succeed and our capacity to innovate. We are confident that by pursuing these integrated solutions, the world can achieve greater energy security, environmental progress, and economic prosperity.
 
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Corporate Overview
                                         
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
(millions of dollars, unless noted)
                                       
Sales and other operating revenue(1)(2)
    301,500       459,579       390,328       365,467       358,955  
Net income attributable to ExxonMobil
    19,280       45,220       40,610       39,500       36,130  
Cash flow from operations and asset sales(3)
    29,983       65,710       56,206       52,366       54,174  
Capital and exploration expenditures(3)
    27,092       26,143       20,853       19,855       17,699  
Cash dividends to ExxonMobil shareholders
    8,023       8,058       7,621       7,628       7,185  
Common stock purchases (gross)
    19,703       35,734       31,822       29,558       18,221  
Research and development costs
    1,050       847       814       733       712  
Cash and cash equivalents at year end(4)
    10,693       31,437       33,981       28,244       28,671  
Total assets at year end
    233,323       228,052       242,082       219,015       208,335  
Total debt at year end
    9,605       9,425       9,566       8,347       7,991  
ExxonMobil share of equity at year end
    110,569       112,965       121,762       113,844       111,186  
Average capital employed(3)
    125,050       129,683       128,760       122,573       116,961  
Share price at year end (dollars)
    68.19       79.83       93.69       76.63       56.17  
Market valuation at year end
    322,329       397,239       504,220       438,990       344,491  
Regular employees at year end (thousands)
    80.7       79.9       80.8       82.1       83.7  
         
                                         
KEY FINANCIAL RATIOS   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
Earnings per common share(5) (dollars)
    3.99       8.70       7.31       6.64       5.74  
Earnings per common share – assuming dilution(5) (dollars)
    3.98       8.66       7.26       6.60       5.70  
Return on average capital employed(3) (percent)
    16.3       34.2       31.8       32.2       31.3  
Earnings to average ExxonMobil share of equity (percent)
    17.3       38.5       34.5       35.1       33.9  
Debt to capital(6) (percent)
    7.7       7.4       7.1       6.6       6.5  
Net debt to capital(7) (percent)
    (1.0 )     (23.0 )     (24.0 )     (20.4 )     (22.0 )
Ratio of current assets to current liabilities (times)
    1.06       1.47       1.47       1.55       1.58  
Fixed charge coverage (times)
    26.1       52.2       49.9       46.3       50.2  
         
 
(1)   Sales and other operating revenue includes sales-based taxes of $25,936 million for 2009, $34,508 million for 2008, $31,728 million for 2007, $30,381 million for 2006, and $30,742 million for 2005.
 
(2)   Sales and other operating revenue includes $30,810 million for 2005 for purchases/sales contracts with the same counterparty. Associated costs were included in crude oil and product purchases. Effective January 1, 2006, these purchases/sales were recorded on a net basis with no resulting impact on net income.
 
(3)   See Frequently Used Terms on pages 100 through 103.
 
(4)   Excluding restricted cash of $4,604 million in 2006 and 2005.
 
(5)   Consistent with 2009 reporting, the calculation of prior period earnings per share has been updated to include unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable dividend rights.
 
(6)   Debt includes short- and long-term debt. Capital includes short- and long-term debt and total equity.
 
(7)   Debt net of cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash.
 
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(1)   Net income attributable to ExxonMobil.
 
(2)   Reflects data through December 31, 2009.
 
(3)   Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and Chevron values are calculated on a consistent basis with ExxonMobil, based on public information.
 


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ExxonMobil’s fundamental strategies are key to achieving sustained, outstanding performance in all aspects of our business. These strategies are not new. They have been tested and proven over decades, spanning the highs and lows of prior business cycles. Through the superior execution of these strategies, ExxonMobil is able to meet the challenge of providing reliable, affordable energy in a responsible manner while delivering superior returns for our shareholders.
2009 Results and Highlights
  Record performance in workforce safety that continues to lead industry.
 
  Strong earnings of $19.3 billion in a challenging business environment.
 
  Annual dividend per share growth of 7 percent versus 2008, the 27th consecutive year of dividend per share increases.
 
  Total shareholder distributions of $26 billion.
 
  Industry-leading return on average capital employed of 16 percent.
 
  Start-up of eight major Upstream projects.
 
  Total net production of liquids and natural gas available for sale of 3.9 million oil-equivalent barrels per day.
 
  Proved oil and gas reserve additions of 2.0 billion oil-equivalent barrels, replacing 134 percent of production excluding asset sales and determined on ExxonMobil’s basis.
 
  Start-up of a world-scale, fully integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Fujian Province, China.
 
ExxonMobil’s superior performance demonstrates the strength of
our long-term business model.

BUSINESS MODEL
ExxonMobil has a consistent and straightforward business model that combines our long-term perspective, disciplined approach to capital investment, and focus on operational excellence to grow shareholder value. We identify, develop, and execute projects using global best practices that ensure project returns will be resilient across a range of economic scenarios. We operate our facilities using proven management systems to achieve operational excellence. As a result, we consistently generate more income from a highly efficient capital base, as demonstrated by our superior return on average capital employed. We deliver industry-leading financial and operating results that grow long-term shareholder value.
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Business Strategies
ExxonMobil’s fundamental strategies are key to achieving sustained, outstanding performance in all aspects of our business. Through the superior execution of these strategies, ExxonMobil is able to meet the challenge of providing reliable, affordable energy in a responsible manner while delivering superior returns for our shareholders.
Operate in a Safe and Environmentally Responsible Manner
ExxonMobil’s long-term safety performance leads the industry. Our commitment to safety, security, health, and the environment creates a solid foundation for superior results in all aspects of our business. ExxonMobil’s senior management and employees are committed to the goal of creating an incident-free workplace, and our culture reflects this objective.
ExxonMobil drives improvement in environmental performance with the goal of reducing incidents with real environmental impact to zero. We conduct business using an approach that is compatible with both the environmental and economic needs of the communities in which we operate.
Pursue Operational Excellence
Operations safety and integrity are central to the successful execution of ExxonMobil’s business strategies. The objective of operational excellence is embedded in our company culture and drives continuous improvements in all areas of our business.
ExxonMobil has developed a wide range of management and operating systems that address critical aspects of our business, including: ethics, safety, corporate governance, security, health, environmental performance, operations reliability, business controls, project investment and execution, energy efficiency, profit improvement, and external affairs. The disciplined application of these management and operating systems, deployed through our functional organization, has consistently delivered superior results.
Uphold High Standards
ExxonMobil adheres to all applicable laws and regulations as a minimum standard, and, when requirements do not exist, we apply responsible standards to our operations.
We believe that a well-founded reputation for high ethical standards, strong business controls, and good corporate governance is a priceless corporate asset. This means that how we achieve results is as important as the results themselves. We choose the course of highest integrity in all of our business interactions. Directors, officers, and employees must comply with our Standards of Business Conduct.
Invest with Discipline
The energy industry is a long-term business that requires decisions to be made with a time horizon that is measured in decades, rather than months or years, and that spans multiple business cycles. Projects are tested over a range of economic scenarios to ensure that risks are properly identified, evaluated, and managed. This approach enables superior investment returns through the business cycle.
Our proven project management system incorporates best practices developed around the world. Emphasis on the early phases of concept selection and effective project execution results in investments that maximize resource and asset value. We complete a rigorous reappraisal of all major projects and incorporate learnings into future project planning and design, further strengthening our capabilities.
Differentiate with Proprietary Technology
Technology is vital to meeting the world’s growing demand for energy. Technological innovation creates resource opportunities by delivering cost-effective solutions in challenging environments, and enables the development of high-performance products and improved manufacturing processes.


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ExxonMobil has a long-standing commitment to fundamental research to develop and grow our technical capabilities and to deliver advantaged technologies for all of our businesses. We have a wide array of research programs designed to meet the needs identified in our functional businesses. Over the past five years, we have invested more than $4 billion in research and development. Our global functional organization enables rapid deployment of new technologies to ensure early value capture.
Optimize Results Through
Functional Diversity and Integration
ExxonMobil’s business portfolio and level of global integration are unique in our industry. Our portfolio of assets provides advantages in scale, geographic diversity, and business mix, and mitigates risks that arise from changes in commodity prices, product margins, and business cycles.
Through integration, we are able to capture new opportunities and deliver greater value than any of our businesses could achieve on a stand-alone basis. The combination of our global scale and integration across our businesses gives ExxonMobil a competitive advantage that is difficult to replicate.
Increase Efficiency Through
Our Global Functional Organization
ExxonMobil’s global functional organization is fundamental to our ongoing success. Developed over many years, it is built on the common standards, processes, and culture of the Corporation, and generates a unique competitive advantage.
Our organizational structure requires senior management involvement in all major decisions and ensures consistent global execution of our business processes. We continue to discover new ways to leverage and enhance the approach to deliver increased value.
Attract and Retain Exceptional People
Delivering outstanding performance requires exceptional people. Our goal is to develop our employees to have the highest technical and leadership capabilities in the industry. We focus on merit-based, long-term career development and are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce. We recruit talented people from around the world and provide them with formal training and a broad range of global experiences to develop them into the next generation of company leaders. Investing in our people creates a sustainable source of competitive advantage.
Enhance Community Development
ExxonMobil has a long tradition of making a positive contribution to the communities and economies in which we operate through programs that seek to foster social and economic development including health, education, and infrastructure. We partner with local institutions, nongovernmental organizations, governments, and development agencies to design our community investment programs. Through the ExxonMobil Foundation, we provide grants to fund projects in areas such as our two signature initiatives – the Malaria Initiative and the Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative.
Maintain Financial Strength
ExxonMobil’s financial position remains unparalleled in industry. In today’s challenging economic environment, this represents a unique competitive advantage. Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s recognize our superior financial strength by assigning the highest credit rating to our financial obligations. ExxonMobil is one of very few public companies that has maintained this credit rating consistently for decades.
Our financial strength gives us the flexibility to pursue and finance attractive investment opportunities through business cycles. Host governments and project partners recognize our unique capabilities and benefit from the financial strength and expertise we bring to the development of resources.


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Safety, Security, Health & Environment
ExxonMobil remains steadfast in our commitment to excellence in safety, security, health, and environmental (SSH&E) performance. We continue to deliver results that demonstrate that commitment.
2009 HIGHLIGHTS
  Record performance in workforce safety
 
  Reduced Upstream hydrocarbon flaring
by more than 20 percent
 
  Zero spills greater than a barrel from
company-operated marine vessels
 
  Expanded research in advanced biofuels
Guiding Principles
ExxonMobil is committed to conducting business in a manner that protects the safety, security, and health of our employees, those involved with our operations, our customers, and the public. We are committed to conducting business in a manner that is compatible with the environmental and economic needs of the communities in which we operate. These commitments are documented in our safety, health, environmental, and product safety policies that are put into practice through a disciplined management framework called the Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS).
All operating organizations are required to maintain the systems and practices needed to conform to the expectations described in the OIMS framework. To drive continuous improvement, the framework is periodically updated. The latest revision, completed in 2009, strengthens framework expectations with respect to leadership, process safety, environmental performance, and the assessment of OIMS effectiveness. With this revision, we seek to:
  Reinforce our belief that all safety, health, and environmental incidents are preventable; and,
 
  Promote and maintain a work environment in which each of us accepts personal responsibility for our own safety and that of our colleagues, and in which everyone actively intervenes to ensure the safety, security, and wellness of others.
Since the inception of OIMS, our SSH&E performance has improved substantially. We continue to lead the industry with our low incident rates for work-related injuries and illnesses. Risks to the environment have been reduced, with a significant decline in marine spills and continuing reductions in emissions. We are proud of these achievements and remain committed to maintaining and improving these high levels of performance.
We have been cited by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) for “being among the leaders in the extent to which environmental management considerations have been integrated into our ongoing business practices.” We are
pleased that in 2009, LRQA recognized OIMS as meeting all requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series for health and safety management systems (OHSAS 18001:1999) and the International Organization for Standardization’s specification for environmental management systems (ISO 14001:2004).
Working Toward an Incident-Free Workplace
At ExxonMobil, excellence in safety and health in the workplace is a core value. Our approach to safety and health management is yielding good results. Since 2000, we have reduced our workforce lost-time incidents by an average of over 14 percent per year and achieved best-ever performance for combined employee and contractor workforce incident rates in 2009. However, we are saddened to report that in 2009 we had eight workforce fatalities. We will not be satisfied until we have achieved a workplace in which Nobody Gets Hurt.
ExxonMobil has a long-standing commitment to the protection of our people, facilities, information, and other assets leading each business to reinforce the importance of security. Through the Security is Everybody’s Business initiative, we continue to stress awareness of security-related issues, from site security to cyber security.
We believe that a successful business relies on a healthy workforce – and we take seriously those health issues that impact our workforce – whether work-related or not. By providing voluntary health promotion programs designed to enhance employees’ well-being, productivity, and personal safety, we aim to improve the health of our workforce.
We also maintain an active commitment to the communities in which we work. We believe that self-sustaining improvements in public health are a key enabler for broader economic and social gains.

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Managing Risk
Operational excellence, enduring business controls, and high standards for the conduct of our business are hallmarks of ExxonMobil and fundamental to our approach to risk management.
Many of our operations and products present potential risks to people and to the environment, and we recognize that these risks are inherent in our business. We believe the best way to effectively manage these risks is through clearly defined policies, standards, and practices embedded in rigorously applied management systems designed to deliver results.
Business continuity planning and emergency preparedness are two elements that help us address risk. We place great emphasis on preparedness to help ensure an effective response to incidents. Response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus was coordinated across ExxonMobil businesses utilizing business continuity plans developed in prior years.
Reducing Environmental Impact
ExxonMobil recognizes that by reducing the environmental impact of today’s energy, we are taking an important step toward a more sustainable future. It is our objective to operate responsibly everywhere we do business by implementing scientifically sound, practical solutions that consider the needs of the communities in which we operate. Our goal is to eliminate incidents with real environmental impact.
To that end, our environmental management processes are guided by our Protect Tomorrow. Today. initiative, which outlines our expectations for being an industry leader in environmental protection.
Balancing Energy Production
with Water Scarcity
Natural gas is expected to be the fastest-growing major fuel source, driven largely by its increased use to generate electricity. ExxonMobil’s leases in the Piceance Basin in Colorado hold a potential recoverable resource of more than 45 trillion cubic feet of gas. This major resource will take years to produce, and ExxonMobil is committed to increasing natural gas production more efficiently and with less environmental impact.
Producing natural gas from the Piceance Basin has a number of challenges. This gas is trapped within rock much tighter than concrete and requires the injection of a high-pressure mixture of sand and water to allow the gas to flow. In some areas of the western United States, water availability can be limited and is a strategic issue that the oil and gas industry is addressing.
Water conservation is a top priority for our operations, and we are actively engaged in managing water use. Our approaches include technological and operational innovations to enhance water use efficiency and improve water quality. For example, formation water produced with gas can be treated and reused elsewhere for other processes. As we continue to improve our use of produced water in our operations, we expect to reduce our freshwater usage by about 70 to 80 percent over the next few years in our Piceance Basin operations.
We have also significantly reduced the amount of water required for the production of oil at our Cold Lake operations in Canada. Through efforts to recover and treat water, we are now able to recycle 95 percent of the water at this in situ heavy oil project.
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Through this initiative, we set goals to improve performance and drive incidents with real environmental impact to zero. Progress toward these goals is managed through Environmental Business Planning, which integrates environmental improvement efforts with other business plans.
Through strong environmental management, our businesses have made major improvements in environmental performance. For example, since 2004, we have reduced total oil spills greater than one barrel by about 50 percent. In 2009, we had zero spills from company-owned and
performance throughout our facilities worldwide. Since 2004, we have invested $1.9 billion in activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency in our operations. In addition, we are spending more than $5 billion in gas utilization and commercialization projects to reduce routine natural gas flaring.
We are also investing in cogeneration, which provides significant environmental benefits because it uses less fuel and produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions than conventional power generation. ExxonMobil has interests in about 4.9 gigawatts of cogeneration capacity in

operated marine vessels in ExxonMobil’s service.
Managing Climate Change Risks
No discussion of environmental performance would be complete without talking about the risks of climate change. We have the same concerns as people everywhere – and that is how to provide the world with the energy it needs while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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more than 30 locations worldwide. These operations have the capacity to produce enough electricity to supply the needs of more than 2 million U.S. homes.
Since the launch of our Global Energy Management System in 2000, we have identified opportunities to improve energy efficiency by 15 to 20 percent at our refineries and chemical plants and have already implemented over 60

We take the issue of climate change seriously and the risks warrant action. Our strategy to achieve reductions in GHG emissions is focused on increasing our own energy efficiency and reducing flaring in the short term; advancing current proven emissions-reducing technologies in the medium term; and developing breakthrough, game-changing technologies for long-term emissions reduction. These initiatives will reduce emissions generated both internally by our own operations and externally by our customers.
Internally, new energy efficiency technologies and day-to-day operational efficiency activities generate significant energy savings and reduce GHG emissions. ExxonMobil has systematically worked to improve efficiency and environmental
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Steps taken in these programs since 2005 have resulted in reductions in greenhouse gas emissions of more than 8 million tonnes in 2009, the equivalent of removing 1.7 million cars from U.S. roads.
Researching Technologies to Reduce Emissions
We also believe that it is critically important – and ultimately most effective – to invest in research for fundamentally new technologies and innovative approaches that will be efficient in reducing future emissions. Technology is the single element that is common to all efforts to attain our energy and environmental goals. ExxonMobil is a world leader in carbon management technologies, and has researched and developed carbon-handling technologies for more than 30 years.
We have an active portfolio of research in a wide range of future technologies, including carbon capture and storage, hydrogen production, biomass conversion, and algae.
We launched a biofuels program with leading genomics innovator, Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI) to research and develop next-generation biofuels from photosynthetic algae. We believe that biofuel produced by algae has the potential to be an economically viable transportation fuel with low net emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Developing Potential Breakthrough Technologies
Meeting the world’s long-term energy needs while also protecting the environment will require integrated solutions that include developing all economic energy sources. In the years to come, oil and natural gas will continue supplying the majority of our energy because they are scalable, affordable, and versatile. But alternatives and next-generation fuels – like those made from algae – could also play important roles.

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ExxonMobil has entered into a research and development alliance with Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), founded by genome pioneer, J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., to develop advanced biofuels from photosynthetic algae that are compatible with today’s gasoline and diesel fuels.
The potential advantages and benefits of biofuels from algae could be significant. One advantage is that growing algae does not rely on fresh water and farmable land that could be used for food production. In addition, algae offer the potential to yield greater quantities of biofuels per acre of production than food crop-based biofuel sources. Since photosynthetic algae consume carbon dioxide as they grow, algae-based biofuels could provide greenhouse gas mitigation benefits versus conventional fuels. In addition, algae have the potential to produce large volumes of oils that can be processed in existing refineries to manufacture fuels that are compatible with existing transportation systems and infrastructure.
The alliance between SGI and ExxonMobil will bring together the complementary capabilities and expertise of both companies to develop innovative solutions that could lead to the large-scale production of biofuels from algae.

While significant work and years of research and development still must be completed, if successful, algae-based fuels could help meet the world’s growing demand for transportation fuel without increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Under the program, if research and development milestones are successfully met, ExxonMobil expects to spend more than $600 million.
The algae biofuels program is one of several ExxonMobil efforts to advance breakthrough technologies. This program complements ExxonMobil’s ongoing efforts to reduce emissions from our operations and from consumer use of our products, through both efficiency improvements and technology breakthroughs.
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The Outlook for Energy – A View to 2030
In our Outlook for Energy – A View to 2030, we see significant opportunities for economic growth, improved living standards, and exciting new energy technologies. But we also see tremendous challenges: how to meet the world’s growing energy needs to support and expand prosperity for people, while also reducing the impact of energy use on the environment.
In considering these challenges, our Outlook for Energy takes a comprehensive look at long-term trends in energy demand, supply, emissions, and technology. ExxonMobil uses the Outlook to guide our long-term investment decisions. We also share it publicly to encourage a better understanding of the scale and nature of global energy challenges.
Meeting Key Energy Challenges
Our energy future is about people improving their daily lives and countries advancing through different stages of economic development and progress. Expanding access to energy – and the opportunities it affords – is a common goal around the world.
Meeting this challenge with reliable, affordable energy will not be easy, recognizing that increasing populations and economic prosperity will push global energy demand almost 35 percent higher by 2030 versus 2005. This means the industry will need to invest and operate on a scale even larger than today.
At the same time, we need to manage risks to our environment and take sensible steps to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We also need to utilize local resources and promote trade to help maintain secure supplies.
Solutions to these challenges require a variety of approaches to expand supplies, improve efficiency, and mitigate emissions. These solutions will require trillions of dollars in new energy investment, a long-term focus, and constant technological innovation.
Prosperity and Energy Remain Linked
The evolution of energy and technology has enabled people in many countries to achieve a modern lifestyle in which access to energy is largely taken for granted. But in many parts of the world, the challenge is far more basic, as billions of people still lack access to electricity and modern fuels for cooking and heating.
Our Outlook begins with an assessment of how, where, and to what extent energy is used today to support people and their economic activities. Looking ahead, despite the recent recession, the long-term economic trend is encouraging. We expect global gross domestic product (GDP)  will expand at an average annual rate of 2.7 percent from 2005 through 2030.
In non-OECD countries – even with significant gains in energy efficiency – we expect rapid economic growth to produce a steep climb in energy demand. In fact, between 2005 and 2030, non-OECD energy demand will grow about 65 percent.
By contrast, in OECD countries, energy demand will be essentially flat through 2030 even though economic output will increase more than 50 percent on average. This demand profile will be driven by substantial improvements in efficiency.
In fact, one of the most important “fuels” of all is energy efficiency. The energy saved by improved efficiency will be larger in 2030 than from any other single source, including oil.
Transportation Demand Reflects Efficiency and Prosperity
Transportation is one of the most visible activities requiring energy today. Moving people and goods across cities, across regions, and around the world will continue to require substantial energy.
At the same time, we anticipate many shifts will occur within the transportation sector. For example, trends within the largest sub-sector – light-duty vehicles (cars, SUVs, and light pickup trucks) – will change dramatically. Through 2030, global energy demand from light-duty vehicles is expected to flatten as more efficient vehicles enter the market.


 
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In contrast, energy for heavy-duty vehicles (trucks and buses) will grow significantly, reflecting economic growth and the increased shipment of goods. By 2030, heavy-duty vehicles will become the largest transportation demand segment. Over the outlook period, aviation and marine transport also will grow significantly, reflecting expanding prosperity and trade.
We classify transportation into two categories – personal transport (such as cars) and commercial transport. Over the outlook period, we see significant shifts in personal transport as OECD demand is expected to drop by 25 percent by 2030, while non-OECD demand more than doubles. Why is this? In OECD economies, where vehicles-per-capita is already high, better fuel economy over time will more than offset additional demand created by a growing fleet. However, in non-OECD countries, rapid growth in personal vehicle ownership will cause personal transport energy demand to rise dramatically.
Commercial transportation demand will grow significantly in all regions, but far more rapidly in non-OECD countries. Between 2005 and 2030, these fast-developing nations will have overtaken the OECD as the largest source of commercial transportation demand and will account for all of the growth in global transportation demand.
Rising Electricity Demand Drives Power Generation
Growing demand for electricity and the fuels used for power generation will continue to be a major trend. By 2030, global electricity demand will be about four times higher than in 1980. As a result, power generation will remain not only the largest energy-demand sector, but will also be the fastest-growing sector. Over the outlook period, this sector alone will contribute about 55 percent of the total growth in energy demand.
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rapid economic growth of the developing world. From 2005 to 2030, non-OECD nations will account for nearly 80 percent of worldwide growth in electricity demand.
We also anticipate there will be a shift away from coal toward less carbon-intensive fuels including natural gas, nuclear, and renewable fuels. This shift will be driven by economics and national policies, including those that seek to reduce emissions by establishing a direct cost on GHG emissions. By 2030, we expect 40 percent of the world’s electricity will be generated by nuclear and renewable fuels.
Global Energy Demand and Supply Increasing
Through 2030, the global energy demand picture will be shaped by economic expansion and progress, particularly in non-OECD countries. Even with dramatic gains in efficiency, we expect global energy demand will rise 1.2 percent a year on average.
Fossil fuels – oil, natural gas, and coal – will continue to meet most of the world’s needs – accounting for nearly 80 percent of demand. No other energy sources can match their availability, versatility, affordability, and scale.
Oil will still account for the largest share, but natural gas will move into second place on very strong growth, driven by increasing power generation needs and the ability of natural gas to serve as a reliable, affordable, and clean-burning energy source. From 2005 to 2030, global demand for natural gas will increase about 55 percent. Nuclear power will also grow significantly to help meet rising electricity demand.
Wind, solar, and biofuels will grow most rapidly through 2030, at nearly 10 percent a year on average. However, starting from a small base, their contribution by 2030 will remain relatively small at about 2.5 percent of total energy.
In total, we expect global energy demand will rise by almost 35 percent from 2005 to 2030, with essentially all this growth occurring in non-OECD countries. Energy saved through efficiency gains will reach about twice the growth in global energy demand through 2030.
Meeting the Growing Worldwide Need for Liquid Fuels
The world’s liquid fuels supply comprises mostly crude oil, but also includes condensate, natural gas liquids, and biofuels. Liquid fuels will remain especially important for meeting projected strong growth in transportation demand. Nearly all the world’s transportation runs on liquid fuels because they provide a large quantity of energy in small volumes, making them easy to transport and widely available.
Meeting this demand has important implications for potential sources of supply. Supplies of all liquids excluding OPEC crude are projected to reach about 67 million oil-equivalent barrels per day by 2030, including about 3 million barrels per day from biofuels. The gap between these supplies and total liquids demand – known as the “call on OPEC crude” – is expected to expand to about 37 million oil-equivalent barrels per day in 2030.
Overall, the increase in liquids supply needed in 2030 will be met by non-OPEC and OPEC liquids in nearly equal share. Meeting this demand in an economic and environmentally sound manner is an ongoing priority of the industry. It will require large investments to maximize yields from mature fields as they naturally decline, and to develop new sources of supplies in existing development areas as well as promising new regions.


     
 
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Natural Gas to Meet a Rising Share of Energy Needs
Natural gas will meet a growing share of the world’s energy needs through 2030. Given its abundance and properties as a clean-burning fuel, expanded use of natural gas can serve economic progress and help advance environmental goals.
Total natural gas demand in the United States and Europe will follow a similar pattern, with modest growth through 2030. In contrast, Asia Pacific demand will grow much more rapidly, at almost 4 percent per year on average.
An important supply development has been the expansion of unconventional natural gas – the result of recent improvements in technologies used to tap these hard-to-produce resources. This is particularly the case in the United States, where unconventional sources are expected to satisfy more than 50 percent of gas demand in 2030. In Europe, local natural gas production continues to decline, driving imports from about 45 percent of total supply in 2005 to about 70 percent in 2030. In Asia Pacific, domestic natural gas production continues to climb, but at a slower pace than demand. As a result, Asia Pacific will need to rely more heavily on gas imports. Common to all these areas will be the need for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to meet growing demand through 2030.
Growing Global Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions
The outlook for energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is linked directly to the types and amounts of energy required globally. In our view, global CO2 emissions are likely to rise about 25 percent from 2005 to 2030. While significant, that increase is substantially lower than the projected growth in energy demand. This outlook reflects substantial efficiency gains, as well as a shift over time to a significantly less carbon-intensive energy mix.
Importantly, because countries are at different stages in their economic development, the outlook for CO2 emissions varies greatly between OECD and non-OECD countries.
Non-OECD emissions surpassed OECD emissions in 2004. By 2030, non-OECD countries will account for two-thirds of the global total.
This outcome reflects our view that CO2 emissions in the OECD have already peaked and will decline by about 15 percent by 2030, reaching a level similar to that in 1980. This will be a noteworthy achievement considering that OECD economic output will have tripled from 1980 to 2030 and population will have grown by about 30 percent.
Providing Integrated Solutions
The scale of our economic, energy, and environmental challenges is huge and growing. To achieve significant scale, solutions to these challenges must make sense for investors and consumers. Further, to satisfy broad and diverse needs around the world, solutions must also be affordable, versatile, and efficient.
As an integrated set of solutions, we must pursue three key elements related to energy:
  Moderating energy demand through efficiency;
 
  Expanding all commercially viable energy sources; and,
 
  Mitigating emissions.
Technology and diversity of economic supplies remain important. In addition, sensible and stable policy environments will continue to be essential to stimulate our creative human capacity as well as to encourage the huge investments necessary to address these challenges.
For our part, ExxonMobil is making enormous investments to provide solutions to help meet future energy demand. We are confident that by pursuing an integrated set of solutions, people around the world will realize great progress in meeting economic, energy, and environmental challenges.
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Technology
Technology is vital to meeting the world’s growing demand for energy. ExxonMobil has a long-standing commitment to fundamental research to develop and grow our technological capabilities and to deliver advantaged technologies for all of our businesses.
UPSTREAM TECHNOLOGY
ExxonMobil is committed to investing in a broad range of proprietary technologies that provide a competitive advantage in exploration, project development, oil and gas recovery, and production operations. Application of these technologies maximizes the value of the resource and results in safer operations, reduced exploration risks, improved drilling and well performance, greater hydrocarbon recovery, and lower costs.
Satellite Mapping for Carbonate Reservoir Modeling
ExxonMobil’s innovative approach to mapping environments where carbonate rocks are being formed today is contributing to better models of carbonate reservoirs. We are applying spectral-analysis techniques to satellite images to produce high-resolution maps of modern carbonate sediments around the globe. This approach provides extensive, detailed information for use in predicting carbonate rock types in the subsurface, especially in areas where well and seismic data provide insufficient information for modeling. The knowledge gained from satellite-image analysis contributes to better predictions of reservoir performance, which in turn, enhance our ability to target exploration opportunities and to optimize development and production strategies in carbonate settings.
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Satellite-image analysis of modern carbonate environments helps guide the distribution of different rock types (colored layers) in 3D models used to predict reservoir performance.


High-Resolution Imaging of Shale Pore Networks
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ExxonMobil is using state-of-the-art electron microscopy to understand pore networks in shale gas reservoirs, which are an important and growing source of new natural gas supplies. High-resolution imaging of specially prepared rock samples has resolved shale pores as small as a billionth of a meter in size. The resulting images enable geologists and engineers to investigate how gas is stored in shales and how it flows in rocks previously regarded only as seals or source rocks. The high-resolution images serve as the basis for quantifying the porosity, permeability, and physical properties of shales, and provide critical calibration for how shale gas reservoirs will produce. This technology will enhance ExxonMobil’s ability to effectively explore and develop these challenging new resources.


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Advanced Seismic Imaging
Advances in seismic imaging are critical to finding and producing the world’s remaining hydrocarbon reserves. ExxonMobil’s leading-edge seismic imaging technologies are providing more accurate representations of the subsurface in structurally complex areas, such as below salt or in highly folded and faulted regions. These sophisticated imaging approaches utilize algorithms that incorporate a realistic simulation of the way seismic waves propagate through the subsurface. The resulting high-fidelity images will play a key role in enhancing decisions as our exploration, development, and production efforts progress into more challenging geologic settings.
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ExxonMobil’s leading-edge seismic processing technology provides a more accurate image of the subsurface below salt bodies.
High-Performance Computing
ExxonMobil’s new high-performance computing system is enabling the development of leading-edge technology for geophysical imaging. ExxonMobil worked with IBM to install this system of 24,000 processors for the Upstream Research Company during 2009. This computing capability is a critical requirement for using all of the energy recorded in seismic surveys and creating much more accurate images of the subsurface. These images will be used to reduce risk in our exploration, development, and production operations.
A new, high-performance computing system has been installed to provide the computational power for leading-edge geophysical technology.
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New Trace Element Analytical Capabilities
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ExxonMobil’s state-of-the-art trace element laboratory provides high-resolution analyses that impact business decisions in many aspects of our Upstream operations.
ExxonMobil has installed a new, state-of-the-art laboratory for the measurement of trace elements in oil, water, and rocks. The laboratory’s high-resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) can resolve the concentration of a wide variety of trace elements, such as vanadium, nickel, and cobalt, at the parts-per-trillion level. Trace element signatures in oil and water assist in determining connectivity between individual reservoir compartments, which helps guide the optimal placement of development wells. In addition, the trace element content of oil, water, and rocks can play a key role in predicting how reservoirs will produce over time.


 


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“Inside the Well” Experimental Capabilities

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ExxonMobil uses state-of-the-art experimental capabilities at our new Well Performance Laboratory to optimize the long-term productivity and reliability of our wells. A unique Polyaxial Rock Stress Cell and advanced fluid-flow simulators put researchers “inside the well” to gain insights into the dynamic interactions between rocks, fluids, and pipes. Large-scale rock samples are exposed to realistic down-hole stresses to investigate rock failure and its effect on well performance, and a laser assembly continuously maps the interior surface of simulated wellbores in the samples. This improved fundamental understanding will contribute to more reliable and productive wells, enabling ExxonMobil to successfully manage hydrocarbon production in increasingly complex operating environments.
A researcher studies sandstone failure “inside the well” with a remotely controlled laser system and the Polyaxial Rock Stress Cell.


Enhanced Bitumen Recovery

At Cold Lake, in Alberta, Canada, we are piloting an enhanced process for recovering bitumen. The Solvent-Assisted, Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SA-SAGD) process improves upon ExxonMobil’s widely applied thermal SAGD technology by using a solvent, in addition to steam, to further lower bitumen viscosity and accelerate production. Laboratory experiments and computer simulations indicate that SA-SAGD also has the potential to significantly reduce water and energy requirements for bitumen recovery. The SA-SAGD pilot at Cold Lake is designed to confirm these benefits at the field scale. If successful, this process has commercial applicability for recovering bitumen from extensive oil sands deposits in Canada.
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In SA-SAGD, steam and solvent (red and yellow) injected into the subsurface from an upper well create a steam chamber and accelerate the flow of bitumen (green) to a production well below.


Oil Shale Recovery Tests
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Researchers measure voltages in an Electrofrac oil shale heating experiment at ExxonMobil’s Colony Mine in Colorado.
ExxonMobil is developing our Electrofrac process for subsurface conversion of the kerogen present in oil shale to hydrocarbons, and research has progressed to field testing. The Electrofrac process heats oil shale underground by creating a hydraulic fracture in the rock and filling it with an electrically conductive material to form a resistive heating element. Tests of the Electrofrac process conducted in 2009 at our Colony Mine in northwestern Colorado verified the functionality of the technique in a low-temperature heating experiment. Oil shale is a significant unconventional resource, and the Electrofrac process has the potential for recovery in deep, thick formations with less surface disturbance and at lower cost than other methods. Research and development will continue pursuing full demonstration of the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of this breakthrough technology.


 


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Preventing Hydrate Formation

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This testing equipment was installed at the West Pembina field in Canada to conduct a field trial of ExxonMobil’s proprietary ColdFlow technology, which combats the formation of hydrates.
In very cold conditions, hydrates – solid structures containing water molecules – can clog production flow lines. Production conditions in extreme deepwater or arctic environments make standard hydrate management methods technically complex and expensive. ExxonMobil has developed an innovative, reliable solution that assures hydrate flow without the need for chemicals or insulation. Specially designed inserts called static mixers work in the flow lines to produce small hydrate particles, which can move freely without clumping or sticking to pipe walls, thereby assuring unrestricted flow. After successful laboratory testing, a field trial is now under way at the West Pembina field in northern Canada. This ColdFlow technology could significantly lower the cost and complexity of future deepwater and arctic developments.


Improved Corrosion Prevention
ExxonMobil is a leader in applying corrosion-control technology to ensure the safety and integrity of our operations and assets. Understanding the environment inside pipelines is critical for achieving this goal. To address this challenge, ExxonMobil is using a customized camera specially designed to withstand exposure to very high pressure, highly corrosive gas, and a wide temperature range. The camera is inserted into our full-scale corrosion flow loop and allows engineers to observe the fluids in realistic pipeline conditions. These direct observations of fluid behavior are used to improve the physical basis of our leading-edge corrosion models and to help optimize operating practices that reduce the risk of corrosion in pipelines.
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Our unique Materials and Corrosion Laboratory develops advanced corrosion-control technologies by simulating and directly observing flow inside pipelines.


Innovative Sour Gas Processing
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ExxonMobil’s proprietary CFZ technology can remove CO2 and H2S from natural gas in a single step, significantly lowering development costs for natural gas resources containing these impurities. Field testing will begin in 2010.
ExxonMobil’s innovative Controlled Freeze Zone (CFZ) technology will undergo commercial-scale qualification in a new demonstration plant that is being commissioned at our LaBarge facility in Wyoming. CFZ technology utilizes a single-step, cryogenic process to more efficiently separate carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from sour natural gas, and has a much smaller footprint than current technologies. The CFZ process has the potential to allow economic development of gas resources challenged by CO2 and H2S content by reducing the costs of removing these impurities. It could also enable CO2 sequestration at a lower cost. The CFZ process discharges CO2 and H2S as a high-pressure liquid, thus reducing power and equipment requirements for subsequent injection into underground storage. The new demonstration plant will process a variety of gas feed streams representative of sour gas resources worldwide.


 


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DOWNSTREAM TECHNOLOGY
ExxonMobil’s Downstream research and technology portfolio encompasses a broad range of activities addressing both near-and long-term business needs. Our base business initiatives are focused on developing and deploying high-impact technologies that maximize the value of our existing assets and provide competitive advantage. Longer-term research efforts are aimed at identifying game-changing technologies that will allow us to sustain competitive advantage in both conventional downstream and new emerging areas.
Increasing Diesel Production
Diesel demand is projected to increase from 2009 to 2030 in all regions around the world. ExxonMobil is actively working on a variety of technologies aimed at improving refinery flexibility, thus enabling rapid response to changing product demands.
Technology solutions for the near term include applying our engineering best practices to debottleneck refinery units, using our proprietary Molecule Management technology to optimize distillation and conversion unit operations, and selecting the appropriate catalysts to obtain optimal performance at minimal cost. For example, we are applying our Real Time Optimization (RTO) technology, which uses our proprietary process models, to set unit operating conditions that enhance margins.
We continually evaluate new applications of proven proprietary technologies. One example is the use of ExxonMobil’s Isomerization Dewaxing (MIDW) catalyst in distillate hydrotreating and hydrocracking units to allow processing of heavier feeds. MIDW catalyst technology enables higher diesel yields while still meeting increasingly stringent product specifications. We are also actively developing longer-term step-out technology options. For example, one proprietary technology under development uses an integrated thermal and catalytic cracking process to produce significantly higher distillate yields and improved distillate qualities relative to conventional Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) technology.
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ExxonMobil engineers evaluate diesel selective catalysts at our world-class pilot plant facility in Clinton, New Jersey.


Advanced Modeling
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ExxonMobil continues to evaluate new applications of advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling to improve performance and capture value in all process areas within our Downstream, Upstream, and Chemical operations. Modern computers and CFD software coupled with proprietary models allow us to better understand hydrodynamics, heat transfer, and reactivity in process vessels such as distillation towers and reactors.
We are using CFD modeling to design fixed-bed reactors and improve their performance and reliability. For example, CFD analysis of a fixed-bed hydrotreating unit at an ExxonMobil Americas manufacturing site improved understanding of gas/liquid flow distribution and catalyst utilization in the reactor. This work enabled improved designs of reactor internal components, reducing liquid bypassing and increasing reactor productivity. The improved technology will be applied to other fixed-bed reactors in ExxonMobil facilities.
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Advantaged Catalysts

ExxonMobil is a leader in the discovery, development, and deployment of advanced catalyst technologies supporting our refining, chemical, and lubricants businesses. Strategic alliances play a critical role throughout the entire “technology pipeline” to ensure the effective and rapid delivery of advantaged catalyst technologies to ExxonMobil manufacturing sites. Our alliance with Symyx in high throughput experimentation has provided the ability to rapidly synthesize and evaluate novel catalyst formulations on a scale not previously possible. Our hydroprocessing development alliance with Albemarle has led to state-of-the-art catalysts for producing low-sulfur transportation fuels. Catalyst manufacturing alliances with companies such as BASF have extended our internal capabilities to manufacture industry-leading catalysts for the production of both high-value chemicals and superior lubricants.
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An ExxonMobil scientist uses our state-of-the-art high throughput experimentation facility for catalyst characterization.


Heavy Oil Characterization

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Advanced analytical technology enables detailed compositional models of heavy crude oil.
The world’s heavier petroleum reserves often contain greater concentrations of complex molecules and contaminants that make their processing more challenging. ExxonMobil is using advanced analytical techniques to characterize these heavy crude oils at the molecular level. We have used the Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer (FTICR-MS), an analytical instrument with ultra-high mass resolution, to identify detailed petroleum asphaltene compositions in the high boiling end of crude oil. Using the information derived from these advanced analytical techniques, we are developing models of composition for various heavy oil feeds which will enable more effective processing and utilization of these materials.


Advanced Engines and Fuels
ExxonMobil is contributing to the development of advanced internal combustion engine and fuel systems with the long-term goal of achieving significant improvement in fuel economy and lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Our portfolio of programs ranges from advanced combustion concepts such as controlled auto-ignition to new hydrogen generation systems for fuel cell vehicles.
In collaboration with partners in industry and the research community, ExxonMobil is jointly developing an innovative, compact and efficient on-board hydrogen generation system for fuel cell vehicles. This system would catalytically convert gasoline, diesel or biofuels to fuel-cell-ready hydrogen onboard the vehicle. This offers an alternative to expensive construction of hydrogen fueling infrastructure and the use of high pressure hydrogen storage on the vehicle. Measured on a well-to-wheels basis, this system could be 80 percent more fuel efficient and emit 45 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than today’s automobiles. We are focusing on industrial applications in the near term with the long-term research goal being application in passenger vehicles.
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CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
Development and deployment of industry-leading chemical technology provides a competitive advantage for ExxonMobil. Our portfolio of technology projects is aligned with our business strategies and creates value for the shareholder by employing advantaged feeds, developing lower-cost manufacturing processes, and delivering premium products.
Advantaged Feeds

Our technology programs help us achieve the highest level of feed flexibility in the industry. The combination of our integration with refineries and gas processing assets, advanced optimization tools, and steam-cracker designs that enable a high degree of flexibility allows our plants to quickly respond to changes in feedstock quality, availability, and cost.
Over the past several years, we have qualified nearly 300 new steam-cracking feeds around the world. Our steam cracker in Singapore utilizes our proprietary technology that allows use of a wide range of low-cost feeds, including several advantaged feeds that conventional plants cannot process.
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Proprietary technology to maximize feed flexibility is being built into these steam-cracking furnaces that will be installed as part of our Singapore expansion.


Lower-Cost Manufacturing Processes
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Advanced control systems, such as the computer controls for our plastics plant in Meerhout, Belgium, coupled with implementation of best practices and operations discipline result in efficient operation of our facilities.
We rigorously improve our manufacturing cost performance by using advanced processes and catalyst technologies to deliver improved energy efficiency, greater reliability, and increased asset utilization. Rapid sharing of best practices maximizes the impact of these technologies.
Our Rotterdam Aromatics Plant recently deployed an advanced zeolite catalyst system which increased paraxylene capacity while consuming much less energy.
Combining solution polymerization and metallocene catalyst technologies enabled us to launch new premium products while making the manufacturing significantly more energy efficient than the traditional process.


Premium Products

Breakthroughs in catalyst and product technologies allow us to create new families of higher-value products.
Our metallocene products based on catalyst technologies now include Exceed and Enable polyethylenes, Vistamaxx specialty elastomers, Achieve polypropylenes, and are expanding to adhesives and synthetic lubricants. These products serve a wide range of applications from flexible packaging films, to adhesives, to polymer modification.
Exxcore DVA resin is our latest advancement in tire inner liners, helping consumers keep their tires properly inflated for better fuel economy.
Using proprietary hydrogenation technology, we developed ultra-low aromatic Escaid and Exxsol fluids to help meet increasingly stringent regulatory and environmental requirements for water treatment and oil drilling applications.
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Shareholder Information
ExxonMobil’s core objective is to deliver long-term growth in shareholder value. Over the past five years, we have distributed over $150 billion to our shareholders through quarterly dividend payments and share purchases to reduce shares outstanding. In 2009, our total shareholder distributions were $26 billion, including $18 billion of share purchases.

In 2009, ExxonMobil raised annual dividends to our shareholders to $1.66 per share, an increase of 7 percent versus the previous year. We have paid a dividend each year for more than a century and have increased annual dividends per share in each of the last 27 years.
ExxonMobil reduced the number of shares outstanding by 26 percent over the last five years through our flexible share purchase program. Reducing shares outstanding increases the percent ownership of the company that each remaining share represents, and contributes to increased earnings and cash flow per share.


DIVIDEND AND SHAREHOLDER RETURN INFORMATION
                                         
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Earnings per common share(1) (dollars)
    3.99       8.70       7.31       6.64       5.74  
Earnings per common share – assuming dilution(1) (dollars)
    3.98       8.66       7.26       6.60       5.70  
         
 
                                       
Dividends per common share (dollars)
                                       
First quarter
    0.40       0.35       0.32       0.32       0.27  
Second quarter
    0.42       0.40       0.35       0.32       0.29  
Third quarter
    0.42       0.40       0.35       0.32       0.29  
Fourth quarter
    0.42       0.40       0.35       0.32       0.29  
         
Total
    1.66       1.55       1.37       1.28       1.14  
         
Dividends per share growth (annual percent)
    7.1       13.1       7.0       12.3       7.5  
         
Number of common shares outstanding (millions)
                                       
Average
    4,832       5,194       5,557       5,948       6,295  
Average – assuming dilution
    4,848       5,221       5,594       5,987       6,338  
Year end
    4,727       4,976       5,382       5,729       6,133  
         
Cash dividends paid on common stock (millions of dollars)
    8,023       8,058       7,621       7,628       7,185  
Cash dividends paid to earnings (percent)
    42       18       19       19       20  
Cash dividends paid to cash flow(2) (percent)
    28       13       15       15       15  
         
Total return to shareholders (annual percent)
    (12.6 )     (13.2 )     24.3       39.2       11.7  
         
Market quotations for common stock (dollars)
                                       
High
    82.73       96.12       95.27       79.00       65.96  
Low
    61.86       56.51       69.02       56.42       49.25  
Average daily close
    70.95       82.68       83.23       65.35       58.24  
Year-end close
    68.19       79.83       93.69       76.63       56.17  
         
 
(1)   Consistent with 2009 reporting, the calculation of prior period earnings per share has been updated to include unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable dividend rights.
 
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FUNCTIONAL EARNINGS(1)
                                                                         
    2009 Quarters                                
(millions of dollars)   First     Second     Third     Fourth     2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                                                       
Earnings (U.S. GAAP)
                                                                       
Upstream
                                                                       
United States
    360       813       709       1,011       2,893       6,243       4,870       5,168       6,200  
Non-U.S.
    3,143       2,999       3,303       4,769       14,214       29,159       21,627       21,062       18,149  
Total
    3,503       3,812       4,012       5,780       17,107       35,402       26,497       26,230       24,349  
         
Downstream
                                                                       
United States
    352       (15 )     (203 )     (287 )     (153 )     1,649       4,120       4,250       3,911  
Non-U.S.
    781       527       528       98       1,934       6,502       5,453       4,204       4,081  
Total
    1,133       512       325       (189 )     1,781       8,151       9,573       8,454       7,992  
         
Chemical
                                                                       
United States
    83       79       315       292       769       724       1,181       1,360       1,186  
Non-U.S.
    267       288       561       424       1,540       2,233       3,382       3,022       2,757  
Total
    350       367       876       716       2,309       2,957       4,563       4,382       3,943  
         
Corporate and financing
    (436 )     (741 )     (483 )     (257 )     (1,917 )     (1,290 )     (23 )     434       (154 )
       
Net income attributable to
ExxonMobil (U.S. GAAP)
    4,550       3,950       4,730       6,050       19,280       45,220       40,610       39,500       36,130  
         
Earnings per common share(2) (dollars)
    0.92       0.82       0.98       1.27       3.99       8.70       7.31       6.64       5.74  
Earnings per common share – assuming dilution(2) (dollars)
    0.92       0.81       0.98       1.27       3.98       8.66       7.26       6.60       5.70  
         
Special Items
                                                                       
Upstream
                                                                       
United States
                                                     
Non-U.S.
                                  1,620                   1,620  
Total
                                  1,620                   1,620  
         
Downstream
                                                                       
United States
                                                    (200 )
Non-U.S.
                                                    310  
Total
                                                    110  
         
Chemical
                                                                       
United States
                                                     
Non-U.S.
                                                    540  
Total
                                                    540  
         
Corporate and financing
          (140 )                 (140 )     (460 )           410        
         
Corporate total
          (140 )                 (140 )     1,160             410       2,270  
         
Earnings Excluding Special Items(3)
                                                                       
Upstream
                                                                       
United States
    360       813       709       1,011       2,893       6,243       4,870       5,168       6,200  
Non-U.S.
    3,143       2,999       3,303       4,769       14,214       27,539       21,627       21,062       16,529  
Total
    3,503       3,812       4,012       5,780       17,107       33,782       26,497       26,230       22,729  
         
Downstream
                                                                       
United States
    352       (15 )     (203 )     (287 )     (153 )     1,649       4,120       4,250       4,111  
Non-U.S.
    781       527       528       98       1,934       6,502       5,453       4,204       3,771  
Total
    1,133       512       325       (189 )     1,781       8,151       9,573       8,454       7,882  
         
Chemical
                                                                       
United States
    83       79       315       292       769       724       1,181       1,360       1,186  
Non-U.S.
    267       288       561       424       1,540       2,233       3,382       3,022       2,217  
Total
    350       367       876       716       2,309       2,957       4,563       4,382       3,403  
         
Corporate and financing
    (436 )     (601 )     (483 )     (257 )     (1,777 )     (830 )     (23 )     24       (154 )
       
Corporate total
    4,550       4,090       4,730       6,050       19,420       44,060       40,610       39,090       33,860  
         
Earnings per common share(2) (dollars)
    0.92       0.85       0.98       1.27       4.02       8.48       7.31       6.57       5.38  
Earnings per common share – assuming dilution(2) (dollars)
    0.92       0.84       0.98       1.27       4.01       8.44       7.26       6.53       5.34  
         
 
(1)   Total corporate earnings means net income attributable to ExxonMobil (U.S. GAAP) from the consolidated income statement. Unless indicated, references to earnings, special items, Upstream, Downstream, Chemical, and Corporate and Financing segment earnings, and earnings per share are ExxonMobil’s share after excluding amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests.
 
(2)   Computed using the average number of shares outstanding during each period. The sum of the four quarters may not add to the full year. Consistent with 2009 reporting, the calculation of prior period earnings per share has been updated to include unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable dividend rights.
 
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RETURN ON AVERAGE CAPITAL EMPLOYED(1) BY BUSINESS
Return on Average
Capital Employed
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(percent)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Upstream
                                       
United States
    18.2       42.6       34.7       37.1       46.0  
Non-U.S.
    24.8       56.7       43.7       47.9       45.6  
Total
    23.4       53.6       41.7       45.3       45.7  
         
Downstream
                                       
United States
    (2.1 )     23.7       65.1       65.8       58.8  
Non-U.S.
    10.9       34.8       28.7       24.5       22.6  
Total
    7.1       31.8       37.8       35.8       32.4  
         
Chemical
                                       
United States
    17.6       16.0       24.9       27.7       23.1  
Non-U.S.
    12.6       22.4       39.0       36.5       30.9  
Total
    13.9       20.4       34.0       33.2       28.0  
         
Corporate and financing
    N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
         
Corporate total
    16.3       34.2       31.8       32.2       31.3  
         
 
(1)   Capital employed consists of ExxonMobil’s share of equity and consolidated debt, including ExxonMobil’s share of amounts applicable to equity companies. See Frequently Used Terms on pages 100 through 103.


AVERAGE CAPITAL EMPLOYED(1) BY BUSINESS
Average Capital Employed
(IMAGE)
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Upstream
                                       
United States
    15,865       14,651       14,026       13,940       13,491  
Non-U.S.
    57,336       51,413       49,539       43,931       39,770  
Total
    73,201       66,064       63,565       57,871       53,261  
         
Downstream
                                       
United States
    7,306       6,963       6,331       6,456       6,650  
Non-U.S.
    17,793       18,664       18,983       17,172       18,030  
Total
    25,099       25,627       25,314       23,628       24,680  
         
Chemical
                                       
United States
    4,370       4,535       4,748       4,911       5,145  
Non-U.S.
    12,190       9,990       8,682       8,272       8,919  
Total
    16,560       14,525       13,430       13,183       14,064  
         
Corporate and financing
    10,190       23,467       26,451       27,891       24,956  
         
Corporate total
    125,050       129,683       128,760       122,573       116,961  
         
Average capital employed applicable to equity companies included above
    27,684       25,651       24,267       22,106       20,256  
         
 
(1)   Average capital employed is the average of beginning- and end-of-year business segment capital employed, including ExxonMobil’s share of amounts applicable to equity companies. See Frequently Used Terms on pages 100 through 103.


 


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CAPITAL AND EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES(1)
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Upstream
                                       
Exploration
                                       
United States
    735       734       415       425       297  
Non-U.S.
    2,983       2,137       1,494       1,619       1,396  
Total
    3,718       2,871       1,909       2,044       1,693  
         
Production(2)
                                       
United States
    2,850       2,600       1,792       2,058       1,841  
Non-U.S.
    13,877       14,011       11,913       12,059       10,844  
Total
    16,727       16,611       13,705       14,117       12,685  
         
Power and Coal
                                       
United States
                5       3       4  
Non-U.S.
    259       252       105       67       88  
Total
    259       252       110       70       92  
         
Total Upstream
    20,704       19,734       15,724       16,231       14,470  
         
 
                                       
Downstream
                                       
Refining
                                       
United States
    1,300       1,430       906       559       497  
Non-U.S.
    1,146       1,248       1,267       1,051       871  
Total
    2,446       2,678       2,173       1,610       1,368  
         
Marketing
                                       
United States
    171       176       201       233       217  
Non-U.S.
    536       638       876       852       859  
Total
    707       814       1,077       1,085       1,076  
         
Pipeline/Marine
                                       
United States
    40       30       21       32       39  
Non-U.S.
    3       7       32       2       12  
Total
    43       37       53       34       51  
         
Total Downstream
    3,196       3,529       3,303       2,729       2,495  
         
 
                                       
Chemical
                                       
United States
    319       441       360       280       243  
Non-U.S.
    2,829       2,378       1,422       476       411  
         
Total Chemical
    3,148       2,819       1,782       756       654  
         
 
                                       
Other
                                       
United States
    44       61       44       130       80  
Non-U.S.
                      9        
         
Total other
    44       61       44       139       80  
         
Total capital and exploration expenditures
    27,092       26,143       20,853       19,855       17,699  
         
 
(1)   See Frequently Used Terms on pages 100 through 103.
 
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TOTAL CAPITAL AND EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES BY GEOGRAPHY
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
United States
    5,459       5,472       3,744       3,720       3,218  
Canada/Latin America
    3,448       1,926       1,522       1,862       1,940  
Europe
    3,251       3,727       4,042       3,721       2,829  
Africa
    6,182       5,422       3,639       4,019       3,815  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    6,722       7,669       6,156       4,601       3,241  
Russia/Caspian
    2,030       1,927       1,750       1,932       2,656  
         
Total worldwide
    27,092       26,143       20,853       19,855       17,699  
         
DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL AND EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Consolidated Companies’ Expenditures
                                       
Capital expenditures
    22,441       19,841       15,242       15,361       13,792  
Exploration costs charged to expense
                                       
United States
    219       189       280       243       157  
Non-U.S.
    1,795       1,252       1,177       925       795  
Depreciation on support equipment(1)
    7       10       12       13       12  
Total exploration expenses
    2,021       1,451       1,469       1,181       964  
         
Total consolidated companies’ capital and exploration expenditures
(excluding depreciation on support equipment)
    24,455       21,282       16,699       16,529       14,744  

ExxonMobil’s Share of Non-Consolidated Companies’ Expenditures
                                       
Capital expenditures
    2,624       4,845       4,122       3,315       2,938  
Exploration costs charged to expense
    13       16       32       11       17  
Total non-consolidated companies’ capital and exploration expenditures
    2,637       4,861       4,154       3,326       2,955  
         
Total capital and exploration expenditures
    27,092       26,143       20,853       19,855       17,699  
         
 
(1)   Not included as part of total capital and exploration expenditures, but included as part of exploration expenses, including dry holes, in the Summary Statement of Income, page 28.
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NET INVESTMENT IN PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AT YEAR END
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Upstream
                                       
United States
    19,601       17,920       16,714       16,467       16,222  
Non-U.S.
    68,718       55,493       56,810       51,943       46,595  
Total
    88,319       73,413       73,524       68,410       62,817  
         
Downstream
                                       
United States
    11,013       10,492       9,705       9,320       9,334  
Non-U.S.
    19,486       18,762       20,443       19,598       18,695  
Total
    30,499       29,254       30,148       28,918       28,029  
         
Chemical
                                       
United States
    4,274       4,396       4,448       4,553       4,685  
Non-U.S.
    9,237       7,034       5,623       4,766       4,619  
Total
    13,511       11,430       10,071       9,319       9,304  
         
Other
    6,787       7,249       7,126       7,040       6,860  
         
Total net investment
    139,116       121,346       120,869       113,687       107,010  
         
DEPRECIATION AND DEPLETION EXPENSES
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Upstream
                                       
United States
    1,768       1,391       1,469       1,263       1,293  
Non-U.S.
    6,376       7,266       7,126       6,482       5,407  
Total
    8,144       8,657       8,595       7,745       6,700  
         
Downstream
                                       
United States
    687       656       639       632       615  
Non-U.S.
    1,665       1,672       1,662       1,605       1,611  
Total
    2,352       2,328       2,301       2,237       2,226  
         
Chemical
                                       
United States
    400       410       405       427       416  
Non-U.S.
    457       422       418       473       410  
Total
    857       832       823       900       826  
         
Other
    564       562       531       534       501  
         
Total depreciation and depletion expenses
    11,917       12,379       12,250       11,416       10,253  
         
OPERATING COSTS(1)
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Production and manufacturing expenses
    33,027       37,905       31,885       29,528       26,819  
Selling, general, and administrative
    14,735       15,873       14,890       14,273       14,402  
Depreciation and depletion
    11,917       12,379       12,250       11,416       10,253  
Exploration
    2,021       1,451       1,469       1,181       964  
         
Subtotal
    61,700       67,608       60,494       56,398       52,438  
ExxonMobil’s share of equity company expenses
    6,670       7,204       5,619       4,947       4,520  
         
Total operating costs
    68,370       74,812       66,113       61,345       56,958  
         
 
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SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET AT YEAR END
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Assets
                                       
Current assets
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
    10,693       31,437       33,981       28,244       28,671  
Cash and cash equivalents – restricted
                      4,604       4,604  
Marketable securities
    169       570       519              
Notes and accounts receivable, less estimated doubtful amounts
    27,645       24,702       36,450       28,942       27,484  
Inventories
                                       
Crude oil, products and merchandise
    8,718       9,331       8,863       8,979       7,852  
Materials and supplies
    2,835       2,315       2,226       1,735       1,469  
Other current assets
    5,175       3,911       3,924       3,273       3,262  
         
Total current assets
    55,235       72,266       85,963       75,777       73,342  
         
Investments, advances and long-term receivables
    31,665       28,556       28,194       23,237       20,592  
Property, plant and equipment, at cost,
                                       
less accumulated depreciation and depletion
    139,116       121,346       120,869       113,687       107,010  
Other assets, including intangibles, net
    7,307       5,884       7,056       6,314       7,391  
         
Total assets
    233,323       228,052       242,082       219,015       208,335  
         
 
                                       
Liabilities
                                       
Current liabilities
                                       
Notes and loans payable
    2,476       2,400       2,383       1,702       1,771  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    41,275       36,643       45,275       39,082       36,120  
Income taxes payable
    8,310       10,057       10,654       8,033       8,416  
         
Total current liabilities
    52,061       49,100       58,312       48,817       46,307  
         
Long-term debt
    7,129       7,025       7,183       6,645       6,220  
Postretirement benefits reserves
    17,942       20,729       13,278       13,931       10,220  
Deferred income tax liabilities
    23,148       19,726       22,899       20,851       20,878  
Other long-term obligations
    17,651       13,949       14,366       11,123       9,997  
         
Total liabilities
    117,931       110,529       116,038       101,367       93,622  
         
 
                                       
Commitments and contingencies(1)
                                       
 
                                       
Equity
                                       
Common stock without par value
    5,503       5,314       4,933       4,786       4,477  
Earnings reinvested
    276,937       265,680       228,518       195,207       163,335  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
                                       
Cumulative foreign exchange translation adjustment
    4,402       1,146       7,972       3,733       979  
Postretirement benefits reserves adjustment
    (9,863 )     (11,077 )     (5,983 )     (6,495 )      
Minimum pension liability adjustment
                            (2,258 )
Common stock held in treasury
    (166,410 )     (148,098 )     (113,678 )     (83,387 )     (55,347 )
       
ExxonMobil share of equity
    110,569       112,965       121,762       113,844       111,186  
         
Noncontrolling interests
    4,823       4,558       4,282       3,804       3,527  
         
Total equity
    115,392       117,523       126,044       117,648       114,713  
         
Total liabilities and equity
    233,323       228,052       242,082       219,015       208,335  
         
 
(1)   For more information, please refer to Appendix A, Note 15 of ExxonMobil’s 2010 Proxy Statement.
 
The information in the Summary Statement of Income (for 2007 to 2009), the Summary Balance Sheet (for 2008 and 2009), and the Summary Statement of Cash Flows (for 2007 to 2009), shown on pages 27 through 29, corresponds to the information in the Consolidated Statement of Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, and the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in the financial statements of ExxonMobil’s 2010 Proxy Statement. For complete consolidated financial statements, including notes, please refer to Appendix A of ExxonMobil’s 2010 Proxy Statement. See also Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other information in Appendix A of the 2010 Proxy Statement.

 


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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF INCOME
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Revenues and Other Income
                                       
Sales and other operating revenue(1)(2)
    301,500       459,579       390,328       365,467       358,955  
Income from equity affiliates
    7,143       11,081       8,901       6,985       7,583  
Other income(3)
    1,943       6,699       5,323       5,183       4,142  
         
Total revenues and other income
    310,586       477,359       404,552       377,635       370,680  
         
Costs and Other Deductions
                                       
Crude oil and product purchases
    152,806       249,454       199,498       182,546       185,219  
Production and manufacturing expenses
    33,027       37,905       31,885       29,528       26,819  
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
    14,735       15,873       14,890       14,273       14,402  
Depreciation and depletion
    11,917       12,379       12,250       11,416       10,253  
Exploration expenses, including dry holes
    2,021       1,451       1,469       1,181       964  
Interest expense
    548       673       400       654       496  
Sales-based taxes(1)
    25,936       34,508       31,728       30,381       30,742  
Other taxes and duties
    34,819       41,719       40,953       39,203       41,554  
         
Total costs and other deductions
    275,809       393,962       333,073       309,182       310,449  
         
Income before income taxes
    34,777       83,397       71,479       68,453       60,231  
Income taxes
    15,119       36,530       29,864       27,902       23,302  
         
Net income including noncontrolling interests
    19,658       46,867       41,615       40,551       36,929  
         
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    378       1,647       1,005       1,051       799  
Net income attributable to ExxonMobil
    19,280       45,220       40,610       39,500       36,130  
         
Earnings per Common Share(4) (dollars)
    3.99       8.70       7.31       6.64       5.74  
 
                                       
Earnings per Common Share –
Assuming Dilution
(4) (dollars)
    3.98       8.66       7.26       6.60       5.70  
         
 
(1)   Sales and other operating revenue includes sales-based taxes of $25,936 million for 2009, $34,508 million for 2008, $31,728 million for 2007, $30,381 million for 2006, and $30,742 million for 2005.
 
(2)   Sales and other operating revenue includes $30,810 million for 2005 for purchases/sales contracts with the same counterparty. Associated costs were included in Crude oil and product purchases. Effective January 1, 2006, these purchases/sales were recorded on a net basis with no resulting impact on net income.
 
(3)   Other income for 2008 includes a $62 million gain from the sale of a non-U.S. investment and a related $143 million foreign exchange loss.
 
(4)   Consistent with 2009 reporting, the calculation of prior period earnings per share has been updated to include unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable dividend rights.
 
The information in the Summary Statement of Income (for 2007 to 2009), the Summary Balance Sheet (for 2008 and 2009), and the Summary Statement of Cash Flows (for 2007 to 2009), shown on pages 27 through 29, corresponds to the information in the Consolidated Statement of Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, and the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in the financial statements of ExxonMobil’s 2010 Proxy Statement. For complete consolidated financial statements, including notes, please refer to Appendix A of ExxonMobil’s 2010 Proxy Statement. See also Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other information in Appendix A of the 2010 Proxy Statement.
 


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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
                                       
Net income including noncontrolling interests
    19,658       46,867       41,615       40,551       36,929  
Adjustments for noncash transactions
                                       
Depreciation and depletion
    11,917       12,379       12,250       11,416       10,253  
Deferred income tax charges/(credits)
          1,399       124       1,717       (429 )
Postretirement benefits expense in excess of/(less than) payments
    (1,722 )     57       (1,314 )     (1,787 )     254  
Other long-term obligation provisions
in excess of/(less than) payments
    731       (63 )     1,065       (666 )     398  
Dividends received greater than/(less than)
equity in current earnings of equity companies
    (483 )     921       (714 )     (579 )     (734 )
Changes in operational working capital, excluding cash and debt
                                       
Reduction/(increase) – Notes and accounts receivable
    (3,170 )     8,641       (5,441 )     (181 )     (3,700 )
– Inventories
    459       (1,285 )     72       (1,057 )     (434 )
– Other current assets
    132       (509 )     280       (385 )     (7 )
Increase/(reduction) – Accounts and other payables
    1,420       (5,415 )     6,228       1,160       7,806  
Net (gain) on asset sales
    (488 )     (3,757 )     (2,217 )     (1,531 )     (1,980 )
All other items – net
    (16 )     490       54       628       (218 )
         
Net cash provided by operating activities
    28,438       59,725       52,002       49,286       48,138  
         
 
                                       
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
                                       
Additions to property, plant and equipment
    (22,491 )     (19,318 )     (15,387 )     (15,462 )     (13,839 )
Sales of subsidiaries, investments, and property, plant and equipment
    1,545       5,985       4,204       3,080       6,036  
Decrease/(increase) in restricted cash and cash equivalents
                4,604              
Additional investments and advances
    (2,752 )     (2,495 )     (3,038 )     (2,604 )     (2,810 )
Collection of advances
    724       574       391       756       343  
Additions to marketable securities
    (16 )     (2,113 )     (646 )            
Sales of marketable securities
    571       1,868       144              
         
Net cash used in investing activities
    (22,419 )     (15,499 )     (9,728 )     (14,230 )     (10,270 )
         
 
                                       
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
                                       
Additions to long-term debt
    225       79       592       318       195  
Reductions in long-term debt
    (68 )     (192 )     (209 )     (33 )     (81 )
Additions to short-term debt
    1,336       1,067       1,211       334       377  
Reductions in short-term debt
    (1,575 )     (1,624 )     (809 )     (451 )     (687 )
Additions/(reductions) in debt with three months or less maturity
    (71 )     143       (187 )     (95 )     (1,306 )
Cash dividends to ExxonMobil shareholders
    (8,023 )     (8,058 )     (7,621 )     (7,628 )     (7,185 )
Cash dividends to noncontrolling interests
    (280 )     (375 )     (289 )     (239 )     (293 )
Changes in noncontrolling interests
    (113 )     (419 )     (659 )     (493 )     (681 )
Tax benefits related to stock-based awards
    237       333       369       462        
Common stock acquired
    (19,703 )     (35,734 )     (31,822 )     (29,558 )     (18,221 )
Common stock sold
    752       753       1,079       1,173       941  
         
Net cash used in financing activities
    (27,283 )     (44,027 )     (38,345 )     (36,210 )     (26,941 )
         
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash
    520       (2,743 )     1,808       727       (787 )
         
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (20,744 )     (2,544 )     5,737       (427 )     10,140  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    31,437       33,981       28,244       28,671       18,531  
         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
    10,693       31,437       33,981       28,244       28,671  
         
 
The information in the Summary Statement of Income (for 2007 to 2009), the Summary Balance Sheet (for 2008 and 2009), and the Summary Statement of Cash Flows (for 2007 to 2009), shown on pages 27 through 29, corresponds to the information in the Consolidated Statement of Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, and the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in the financial statements of ExxonMobil’s 2010 Proxy Statement. For complete consolidated financial statements, including notes, please refer to Appendix A of ExxonMobil’s 2010 Proxy Statement. See also Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and other information in Appendix A of the 2010 Proxy Statement.

 


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Upstream
Exploration, Development, Production, and Gas & Power Marketing
UPSTREAM STRATEGIES
ExxonMobil’s fundamental Upstream strategies guide our global exploration, development, production, and gas and power marketing activities:
Identify and selectively pursue the highest-quality exploration opportunities
 
Invest in projects that deliver superior returns
 
Maximize profitability of existing oil and gas production
 
Capitalize on growing natural gas and power markets
These strategies are underpinned by a relentless focus on operational excellence, commitment to innovative technologies, development of our employees, and investment in the communities in which we operate. ExxonMobil’s ability to integrate and execute these strategies consistently delivers superior long-term value.
 
RasGas Train 6 began liquefied natural gas (LNG) production in 2009 and was joined by RasGas Train 7 in early 2010. ExxonMobil has an interest in all of Qatar’s operating LNG trains, which have a total capacity of over 60 million tonnes per year.


 


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2009 Results and Highlights
Industry-leading workforce safety performance.
Earnings were $17.1 billion.
Return on average capital employed was 23 percent,
averaging 42 percent over the last five years.
Earnings per oil-equivalent barrel were $11.92, exceeding those of our competitors.
Total net production of liquids and natural gas available for sale was 3.9 million oil-equivalent barrels per day.
Proved oil and gas reserves additions were 2.0 billion oil-equivalent barrels, replacing 134 percent of production excluding asset sales and determined on ExxonMobil’s basis.
Upstream Return on Average Capital Employed
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(1) Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and Chevron values are estimated on a consistent basis with ExxonMobil, based on public information


Resource base additions totaled 2.9 billion oil-equivalent barrels; ExxonMobil’s total resource base now stands at 75 billion oil-equivalent barrels.
Finding and resource-acquisition costs were $1.54 per oil-equivalent barrel.
Upstream capital and exploration spending was $20.7 billion, driven by an active exploration program, selective investment in a strong portfolio of development projects, and continued investment to enhance the value of existing assets.
 
UPSTREAM COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
Portfolio Quality The quality, size, and diversity of ExxonMobil’s resource base and project inventory underpin a strong long-term outlook. We identify, pursue, and capture the highest-quality resources and then apply our technical and project expertise to develop them in the most efficient way.
Global Integration The global functional Upstream companies work with the Downstream and Chemical businesses to identify and deliver integrated solutions that maximize resource value.
Discipline and Consistency We explore for, develop, produce, and market oil and gas using globally deployed management systems that ensure consistent application of the highest technical, operational, and commercial standards.
Value Maximization From optimum development concept selection to mid- and late-life investments to increase reservoir recovery, ExxonMobil maximizes resource value over the life of every asset.
Long-Term Perspective Consistent, selective capital investment and focused technology development ensure robust returns over the long term.


                                         
   
  UPSTREAM STATISTICAL RECAP   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
   
 
                                       
Earnings (millions of dollars)
    17,107       35,402       26,497       26,230       24,349  
 
                                       
Liquids production (net, thousands of barrels per day)
    2,387       2,405       2,616       2,681       2,523  
 
                                       
Natural gas production
available for sale (net, millions of cubic feet per day)
    9,273       9,095       9,384       9,334       9,251  
 
                                       
Oil-equivalent production (net, thousands of barrels per day)
    3,932       3,921       4,180       4,237       4,065  
 
                                       
Proved reserves replacement(1)(2) (percent)
    134       110       132       129       129  
 
                                       
Resource additions(3) (millions of oil-equivalent barrels)
    2,860       2,230       2,010       4,270       4,365  
 
                                       
Average capital employed(3) (millions of dollars)
    73,201       66,064       63,565       57,871       53,261  
 
                                       
Return on average capital employed(3) (percent)
    23.4       53.6       41.7       45.3       45.7  
 
                                       
Capital and exploration expenditures(3) (millions of dollars)
    20,704       19,734       15,724       16,231       14,470  
 
(1)  Reserves determined on ExxonMobil’s basis; see Frequently Used Terms on pages 100 through 103.
 
(2)  Excluding asset sales and the 2007 Venezuela expropriation.
 
(3)  See Frequently Used Terms on pages 100 through 103.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, production rates, project capacities, and acreage values referred to on pages 30 to 65 of the report are gross.


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Identify and Selectively Pursue the Highest-Quality Exploration Opportunities
ExxonMobil’s exploration strategy is to identify, evaluate, pursue, and capture the highest-quality resource opportunities at the lowest cost in industry. The strength of our global organization allows us to explore for and capture all resource types regardless of life cycle, across all geological and geographical environments, using industry-leading technology and capabilities. These opportunities include:
  New exploration plays and concepts that typically have high uncertainty but large potential to provide significant long-term resource growth;
 
  Unconventional resources such as shale gas, tight gas, coal bed methane, heavy oil, and oil sands that can provide profitable, long-plateau production volumes;
 
  Further exploration of established hydrocarbon provinces and mature plays that provide near-term resource additions and production; and,
 
  Discovered fields that are undeveloped or partially developed.
ExxonMobil’s disciplined, systematic exploration process consistently delivers an industry-leading portfolio of highly prospective opportunities that provide long-term resource additions and organic production growth. Our global approach ensures a broad exposure to high-quality opportunities, from conventional by-the-bit exploration to discovered resources that may be integrated with other business lines. The combination of world-class technical expertise and an extensive global exploration database provides a distinct competitive advantage in the identification, evaluation, pursuit, and capture of new opportunities.
We use our unique geoscience capabilities and understanding of the global hydrocarbon endowment to identify and prioritize all quality resources. Once identified, opportunities are assessed and screened on a rigorous, globally consistent basis for technical and economic viability, as well as materiality. Only the most robust opportunities are selected for further evaluation and investment. Our systematic approach to exploration has resulted in the successful capture of numerous new, high-potential resource opportunities each year. In 2009, ExxonMobil successfully captured new opportunities in nine countries.
At year-end 2009, ExxonMobil’s net exploration acreage totaled 72 million acres in 33 countries. Since 2005, our total exploration acreage has increased by approximately 7 percent. This strong acreage position provides a high-quality, geographically and geologically diverse portfolio of opportunities to underpin future resource additions and production growth.
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2009 KEY EXPLORATION CAPTURES
Canada ExxonMobil Canada and majority-owned affiliate Imperial Oil acquired a 100-percent interest in 157,000 net acres in the Horn River Basin Devonian shale gas play in British Columbia. Including acreage captured in 2007 and 2008, our total acreage position is now 309,000 net acres. In the Athabasca region, ExxonMobil also acquired a 50-percent interest in several high-quality oil sands leases in the Firebag area, totaling approximately 16,500 net acres.
U.S. Onshore We significantly increased our position in the Marcellus shale gas play through the formation of a joint venture with Pennsylvania General Energy. ExxonMobil now holds approximately 145,000 net acres in this play, and drilling activity continues. We also acquired additional acreage in the Piceance Basin in Colorado.
U.S. Gulf of Mexico ExxonMobil was awarded 15 blocks in the Gulf of Mexico Central Sale 208 and 17 blocks in the Gulf of Mexico Western Sale 210.
Norway ExxonMobil was awarded operatorship of Production License 520 (ExxonMobil interest, 50 percent) in the Norwegian Sea. The license covers 736,000 acres in water depths ranging from 4200 to 8200 feet.
Germany ExxonMobil was awarded two new licenses and an extension to an existing license for acreage to pursue coal bed methane opportunities in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. The new licenses total nearly 2 million acres; we have a 67-percent interest in two of the licenses and a 100-percent interest in the other.
Poland We expanded our position in the Podlasie and Lublin Basins of eastern Poland and were awarded three exploration concessions (ExxonMobil interest, 100 percent). ExxonMobil is now operator of over 1.3 million net acres in a potential new shale gas play in this country.
Turkey ExxonMobil concluded an agreement with TPAO, Turkey’s national oil company, to earn an interest in two licenses in the Turkish Black Sea. The licenses cover more than 7 million acres in water depths ranging from 450 to 7250 feet. We operate the licenses with a 50-percent interest.
Vietnam ExxonMobil acquired an interest in several blocks offshore Vietnam totaling more than 13 million acres.
Indonesia ExxonMobil signed a production sharing contract for the Cendrawasih block (ExxonMobil interest, 55 percent and operatorship), offshore Papua. The license covers more than 1 million acres in water depths up to 5600 feet. We also concluded an agreement to earn a 49-percent interest in three coal bed methane production sharing contracts onshore Kalimantan, totaling 290,000 net acres.


 


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RESOURCES
In 2009, ExxonMobil added 2.9 billion oil-equivalent barrels to the resource base. After accounting for production, asset sales, and revisions to existing fields, the resource base increased by 2.4 billion oil-equivalent barrels in 2009, bringing our resource base total to 75 billion oil-equivalent barrels. Proved reserves make up 31 percent of our resource base.
The industry-leading size, diversity, and quality of ExxonMobil’s resource base is a major source of competitive advantage for the Corporation and is the largest among our competitors. The success of ExxonMobil’s global strategy for opportunity identification, evaluation, pursuit, and capture is demonstrated by the addition of an average of 3.1 billion oil-equivalent barrels of resource per year over the past five years.
The resource base is updated annually for new discoveries and resource additions, and to reflect changes in estimates of existing resources. Changes to existing resources may result from new drilling or from revisions to forecast recovery estimates achieved through the use of new technology. Updates may also occur due to fiscal regime changes, revisions in equity for existing assets, modifications to depletion plans, and from ongoing geoscience and engineering evaluations. Volumes produced or sold during the year are removed from the resource base at year end.
In 2009, significant resource additions came from unconventional resources, with key contributions from shale gas and heavy oil in North America, and exploration drilling offshore West Africa and Australia. Effective use of ExxonMobil’s proprietary processes and best practices has resulted in continued low finding and resource-acquisition costs. In 2009, finding and resource-acquisition costs were $1.54 per oil-equivalent barrel. The five-year average finding and resource-acquisition cost is $0.85 per oil-equivalent barrel.
Resource Base Changes
            5-Year  
(billions of oil-equivalent barrels)   2009     Average  
Resource additions/acquisitions
    2.9       3.1  
Revisions to existing fields
    1.0       (0.2 )
Production
    (1.5 )     (1.5 )
Sales
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PROVED RESERVES
At year-end 2009, our resource base included 23.3 billion oil-equivalent barrels of proved oil and gas reserves, equating to 16 years of reserves life at current production rates. These reserves are evenly distributed between liquids and gas, and represent a diverse, global portfolio.
In 2009, ExxonMobil replaced 133 percent of reserves produced, including asset sales, by adding 2.0 billion oil-equivalent barrels to proved reserves while producing 1.5 billion net oil-equivalent barrels. Key reserves additions came from our operations in Australia, Papua New Guinea, West Africa, Canada, and the United States. Excluding asset sales, ExxonMobil replaced 134 percent of reserves in 2009 – the 16th consecutive year in which we have more than replaced our production with new proved reserves.
ExxonMobil has added 8.8 billion oil-equivalent barrels to proved reserves over the last five years. In that time frame, the development of new fields and extensions of existing fields have added an average of 1.0 billion oil-equivalent barrels per year to proved reserves. Revisions have averaged about 0.7 billion oil-equivalent barrels per year over the last five years, driven by effective reservoir management and the application of new technology.
Proved reserves in this report are determined on ExxonMobil’s basis using the same price and cost assumptions that we use to make investment decisions. Under SEC rules, proved reserves are determined using historical market prices. ExxonMobil has a rigorous and structured reserves review process that is stewarded by a team of experienced experts with global responsibility.
PRODUCTION VOLUMES
ExxonMobil’s 2009 net oil-equivalent production of 3.9 million barrels per day was up slightly compared to 2008. Liquids production was 2.4 million barrels per day, and net natural gas production available for sale totaled nearly 9.3 billion cubic feet per day. Excluding entitlement volume effects, quota impacts, and divestments, net oil-equivalent production was up approximately 1.6 percent, primarily due to new project volumes in Qatar, Africa, and North America.

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Looking ahead, new projects and work programs are expected to more than offset production declines in existing fields. Near-term production growth will be driven by large gas projects in Qatar. Longer-term growth will be supported by a diverse portfolio of projects across the globe, many of which have extended plateau production profiles that run for decades.
The forward-looking projections of production volumes in this document are reflective of our best assumptions regarding technical, commercial, and regulatory aspects of existing operations and new projects. Factors that could have an impact on actual volumes include project start-up timing, regulatory changes, quotas, asset sales, operational outages, severe weather, and entitlement volume effects under certain production sharing contracts and royalty agreements.


 
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Invest in Projects that Deliver Superior Returns

ExxonMobil continues to focus on disciplined investment decisions and industry-leading project execution to deliver superior returns from our Upstream projects.
As project scale and complexity increases across industry, ExxonMobil’s comprehensive suite of business and project execution tools ensures maximum value is delivered to resource owners and to our shareholders.
Superior project execution begins with selecting the design and operating concept that will be robust through a range of uncertainties and deliver maximum value over the life of the asset. It requires a commitment to, and investment in, technology to develop innovative solutions that lower cost, increase reliability, and deliver profitable volumes. ExxonMobil devotes a great deal of time to front-end execution planning to minimize cost and schedule risks during project execution phases.
The combination of global processes, proprietary technology, and project management expertise results in industry-leading project execution performance. Successful worldwide application of best practices to a strong opportunity base continues to deliver superior returns.
ExxonMobil has a large, geographically diverse portfolio of more than 130 major projects that are expected to develop more than 24 billion net oil-equivalent barrels. Many of these projects are located in challenging deepwater or arctic environments, while others will develop a diverse range of resource types that include heavy oil/oil sands, unconventional gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and acid/ sour gas.
This large, diverse portfolio provides ExxonMobil with the ability to selectively fund those projects that deliver robust financial performance and maximize profitable volumes growth over a wide range of economic conditions.
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Maximize Profitability of Existing Oil and Gas Production
ExxonMobil applies the most cost-effective technology and operations management systems to maximize the commercial recovery of hydrocarbons from all of our assets.
Maximizing the profitability of existing oil and gas production is one of our core strategies. We leverage our global organization to manage oil and gas assets through application of best practices and the rapid sharing of learnings, experience, and expertise. Our unique organizational structure combined with a set of globally consistent processes enables us to define priorities on a worldwide basis and to deploy resources when and where they are most valuable. This allows every production unit to have access to an experienced, dedicated, and diverse workforce of exceptional quality.
Managing the Base
ExxonMobil’s asset base is highly profitable and geographically diverse. We place significant focus on managing and optimizing base performance and generating quality opportunities to maximize the value of our assets. Through effective reservoir management and thorough depletion planning, we invest to increase resource recovery, maximize profitability, and ensure optimum long-term field performance. Work programs deliver new production volumes through drilling new wells, working over and maintaining existing wells, and effective implementation of secondary and tertiary recovery programs. These include using water or gas injection, heavy oil steamflooding, and sour gas injection techniques to increase reservoir recovery.
Focus on Operations Integrity
Operations integrity is fundamental to our success and is our top priority. Through our Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS), integrity management processes address all aspects of our operations and define global standards for safe and environmentally sound operations. The effective application of OIMS is regularly tested and reviewed at all of our operating facilities, ensuring that best practices are captured and shared globally. By leveraging global best practices to improve facility reliability, ExxonMobil is able to maximize production by minimizing unplanned events. Maintenance activities are rigorously planned and executed, resulting in optimized schedules and reduced impact from facility turnarounds.
Earnings
We have consistently delivered higher earnings per barrel than our competitors due to our commitment to investment discipline, application of innovative technology, superior execution, and ability to maximize resource recovery.
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Capitalize on Growing Natural Gas and Power Markets
Reliable economic supplies of natural gas and power are fundamental to the world’s economic growth. ExxonMobil employs a worldwide team of commercial experts, with detailed knowledge of global energy markets, to maximize the value of the company’s gas, natural gas liquids, and power interests.
Over the coming decades, natural gas is expected to play an increasingly important role in fueling the world’s economic growth. ExxonMobil sells approximately 11 billion cubic feet of gas per day and is active across the gas value chain in most major markets. Our global presence, combined with our ability to leverage expertise across our Upstream, Downstream, and Chemical businesses enables us to create innovative integrated solutions. This provides an important competitive advantage and positions ExxonMobil strongly to help meet the world’s growing natural gas and power demands.
In North America, ExxonMobil is a major gas producer and processor with production from the Gulf of Mexico, the onshore Gulf Coast, the mid-continent of the United States, western Canada, and offshore eastern Canada. We are also pursuing development of gas resources in Alaska and are working with TransCanada to advance a pipeline from the Alaskan North Slope to North American markets.
In Europe, ExxonMobil is a leading gas producer through ownership in key assets in the Netherlands, Germany, and both the U.K. and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea. In Asia Pacific, ExxonMobil remains among the largest suppliers of gas in Australia and Malaysia, and also sells gas in Thailand and Far East Russia. In the Middle East, the recent start-up of the second phase of the Al Khaleej Gas Project resulted in a major increase in our pipeline gas sales in Qatar.
ExxonMobil has a significant global position in liquefied natural gas (LNG). We are involved in ventures in Qatar and Indonesia that supply LNG to key Asian, European, and U.S. markets.
LNG supplies from Qatar have increased significantly with the start-up of four new 7.8-million-tonnes-per-year trains – the largest in service anywhere in the world – together with the opening of new LNG regasification facilities in South Wales and offshore Italy. In the United States, the Golden Pass LNG regasification plant in Texas is scheduled to open in 2010 and we continue to progress plans for an LNG terminal offshore New Jersey. New LNG projects are also under development in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
ExxonMobil also continues to pursue unconventional gas opportunities around the world. In the United States, we started up Phase 1 production from tight gas in the Piceance Basin in Colorado during 2009. In the Horn River Basin shale gas play in British Columbia, Canada, we have commenced a second multi-well evaluation program. In Europe, we are assessing multiple shale gas and coal bed methane opportunities in Germany and Poland.
In addition to our extensive natural gas assets, we also manage about 1 million barrels per day of natural gas liquids, generate a significant amount of power, and are a leading producer of helium, particularly through our Shute Creek facility in Wyoming, and our interests in Qatar.
Power Activities
ExxonMobil has interests in about 16,000 megawatts of power generation capacity worldwide. This includes a majority interest in the Castle Peak Power Company that generates electricity for consumers in Hong Kong and mainland China. In 2009, ExxonMobil and our partners awarded contracts for front-end engineering and design for a new 500-megawatt power plant in Nigeria. We are an industry leader in the application of cogeneration technology with interests in approximately 4900 megawatts of capacity. We continue to look for opportunities around the world to make use of cogeneration to efficiently supply the power and steam demands of our facilities.


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Major Development Projects
ExxonMobil participated in eight major project start-ups in 2009. Beyond 2009, an additional 54 major projects are in various stages of planning, design, and execution, from a total portfolio containing over 130 projects.
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Qatargas 2 Trains 4 and 5 Qatargas 2 Trains 4 and 5 (ExxonMobil interest, 30 percent and 18 percent, respectively) started up during 2009 and have a combined design capacity of 15.6 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year. The trains also produce condensate, liquefied petroleum gas, helium, and sulfur. Deliveries from Qatargas 2 use a fleet of Q-Flex and Q-Max vessels, the world’s largest LNG carriers. Shipments are delivered primarily to the United Kingdom gas market through the South Hook LNG regasification terminal. Qatargas 2 is a joint development between ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum.
RasGas Train 6 RasGas Train 6 (ExxonMobil interest, 30 percent) also started up in 2009 and is owned by Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company (3), a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil. The train has a design capacity of 7.8 million tonnes per year of LNG, and associated products include condensate, liquefied petroleum gas, helium, and sulfur. Train 6 markets include the United States, and deliveries to the Golden Pass LNG regasification terminal will commence in 2010.


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Adriatic LNG Terminal The Adriatic LNG Terminal (ExxonMobil interest, 45 percent) is the world’s first fixed, offshore LNG storage and regasification terminal. It was constructed in Spain and then towed across the Mediterranean to its operational location offshore northeast Italy. The terminal received its first LNG cargo from Qatar and commenced regasification operations in 2009. The concrete, gravity-based structure contains two large cryogenic tanks and supports topside regasification equipment that converts LNG back into gas for delivery to shore via an export pipeline. The terminal can supply up to 775 million cubic feet of gas per day to the Italian market.
South Hook LNG Terminal The South Hook LNG Terminal (ExxonMobil interest, 24 percent) also received its first cargo from Qatar in 2009 and began sending gas into the U.K. grid. The terminal is located on the site of a former Esso oil refinery in Milford Haven, Wales, and will have the capacity to deliver up to 2 billion cubic feet of gas per day. It is being supplied primarily from Qatargas 2 Trains 4 and 5. In 2009, 36 cargoes were unloaded at the terminal, delivering a total of 3.5 million tonnes of LNG, and providing an important new source of supply to the U.K. market.
Al Khaleej Gas Phase 2 The second phase of the Al Khaleej Gas Project started up in 2009. This project has the capacity to supply 1.25 billion cubic feet of gas per day to meet Qatar’s growing domestic demand, along with 100 thousand barrels of liquids per day. This is an expansion of Phase 1, which has operated since 2005, and brings the total Al Khaleej Gas Project supply capacity to 2 billion cubic feet per day.
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Piceance Phase 1 Located in Colorado in the United States, the Piceance Phase 1 tight gas project (ExxonMobil interest, 100 percent) came onstream in 2009. This phase is expected to reach the facility capacity of 200 million cubic feet of gas per day in 2012. Net production from ExxonMobil’s Piceance Basin leases averaged 108 million cubic feet of gas per day in 2009. The ultimate resource potential is estimated at 45 trillion cubic feet.
Tyrihans The Tyrihans project (ExxonMobil interest, 12 percent) is located in the Norwegian Sea and is being developed as a subsea tieback to the Kristin platform. Drilling will continue through 2011 to complete the 11-well development, which has a planned peak production of 80 thousand barrels of liquids per day and 335 million cubic feet of gas per day.
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MAJOR PROJECT START-UPS
                             
        Target Peak        
        Production (Gross)

    ExxonMobil
        Liquids     Gas     Working
        (KBD)     (MCFD)     Interest (%)
 
 
 
                           
 
                           
2009 (Actual)        
Italy
  Adriatic LNG Terminal                 45 
Norway
  Tyrihans     80       335       12 l
Qatar
  Al Khaleej Gas Phase 2     100       1250       80 *n
 
  Qatargas 2 Train 4**     80       1250       30 
 
  Qatargas 2 Train 5     80       1250       18 
 
  RasGas Train 6     75       1250       30 
U.K.
  South Hook LNG Terminal                 24 
U.S.
  Piceance Phase 1     2       200       100 n
2010 (Projected)        
Qatar
  RasGas Train 7     75       1250       30 
Russia
  Sakhalin-1 Odoptu     35             30 n
U.S.
  Golden Pass LNG Terminal                 18 
2011-2012 (Projected)        
Angola
  Kizomba Satellites     100             40 n
 
  Pazflor     200             20 l
 
  Plutao-Saturno-Venus-Marte     150             25 l
Australia
  Kipper/Tuna     15       175       40 n
 
  Turrum     20       200       50 n
Canada
  Kearl Phase 1     140             100 n
Nigeria
  Satellite Field Development
Phase 1
    70             40 n
 
  Usan     180             30 l
U.K.
  Fram     20       140       72 l
2013+ (Projected)        
Angola
  AB31 Southeast Hub     150             25 l
 
  AB32 Southeast Hub     210             15 l
 
  Cravo-Lirio-Orquidea-Violeta     160             20 l
 
  Kizomba C - Mondo South     40             40 n
Australia
  Gorgon Jansz     20       2545       25 l
 
  Scarborough           1190       50 n
Canada
  Cold Lake Nabiye Expansion     35             100 n
 
  Cold Lake LASER Expansion     20             100 n
 
  Hebron     115             34 n
 
  Hibernia Southern Extension     40             28 n
 
  Kearl Future Phases     200             100 n
 
 
 

                             
        Target Peak        
        Production (Gross)

    ExxonMobil
        Liquids     Gas     Working
        (KBD)     (MCFD)     Interest (%)
 
 
 
                           
 
                           
2013+ (Projected, continued)        
Canada (cont’d)
  Mackenzie Gas Project     10       830       56 n
 
  Sable Satellites     5       190       66 n
 
  Syncrude Aurora South Phases 1 and 2   200             25 
Indonesia
  Banyu Urip     165       15       45 n
 
  Natuna           1100       76 n
Italy
  Tempa Rossa     50       15       25 l
Kazakhstan
  Aktote     50       850       17 l
 
  Kashagan Phase 1     360             17 l
 
  Kashagan Future Phases     1190             17 l
 
  Tengiz Expansion     250             25 l
Nigeria
  Bonga North     100       60       20 l
 
  Bonga Southwest     140       105       16 l
 
  Bosi     135             56 n
 
  Erha North Phase 2     50             56 n
 
  Etim/Asasa Pressure Maintenance     50             40 n
 
  LNG IPP Upstream           700       40 n
 
  QGFE DomGas     15       300       40 n
 
  Satellite Field Development
Phases 2-4
  300             40 n
 
  Uge     110       20       20 n
 
  Usari Pressure Maintenance     50             40 n
Norway
  Luva           600       15 l
 
  Trestakk     40       120       33 l
Papua
New Guinea
  PNG LNG     40       940       33 n
Qatar
  Barzan     100       1500       10 *
Russia
  Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi     90             30 n
 
  Sakhalin-1 Gas           800       30 n
United Arab Emirates
  Upper Zakum 750     750       150       28 
U.S.
  Alaska Gas/Point Thomson     70       4500       36  *
 
  Julia     30             50 n
 
  LaBarge Field Expansion           2060       100 n
 
  Piceance Future Phases     5       780       100 n
 
 


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Global Leadership Across Multiple Resource Types
ExxonMobil’s strategy is to identify and capture the highest-quality resources across a broad spectrum of types. We then apply our technology and project expertise to design and execute the most cost-effective development solutions to ensure maximum value and industry-leading profitability for each type of resource.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
ExxonMobil has an extensive global position in LNG with interests in liquefaction capacity of approximately 65 million tonnes per year through our ventures in Qatar and Indonesia. This capacity has recently increased significantly with the start-up in Qatar of the four largest producing trains in the world. Each of these trains is 7.8 million tonnes per year in size. Deliveries of Q-Flex and Q-Max ships were completed in 2009 and more than doubled fleet capacity for the Qatar joint ventures. We have also added 2.8 billion cubic feet per day of LNG regasification capacity with the opening of the South Hook Terminal in Wales and the Adriatic LNG Terminal offshore Italy, increasing access to attractive European markets.
ExxonMobil’s broad portfolio, our involvement across the LNG value chain, and our global marketing footprint provide important flexibility, and enable us to maximize value for our LNG ventures. We have led the industry in integrating LNG activities from production and liquefaction, to shipping, regasification and sales, and we have significant alignment with our joint venture partner Qatar Petroleum across the LNG value chain. We have also developed and applied new technologies to construct the world’s largest LNG trains and ships, minimizing unit costs and maximizing the value of natural gas from Qatar’s North Field – the world’s largest non-associated gas field.
We are progressing new LNG projects to help meet the world’s growing gas demand. In Asia Pacific, we and our joint venture partners have sanctioned the Gorgon Jansz and PNG LNG projects, which will significantly increase our volumes into Asia. Additional LNG projects are being pursued in Australia and West Africa. In 2010, another 2 billion cubic feet
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Arctic
ExxonMobil has many decades of operating experience in arctic conditions and an extensive portfolio of opportunities ranging from new exploration plays to producing assets in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Russia. Our remote Sakhalin-1 project in Far East Russia started production in 2005, and features numerous technical achievements and a world-class resource of 2.3 billion barrels of oil and 17 trillion cubic feet of gas. The Chayvo field features extended-reach wells drilled from one of the world’s largest land rigs to access a portion of the resource. Offshore, the ice-resistant Orlan platform develops the remainder of the field. Oil is exported from the Sakhalin-1 project year-round using strengthened tankers. Development of the Odoptu field is now under way, also using extended-reach wells drilled from shore. In North America, ExxonMobil is working to develop our significant arctic gas resources and has begun development drilling at the Point Thomson field in Alaska.


Development of the Odoptu field is under way at ExxonMobil’s Sakhalin-1 project in Far East Russia. This offshore field is being developed using extended-reach wells drilled from shore. The produced oil and gas will be piped to the main processing facility at Chayvo.
 


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Unconventional Gas
ExxonMobil has built up a large, high-quality global portfolio of tight gas, shale gas, and coal bed methane opportunities. Our tight gas leases in the Piceance Basin in Colorado, which contain an estimated 45 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas, are being developed with an integrated suite of technologies and best practices. These include a new multi-component 3D seismic survey, our Fast Drill Process, and our Multi-Zone Stimulation Technology which greatly reduces the time and cost to complete wells. Recycling of produced water and other techniques are expected to reduce freshwater use by 70 to 80 percent over the next few years. By drilling larger numbers of deviated wells from each well pad, surface land use requirements are also being reduced. In 2009, we started up the Piceance Phase 1 project, which has the capacity to produce 200 million cubic feet of gas per day.
ExxonMobil has built a leading global position in shale gas plays at the lowest acquisition cost in industry. We have secured large, contiguous positions in the highest-potential basins with access to high-value markets. In the United States, we are active in the Woodford, Haynesville, and Marcellus plays, and we are the leading acreage holder in the promising Horn River play in Canada. In Europe, we have interests in over 2 million net acres of prospective shale gas acreage in Germany and Poland, and a further 2 million net acres of prospective coal bed methane acreage in Germany and Indonesia. We also have research under way that is improving our understanding of these challenging reservoirs and the most optimal methods to develop them.
In 2009, ExxonMobil and XTO Energy announced an all-stock transaction that will significantly enhance our unconventional gas portfolio and capabilities.
Deepwater
ExxonMobil has a diverse, industry-leading portfolio of deepwater opportunities around the world, covering 49 million net acres. We have interests in 24 major deepwater projects onstream in the Gulf of Mexico, and offshore West Africa and Norway, many comprising multiple individual fields. In 2009, their combined net production was approximately 460 thousand oil-equivalent barrels per day. We consistently deliver deepwater projects faster than competitors, reducing costs, accelerating production, and increasing value.
We also combine our expertise in sequence stratigraphy, deepwater depositional environments, subsurface imaging, and reservoir simulation to build sophisticated field models that allow us to optimize development. After start-up, we further increase value through superior operating performance, with uptime in our operated Angola projects averaging 99.6 percent in 2009, for example.
ExxonMobil has a significant acreage position in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and drilled two wells at the Hadrian discovery in 2009. We also made a new deepwater discovery in a frontier basin offshore the Philippines and are assessing its economic potential. We have secured a very large, high-quality acreage position in the Black Sea and will begin drilling in 2010.
Conventional
Conventional resources comprise 25 percent of ExxonMobil’s resource base and are located both onshore and in shallow water offshore. Although generally located in more mature hydrocarbon provinces, significant potential remains in this part of our portfolio. We apply a wide array of new technologies to these assets, including 4D seismic surveys, which can indicate areas of bypassed oil or gas in producing fields, and extended-reach drilling, which accesses additional resources from existing facilities. We recently drilled the world’s longest horizontal-reach well from an offshore platform at our Santa Ynez Unit off the coast of California. We integrate our expertise in reservoir characterization and modeling with high-resolution seismic data to identify new opportunities in our producing fields, such as Beryl in the North Sea, where a new drilling program is now under way.
We routinely gather cross-functional teams of geoscientists and engineers from around the world to conduct focused studies on our conventional assets. Through a rigorous, structured approach that promotes the sharing of global best practices, these efforts have identified significant new potential in mature fields and added over half a billion barrels of oil-equivalent to ExxonMobil’s resource base in 2009.
 
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Heavy Oil/Oil Sands
ExxonMobil has an extensive portfolio of very high-quality oil sands resources. We have also developed a suite of proprietary technologies that allow us to develop these resources at the lowest unit cost in industry. For example, our High-Temperature Paraffinic Froth Treatment process produces bitumen that is essentially free of solids and can be blended with diluent for shipment by pipeline to markets. This removes the need for an upstream upgrader, greatly reducing up-front capital investment.
We have now begun construction of the Kearl Phase 1 project in Canada, which is 100-percent owned by Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil Canada. Our ability to move forward with this oil sands project is a result of ExxonMobil’s strengths in securing the highest-quality resources, applying proprietary technologies, and using a disciplined, phased approach to achieve a low unit development cost. Extensive leveraging of learnings from the Syncrude project also contributes to our success at Kearl. New water management techniques will reduce the amount of off-take required from the Athabasca River during the low-flow winter season. In 2009, we also added additional high-quality oil sands resources to our portfolio.
We also have extensive expertise in the development of in situ oil sands projects. Our Cold Lake project in Canada is the world’s largest thermal in situ heavy oil project. We have continuously developed and deployed new technologies over decades that have successively raised both production and the recovery factor, which is now over 30 percent. New techniques have also reduced energy requirements and dramatically cut the amount of water that is required in the process. Innovative technology allows us to recycle 95 percent of the water used at Cold Lake.
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Acid/Sour Gas
In many parts of the world, natural gas deposits include carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, which need to be removed before the gas can be sold. The presence of these components often makes the gas uneconomic to develop. ExxonMobil has extensive experience in the handling and processing of acid/sour gas. At our LaBarge development in Wyoming, we produce gas that has a methane content of only approximately 20 percent, but concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide of 5 percent and 65 percent, respectively. These are separated from the hydrocarbon gas and largely injected back into the subsurface, with some of the carbon dioxide being sold to oil producers for use in enhanced oil recovery projects. An expansion project that will increase carbon dioxide sales is under way. We also employ proprietary generation technology that produces electrical power from the lowest-methane-content gas in industry. We have begun testing our proprietary Controlled Freeze Zone technology that has the potential to significantly reduce the space requirements and cost of separating components such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide.
ExxonMobil produces and processes acid/sour gas in many other countries including Germany, Norway, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia. We also have a 25-percent interest in the Gorgon Jansz LNG project offshore Australia, which will feature the world’s largest carbon dioxide separation and sequestration project.
 
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National Content
In every nation in which we operate, we are committed to helping develop sustainable human, social, and economic capacity in a way that benefits the people, communities, and economic vitality of our host nations over the long term. We call this initiative “National Content.”
We have been building National Content for decades by focusing on workforce and supplier development, and strategic community investments. When integrated with our technical, project, and operating expertise, this provides significant additional value to resource owners.
Workforce Development
ExxonMobil’s strategy for developing a diverse and highly talented workforce has two core objectives: (1) recruit and develop nationals to manage and operate the local business; and, (2) develop a talent pool capable of meeting our future global business needs.
Nigeria We have developed our national employees for key management positions. For example, 28 of the 39 executive directors, general managers and field area operations managers are Nigerian. In addition, more than 90 percent of the deepwater Erha operations personnel are Nigerian – a benchmark for new operations.
Russia Eighty percent of Exxon Neftegas Limited (ENL) employees are Russian, only five years after Sakhalin-1 production start-up. During 2009, ENL continued to train candidates for positions that will support future operations, while also providing current ENL employees with 70,000 hours of training.
Supplier Development
We are committed to developing local companies to form a competitive industrial base and to promoting the purchase of local goods and services for our projects and operations.
Angola • ExxonMobil partnered with the government and other operators to provide guidance and financial support to Centro de Apoio Empresarial (CAE), a center created for assessing and building the capabilities of Angolan businesses to participate actively in the oil and gas industry. Through collaborative efforts, CAE has certified 118 Angolan companies and delivered 166 courses to 1322 companies. CAE has also assisted local companies to qualify for 260 contracts valued at $110 million.
Nigeria ExxonMobil awarded the fabrication/installation engineering services contracts for the Satellite Field Development Project wellhead platforms and East Area Project GN 4th Low Pressure Compressor platform, a total value of over $160 million, to local suppliers.
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Russia We identified a local Russian company to supply cement used in well casing operations at Sakhalin-1, instead of relying on imports. We worked with the company to produce the specifications of cement we required to meet the exacting standards of this massive project. As a result, every Sakhalin-1 well uses this company’s cement, at a value of more than $30 million to date. The company now employs 1,500 people and supplies other oil and gas companies throughout Russia.
Strategic Community Investments
ExxonMobil has a long tradition of economic and social development by working with stakeholders to identify and fund initiatives that reduce barriers to development and build capacity in health, education, and infrastructure. Key investments and initiatives in this area include:
Indonesia • A collaborative effort with 121 villages that identifies and funds social programs. This participatory method has been successful in strengthening ownership of projects in the communities.
Papua New Guinea • The establishment of two construction trade training facilities at the Port Moresby Technical College and in Juni in the Southern Highlands to develop a skilled national workforce for the PNG LNG project. This represents an investment of approximately $60 million to train about 1000 students per year for the next four years.
Multiple Countries • Programs to help people in our host communities increase their income level by utilizing micro-credit loans to establish new businesses or expand existing ones. These initiatives have promoted business and economic development and reduced unemployment in these communities.



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Worldwide Upstream Operations
ExxonMobil has interests in exploration and production acreage
in 39 countries and production operations in 23 countries.
 
The Americas
ExxonMobil’s portfolio ranges from mature onshore fields to new developments in the ultra-deepwater offshore, and includes significant positions in unconventional gas and heavy oil plays. Operations in the Americas contributed 25 percent of net oil and gas production and 22 percent of Upstream earnings in 2009.
United States
ExxonMobil is a leading reserves holder and producer of oil and gas in the United States, and maintains a significant position in all major producing regions, including the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast, the mid-continent, California, and Alaska. Technological improvements, operational efficiency,
and high-quality drilling programs are extending the lives of our base producing fields, some of which have been onstream for decades. Our portfolio is being augmented through new developments both onshore and offshore, and activity is also increasing in multiple unconventional gas plays.


Americas Highlights
                         
    2009     2008     2007  
Earnings (billions of dollars)
    3.8       9.8       7.6  
Proved Reserves(1) (BOEB)
    7.2       7.2       6.2  
Acreage (gross acres, million)
    49.5       56.4       56.3  
Net Liquids Production (MBD)
    0.7       0.7       0.7  
Net Gas Available for Sale (BCFD)
    1.9       1.9       2.3  
 
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Gulf of Mexico/Gulf Coast • ExxonMobil is a leading oil and gas producer in the offshore Gulf of Mexico with average net production of 87 thousand barrels of liquids per day and 354 million cubic feet of gas per day in 2009. Onshore net production in Texas and Louisiana added 60 thousand barrels of liquids per day and 435 million cubic feet of gas per day.
In 2009, the Rockefeller discovery (ExxonMobil interest, 100 percent), was brought onstream at a plateau rate of 80 million cubic feet of gas per day. The field lies in 4800 feet of water and produces via a subsea tieback to the Hoover platform. Technical studies involving 4D seismic data and reservoir modeling at Hoover have resulted in the decision to drill additional wells to develop the remaining oil potential in this field.
Production at the Thunder Horse project (ExxonMobil interest, 25 percent) ramped up during 2009, reaching 204 thousand barrels of oil per day and 175 million cubic feet of gas per day by year end. The facility has a design capacity of 250 thousand barrels of oil per day and 200 million cubic feet of gas per day. The Mobile Bay development offshore Alabama contributed net production of 173 million cubic feet of gas per day during 2009.
ExxonMobil has a significant exploration acreage portfolio in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and was awarded 32 additional blocks during lease sales held in 2009. The Hadrian discovery in Keathley Canyon was further evaluated with two additional wells during the year, and development planning continued for the Lower Tertiary Julia discovery located in Walker Ridge.
Construction of the Golden Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas, continues. The terminal will have the capacity to deliver up to 2 billion cubic feet of gas per day to the U.S. market, and is scheduled to start operation in 2010.
Onshore, ExxonMobil currently holds approximately 40,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford shale gas play and 51,000 net acres in the Haynesville shale gas play. Exploration drilling activities are planned for 2010.
Mid-Continent • ExxonMobil has oil and gas production operations throughout the mid-continent states, including Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
Average net production from these areas was 12 thousand barrels of liquids per day and 400 million cubic feet of gas per day in 2009. The mid-continent contains some of the most mature assets in ExxonMobil’s portfolio. Production life is being extended through techniques such as enhanced oil recovery and refracturing.


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In Colorado, the Piceance Phase 1 project (ExxonMobil interest, 100 percent) commenced production in 2009 and is expected to reach the facility capacity of 200 million cubic feet of gas per day in 2012. ExxonMobil has approximately 300,000 acres under lease in the Piceance Basin with a potential recoverable resource of approximately 45 trillion cubic feet of gas. During 2009, a large multi-component 3D seismic survey was acquired to allow optimization of the design and placement of over 1000 future wells, and to evaluate the fracture patterns within the reservoir units. Opportunities for future expansion to fully develop the Piceance resource are being evaluated. Average net production from this area was 108 million cubic feet of gas per day in 2009.
The LaBarge development (ExxonMobil interest, 100 percent) in Wyoming comprises the Tip Top and Hogsback fields and the Shute Creek gas processing plant. The operation includes the longest sour gas pipeline in the United States and the world’s largest helium recovery and physical solvent gas sweetening plants. Construction of additional compression systems to increase sales of carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery is ongoing, with project start-up anticipated in 2010. In 2009, the LaBarge facilities processed an average of 700 million cubic feet of inlet gas per day.
A demonstration plant at the Shute Creek facility that will test ExxonMobil’s proprietary Controlled Freeze Zone technology is now being commissioned. By using a single-step cryogenic separation process, this technology could lower the cost of removing carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide from natural gas. It could also assist in the application of carbon capture and storage to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
ExxonMobil added significantly to our Marcellus shale gas play acreage in 2009 and formed a joint venture with Pennsylvania General Energy. We hold approximately 145,000 net acres, and drilling is ongoing. ExxonMobil also participated in exploration drilling in the Woodford shale gas play in the Arkoma Basin in Oklahoma.
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California • ExxonMobil net production from fields both onshore and offshore California averaged 105 thousand barrels of liquids per day and 38 million cubic feet of gas per day during 2009.
The Santa Ynez development (ExxonMobil interest, 100 percent) consists of three platforms located 5 miles offshore Santa Barbara and a processing plant in Las Flores Canyon. ExxonMobil continues to employ world-class extended-reach drilling (ERD) from these platforms to increase recovery. One of these ERD wells, drilled from the Heritage platform, reached a total measured depth of 37,165 feet and set a new world record for total horizontal reach for a well drilled from an offshore facility. Additional ERD wells are planned. ExxonMobil also has a 48-percent equity share in the Aera onshore operations, comprising 15 fields and about 12,000 wells producing a mixture of heavy and conventional oil with associated gas.
Alaska • ExxonMobil is among the largest producers in Alaska with average net production of 123 thousand barrels of liquids per day in 2009.
Drilling activities commenced on two wells at the Point Thomson Unit. Drilling of the initial project wells is planned to be completed in 2010 with first production expected in 2014.
ExxonMobil is the largest holder of discovered gas resources on the North Slope of Alaska. In 2009, we joined TransCanada to progress the Alaska Gas Pipeline Project, to enable treatment and transportation of natural gas from the Alaskan North Slope to North American markets. Key commercial and regulatory agreements are progressing.



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Canada
ExxonMobil is one of the leading oil and gas producers in Canada through our wholly owned affiliate ExxonMobil Canada and majority-owned affiliate Imperial Oil (ExxonMobil interest, 69.6 percent). Through these entities, ExxonMobil also has one of the country’s largest resource positions and significant potential for major new projects, both onshore and offshore.
Offshore Canada Operations • The Hibernia field (ExxonMobil interest, 33 percent) offshore Newfoundland is operated by Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd., using ExxonMobil personnel and processes. In 2009, Hibernia’s production averaged 126 thousand barrels of oil per day. The co-venturers of the Hibernia Southern Extension project (ExxonMobil interest, 28 percent) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial governments in 2009 that will allow this development to proceed as a subsea tieback to the existing Hibernia platform. Recoverable resources total 100 million oil-equivalent barrels.
In 2009, the co-venturer-operated Terra Nova development (ExxonMobil interest, 22 percent) produced 80 thousand barrels of oil per day. Located in 300 feet of water, Terra Nova consists of a unique, harsh-environment-equipped floating production, storage, and offloading vessel and 27 subsea wells that are expected to recover about 400 million oil-equivalent barrels.
The ExxonMobil-operated Sable Offshore Energy Project (ExxonMobil interest, 51 percent; Imperial Oil interest, 9 percent) in Nova Scotia consists of five producing fields. Production in 2009 averaged 317 million cubic feet of gas
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per day and 15 thousand barrels of associated natural gas liquids per day. The Sable Satellites project (combined ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil interest, 66 percent) is currently being planned as a subsea tieback to the existing Sable platform. This project will develop about 60 million oil-equivalent barrels.
Planning is also under way for the Hebron project (ExxonMobil interest, 34 percent), an ExxonMobil-operated oil development located in 300 feet of water offshore Newfoundland. The development is being designed to recover over 600 million barrels of oil in arctic conditions using a gravity-based structure. ExxonMobil is applying our extensive global experience with both gravity-based facilities and arctic project execution to advance Hebron into front-end engineering and design.
ExxonMobil has interests in two large deepwater exploration blocks in the Orphan Basin, offshore eastern Canada, totaling 4 million acres (ExxonMobil Canada interest, 15 percent; Imperial Oil interest, 15 percent). The first wildcat well to be drilled in this arctic area was completed in 2007 and a second well is being planned for 2010.
In 2007, ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil acquired a 100-percent interest in the EL 446 block in the Beaufort Sea (ExxonMobil Canada interest, 50 percent; Imperial Oil interest, 50 percent). The block covers 500,000 acres and is located 75 miles from shore in water depths ranging from 200 to 4000 feet. A 3D seismic survey over part of the area was collected in 2008, and interpretation of the data is ongoing. Plans are progressing for the first exploration well in this operationally challenging arctic environment.



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Onshore Canada Operations • The Cold Lake field (Imperial Oil interest, 100 percent) and the Syncrude oil sands mining operation (Imperial Oil interest, 25 percent) account for the majority of Imperial Oil’s liquids production in western Canada. In 2009, Cold Lake averaged 141 thousand barrels of oil per day and Syncrude’s production of synthetic crude averaged 280 thousand barrels per day.
The Cold Lake field in Alberta is the largest thermal in situ heavy oil project in the world and produced its billionth barrel in 2009. It has over 4000 wells directionally drilled from multiple satellite pads tied back to central facilities, which helps to reduce surface land requirements. Cyclic steam stimulation is used to recover bitumen as it is too heavy and viscous for conventional production. Recovery is being increased through the use of leading-edge thermal recovery technologies. A commercial application of the proprietary LASER (Liquids Addition to Steam for Enhanced Recovery) technology was implemented in 2007 and a pilot of SA-SAGD (Solvent-Assisted, Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage) technology started operation in late 2009. Planning and project design work is progressing on the Nabiye project (Imperial Oil interest, 100 percent), the next expansion phase of Cold Lake. This will develop an additional 35 thousand barrels of bitumen per day at peak rate.
The Aurora South project at Syncrude is being advanced to further develop the resource base in northern Alberta. The proposed open-pit, truck and shovel mining operation is planned in two phases, which combined would produce about 200 thousand barrels of bitumen per day.
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The Kearl oil sands project (combined ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil interest, 100 percent) is developing a world-class resource in northern Alberta expected to exceed 4 billion barrels. Construction of the project is under way with the Phase 1 mining and extraction facilities scheduled for completion in 2012. Phase 1 will initially produce 110 thousand barrels of bitumen per day, growing to about 140 thousand barrels per day after five years. Front-end engineering work is currently progressing on Phase 2.
During 2009, evaluation activity continued on additional oil sands leases acquired by ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil in the Firebag area of the Athabasca region. This work included 2D seismic surveys and core hole drilling programs. A further 16,500 net acres of high-quality oil sands leases were acquired in this area in 2009.


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The regulatory process continues for the Mackenzie Gas Project. Located in the Mackenzie River delta area of Canada’s Northwest Territories, the project includes the development of three fields containing approximately 6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil hold interests in two of the three fields). The project will include a gas processing plant and a 740-mile natural gas pipeline system to be built along the Mackenzie Valley that will deliver the gas to North American markets.
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ExxonMobil has now acquired 309,000 net acres in the Horn River Basin in northeast British Columbia and is the largest acreage holder there. A four-well exploration drilling campaign to evaluate the basin’s shale gas play was concluded successfully in early 2009. In October 2009, a second drilling campaign comprising 11 wells began, and results will be incorporated into the preliminary development planning that is already under way.
South America
Brazil ExxonMobil holds a 40-percent interest and is operator of Block BM-S-22, located in the sub-salt play of the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. BM-S-22 is a 342,000-acre block in water depths of over 7400 feet and is located approximately 220 miles south of Rio de Janeiro.
Two wildcat wells on the block were completed in 2009. A notice of discovery was filed with the Brazilian Regulatory Agency (ANP) after the first well, and the ANP has approved a multi-year Evaluation Plan. The acquisition and processing of additional 3D seismic data are under way, and planning continues for a third wildcat well to be drilled in 2010.
Colombia In 2008, ExxonMobil was awarded a Technical Evaluation Agreement for Block CPE-3 covering 6.4 million acres onshore Colombia. The block is located in a remote and unexplored area of the eastern Llanos Basin on trend with the Orinoco heavy oil belt. ExxonMobil is currently planning an exploration program including the acquisition of 2D seismic data and the drilling of stratigraphic core holes. If this program is successful, ExxonMobil will leverage our extensive global experience in heavy oil to further evaluate and develop this potential resource.
Venezuela • The Cerro Negro and La Ceiba assets of ExxonMobil affiliates were expropriated without compensation by Venezuela on June 27, 2007. Prior to expropriation, ExxonMobil affiliates owned a 41 2/3-percent interest in Cerro Negro and a 50-percent interest in La Ceiba. ExxonMobil affiliates filed an arbitration against Venezuela with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in September 2007. An affiliate filed a related arbitration against Venezuela’s national oil company (PdVSA) and a PdVSA affiliate with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in January 2008.
Other South America • In Argentina, ExxonMobil holds a 51-percent interest in the Chihuidos concession and a 23-percent interest in the Aguarague concession. In 2009, net daily gas production of 58 million cubic feet was sold into markets in Argentina and Chile.
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Europe
ExxonMobil is one of the largest producers of oil and gas in Europe. Key assets include an extensive portfolio of North Sea oil and natural gas production operations and significant onshore natural gas production. Frontier exploration and unconventional gas opportunities have also been added in recent years. In 2009, Europe accounted for 25 percent of net oil and gas production and 21 percent of Upstream earnings.

The North Sea continues to be a core area for ExxonMobil oil and gas production. We have an extensive gas production portfolio in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Norway. Activities in these key producing regions include new exploration, additional development projects, and the maximization of recovery from producing assets through work programs and implementation of new technology.
Frontier exploration activity is progressing offshore Ireland, Greenland, and in both the Romanian and Turkish sectors of the Black Sea. Onshore, ExxonMobil continues to progress the evaluation of unconventional gas opportunities in Germany, and added significant new positions in Poland during 2009. In addition, two liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminals were opened in Europe during the year to help meet growing demand.


Europe Highlights
                         
    2009     2008     2007  
Earnings (billions of dollars)
    3.6       9.9       6.1  
Proved Reserves(1) (BOEB)
    3.2       3.4       3.8  
Acreage (gross acres, million)
    35.2       27.0       24.3  
Net Liquids Production (MBD)
    0.4       0.4       0.5  
Net Gas Available for Sale (BCFD)
    3.7       4.0       3.8  
 
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ExxonMobil is among the largest oil and gas producers in Norway with average net production of 280 thousand barrels of liquids per day and 786 million cubic feet of gas per day in 2009.
ExxonMobil operates four major producing fields in Norway including Ringhorne (ExxonMobil interest, 100 percent) and Ringhorne East (ExxonMobil interest, 77 percent), which are located 110 miles west of Stavanger. Since coming onstream in 2003, Ringhorne has produced 190 million barrels of oil and production averaged 63 thousand oil-equivalent barrels per day in 2009.
Development drilling at the Ormen Lange field (ExxonMobil interest, 7 percent) continued to progress in 2009. Gas from the Ormen Lange field has been flowing since September 2007, and 10 wells were ramped up to full capacity during the fourth quarter of 2009 to a rate of 2.4 billion cubic feet of gas per day.

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The Tyrihans field (ExxonMobil interest, 12 percent), located in the Norwegian Sea, commenced production in 2009. Three subsea wells tied back to the Kristin platform have taken production to rates exceeding 60 thousand barrels of oil per day. Drilling will continue through 2011 to complete the planned 11-well subsea development.
ExxonMobil was awarded operatorship of Production License 520 (ExxonMobil interest, 50 percent) in the Norwegian Sea in the 20th Licensing Round. The license covers 736,000 acres in water depths ranging from 4200 to 8200 feet. Planning is under way for seismic data acquisition in 2010.
United Kingdom
ExxonMobil is one of the largest oil and gas producers in the United Kingdom with average net production of 90 thousand barrels of liquids per day and 594 million cubic feet of gas per day in 2009.
ExxonMobil operates eight fields in the northern North Sea and has interests in over 40 other producing fields that are co-venturer-operated. In 2009, ExxonMobil recommenced drilling operations from the Beryl Alpha platform (ExxonMobil interest, 50 percent), focusing on maximizing value and recovery from this resource of 2.7 billion barrels originally in place, and extending field life. The overall strategy includes the restart of drilling on the Beryl Alpha and Bravo platforms combined with a semisubmersible drilling rig program that will develop opportunities via the existing subsea infrastructure.
ExxonMobil is the operator of the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) gas plant at St. Fergus and the SAGE pipeline that transports gas from the Beryl and Brae area fields to the plant. The company’s operations at Beryl and the SAGE gas plant are key contributors to U.K. energy supply.
The South Hook LNG regasification terminal located in Milford Haven, Wales, commenced operation in 2009 and received its first deliveries from Qatar. The terminal has begun sending gas into the U.K. grid and will have the capacity to deliver up to 2 billion cubic feet of gas per day. A total of 36 cargoes were delivered by year end, totaling 3.5 million tonnes of LNG.


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The Netherlands
ExxonMobil is one of the largest gas producers in the Netherlands, primarily through our shareholding in NAM (Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij), a 50-percent ExxonMobil equity company that produces gas from more than 100 fields located both onshore and offshore. In 2009, ExxonMobil’s net production averaged 1.7 billion cubic feet of gas per day.
NAM is the largest gas producer in the Netherlands. The Groningen field (ExxonMobil interest, 50 percent) supplies the majority of this gas, and 2009 marked the 50th anniversary of the start of its development. Groningen is Europe’s largest natural gas field and one of the most significant energy discoveries in history, with estimated ultimate recoverable resources of over 100 trillion cubic feet of gas. A major, phased renovation project that began in 1997 was completed in 2009, ensuring natural gas supply from the field continues well into the future.
NAM’s Schoonebeek Redevelopment project (ExxonMobil interest, 30 percent) continued to progress in 2009. This enhanced oil recovery steamflood project is expected to recover 120 million barrels of oil. Project start-up is planned in 2010.
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Germany
ExxonMobil is Germany’s largest gas producer with average net production of 633 million cubic feet per day in 2009. A total of 55 ExxonMobil-operated fields account for about three-quarters of all natural gas produced in the country.
Approximately half of the gas production is sour, containing up to 36-percent hydrogen sulfide. The sour gas is processed at the Grossenkneten or NEAG sulfur-recovery plants. ExxonMobil also operates a number of large compressor stations to maximize field production and resource recovery. In 2009, ExxonMobil employed up to four drilling rigs and deployed a broad range of technologies including extended horizontal drilling to develop gas resources.
ExxonMobil has also added prospective unconventional gas exploration acreage to our portfolio in Germany. ExxonMobil subsidiaries now hold six exploration licenses in the states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The licenses cover 3 million acres of the Lower Saxony, Ibbenburen, and Ruhr Basins and include potential shale gas and coal bed methane exploration plays. ExxonMobil operates all of these licenses, with a 67-percent interest in five of them, and a 100-percent interest in the sixth. Drilling and other evaluation activities continued in 2009.



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Italy
Adriatic LNG Terminal The Adriatic LNG Terminal (ExxonMobil interest, 45 percent), the world’s first fixed offshore LNG storage and regasification terminal, received its first cargo from Qatar and commenced regasification operations in 2009. The concrete gravity-based structure contains two large cryogenic tanks and supports topside regasification equipment that converts LNG back into gas for delivery to shore via an export pipeline. The terminal can supply up to 775 million cubic feet of gas per day to the Italian market, approximately 10 percent of its needs.
Tempa Rossa The Tempa Rossa project in southern Italy (ExxonMobil interest, 25 percent) includes a centralized oil and gas processing facility and a separate liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal with new storage and offloading facilities. Upon completion, this project will produce at a peak rate of 50 thousand barrels of oil per day along with associated natural gas and LPG. The project is expected to develop over 200 million oil-equivalent barrels.
Ireland
ExxonMobil has interests in a number of exploration licenses in the Porcupine Basin, a frontier area approximately 125 miles off the southwest coast of Ireland. Following a cross-assignment agreement, ExxonMobil acquired a 36-percent interest in the 390,700-acre Cuchulain license and retained a 40-percent interest in the 320,000-acre Dunquin license. The Dunquin partners also agreed to enter the second phase of the license, which involves a well commitment. ExxonMobil has an interest in two other exploration licenses in the Southern Porcupine Basin, totaling 778,700 acres (ExxonMobil interest, 80 percent). Evaluation of seismic data acquired in 2008 continues.
Romania
ExxonMobil has a 50-percent interest in the 1.8-million-acre, deepwater Neptun Block in the Black Sea. A 3D seismic survey was acquired in 2009 and is being processed. Following the evaluation of the 3D seismic data, ExxonMobil will have the option to participate in an exploratory drilling program.
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Turkey
In 2009, ExxonMobil concluded an agreement with TPAO, Turkey’s national oil company, to earn an interest in two large exploration licenses in the Turkish Black Sea. The licenses cover more than 7 million acres in water depths ranging from 450 to 7250 feet. ExxonMobil operates the licenses with a 50-percent interest. In 2009, 2D and 3D seismic data were acquired and are being processed. In addition, the first R3M survey in the Black Sea commenced in late 2009. These data will be used to identify potential drilling opportunities.
Hungary
ExxonMobil has interests in two exploration licenses in the Mako Trough basin in Hungary. These cover adjacent areas comprising 184,300 acres (ExxonMobil interest, 33.5 percent) and 386,800 acres (ExxonMobil interest, 50 percent). ExxonMobil is the operator of both licenses and conducted a work program involving drilling and testing of exploratory wells during 2009. ExxonMobil also concluded exploratory drilling and testing in the adjacent Bekes Basin, and has a 70-percent interest in a license covering 181,000 acres there. The exploration program resulted in a noncommercial outcome.
Poland
ExxonMobil has built a large acreage position in the Podlasie and Lublin Basins of eastern Poland, the location of a potential new shale gas play. The company was awarded three exploration concessions in 2009 (ExxonMobil interest, 100 percent), and now operates more than 1.3 million net acres in the country. Planning is under way for the acquisition of new seismic data.
Greenland
In the Disko Island area offshore western Greenland, ExxonMobil has interests in Block 6 (ExxonMobil interest, 44 percent) and Block 4 (ExxonMobil interest, 29 percent) totaling nearly 6.7 million acres. In 2009, interpretation commenced of the 2D seismic data acquired in 2008.


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Africa
ExxonMobil is one of the leading oil and gas producers in Africa. Our operations there accounted for 18 percent of 2009 net production and 23 percent of total Upstream earnings.

In addition to our producing activities, ExxonMobil has ongoing exploration operations in Angola, Nigeria, Libya, Madagascar, and the Republic of Congo. ExxonMobil holds interests in 26 deepwater blocks offshore Africa, totaling more than 15 million acres, and participated in 13 deepwater exploration wells during 2009. We are also progressing liquefied natural gas (LNG) opportunities in the region.
Angola
ExxonMobil has interests in four deepwater blocks that cover more than 3 million acres. The company and its co-venturers have announced a total of 63 discoveries in Angola, representing world-class development opportunities with a recoverable resource potential of approximately 14 billion oil-equivalent barrels. Including production from the
co-venturer-operated Block 17, ExxonMobil’s net production in Angola averaged 194 thousand barrels of oil per day in 2009. Several new projects are under construction or at the development planning stage.
Block 15 ExxonMobil was awarded Block 15 in 1994 (ExxonMobil interest, 40 percent), and the first discovery was made in 1998. To date, a total resource of more than 5 billion oil-equivalent barrels has been discovered on the block. First oil was produced in November 2003 from the Xikomba field, followed by start-ups of Kizomba A in 2004, Kizomba B in 2005, Marimba North in 2007, and Kizomba C in 2008. Block 15 produced its billionth barrel in 2009. With a daily output of more than 600 thousands barrels of oil, it was Angola’s highest producing block during the year.


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    2009     2008     2007  
Earnings (billions of dollars)
    3.9       6.4       5.5  
Proved Reserves(1) (BOEB)
    2.1       2.1       2.4  
Acreage (gross acres, million)
    17.7       42.4       41.8  
Net Liquids Production (MBD)
    0.7       0.6       0.7  
Net Gas Available for Sale (BCFD)
                 
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Additional developments in Block 15 are being progressed. In 2009, government approval was received for contracts for the Kizomba Satellites project, which will develop several oil discoveries using subsea tiebacks to the Kizomba A and Kizomba B floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels. The project is expected to recover approximately 250 million barrels of oil. The ongoing Gas Gathering project will collect and transport associated gas from the block to the Angola LNG facility under construction at Soyo. The Mondo South exploration well, drilled in early 2009, discovered oil in multiple reservoir intervals and is expected to be tied in to the Kizomba C project. Development planning continues for the remaining discovered resources on Block 15.
Block 17 ExxonMobil owns a 20-percent interest in Block 17, where the first discovery was made in 1996. Through year-end 2009, 15 discoveries have been announced on the block with a total resource estimate of approximately 6 billion oil-equivalent barrels. During 2009, production averaged 460 thousand barrels of oil per day from the Girassol, Dalia, and Rosa projects. In 2008, construction of the Pazflor project commenced. It will be located 100 miles offshore in 2600 feet of water and will use an FPSO vessel to produce 200 thousand barrels of oil per day. Planning is also under way for the Cravo-Lirio-Orquidea-Violeta (CLOV) development, another FPSO vessel project that is expected to produce 160 thousand barrels of oil per day.
Block 31 ExxonMobil was awarded a 25-percent interest in Block 31 in 1999, and the first discovery was made in 2002. Through year-end 2009, 19 discoveries have been announced with a total resource of approximately 2 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The development of the Plutao-Saturno-Venus-Marte (PSVM) hub project, located in the northern part of the block, is now under way. A single, 150-thousand-barrels-per-day FPSO vessel will produce an estimated 490 million barrels of oil. The water depth ranges from 5900 to 6700 feet, the deepest yet for a West Africa development project. Development planning for subsequent projects in the southeast and central part of the block continues.
Block 32 ExxonMobil has a 15-percent interest in Block 32, where the first discovery was made in 2003. Through year-end 2009, 12 discoveries have been announced with a total resource of approximately 1.4 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The first development being planned is the AB32 Southeast Hub project. A single FPSO vessel will develop a resource of about 600 million barrels of oil. The water depth ranges from 4700 to 5600 feet. Planning for additional exploration wells is ongoing.
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Nigeria
ExxonMobil is active in both shallow water shelf and deepwater acreage offshore Nigeria. On the shelf, ExxonMobil operates a joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation offshore southeastern Nigeria (ExxonMobil interest, 40 percent for crude and condensate; 51 percent for natural gas liquids). In the deepwater, ExxonMobil has interests in seven blocks, operates the producing Erha and Erha North fields, and also produces from the co-venturer-operated Bonga field. Project execution and development planning activities are under way for a number of additional ExxonMobil- and co-venturer-operated projects. In 2009, ExxonMobil’s net production offshore Nigeria averaged 391 thousand barrels of liquids per day.
Nigeria Deepwater
Erha/Erha North The world-class Erha development (ExxonMobil interest, 56 percent) is located 60 miles offshore in 3900 feet of water. Erha and Erha North started up in 2006 and represented ExxonMobil’s first operated deepwater production in Nigeria. The combined development consists of over 30 subsea wells tied back to an FPSO vessel, with a capacity of over 200 thousand barrels of oil per day. The Erha North Phase 2 project (ExxonMobil interest, 56 percent) will be a subsea tieback to the existing Erha FPSO vessel. The project will further develop the Erha North field, and have a peak production rate of 50 thousand barrels of oil per day. Design and contracting activities are advancing.
Bosi The Bosi development (ExxonMobil interest, 56 percent) is planned as a phased project with subsea tiebacks to a spread-moored FPSO vessel. Bosi project phases are expected to develop approximately 500 million barrels of oil and 2.5 trillion cubic feet of gas. Project concept selection activities are progressing.
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Bonga North and Northwest Bonga North and Bonga Northwest (ExxonMobil interest, 20 percent) are planned as subsea tiebacks to the existing Bonga FPSO vessel, which began production from the Bonga field in 2005. These two projects combined would develop approximately 500 million barrels of oil.
Bonga Southwest The Bonga Southwest project (ExxonMobil interest, 16 percent) is planned as an FPSO development and will develop more than 840 million barrels of oil. Project concept selection activities are progressing.
Usan The Usan project (ExxonMobil interest, 30 percent) is a co-venturer-operated development located 60 miles offshore Nigeria in 2500 feet of water. The development is designed to recover more than 500 million barrels of oil with 42 subsea wells connected to an FPSO vessel with a capacity of 180 thousand barrels per day. All major contracts were awarded in 2008 and development drilling commenced in 2009.
OPL 214 ExxonMobil was awarded operatorship of OPL 214 in 2001 (ExxonMobil interest, 20 percent) and discovered the Uge field in 2005. Development planning for Uge and further block evaluation activity continues, with additional exploration planned for 2010.
OPL 223 In 2009, ExxonMobil participated in the Owowo South-1 discovery in OPL 223 (ExxonMobil interest, 27 percent). The well encountered multiple oil-bearing reservoirs.



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Nigeria Shelf – Joint Venture
Activities are progressing to increase liquids production capacity and to supply power and natural gas to the growing domestic market. Growth in liquids production will result from additional development drilling, installation of new platforms, enhanced oil recovery projects, and a series of platform upgrades. Exploration activity also continues. During 2009, ExxonMobil’s Joint Venture leases were extended for 20 years, with a renewal right for an additional 20 years.
East Area NGL II The East Area Natural Gas Liquids II project (ExxonMobil interest, 51 percent) began production in 2008 and produced up to 33 thousand barrels per day in 2009. This project, and the existing Oso Natural Gas Liquids project, are expected to recover about 400 million barrels of natural gas liquids. They are part of an integrated approach which, in conjunction with the existing East Area Additional Oil Recovery Project, will significantly reduce flaring and emissions, and improve oil recovery through reservoir pressure maintenance.
Domestic Power Generation and Natural Gas Supply
In 2009, ExxonMobil awarded the front-end engineering and design contract for a joint venture project to construct a 500-megawatt power plant. The project forms another element of an integrated plan to increase gas utilization and generate electric power in Nigeria. In addition, the Joint Venture is installing new facilities that will allow for near-term delivery of 100 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to the domestic market.
Satellite Field Development The Satellite Field Development project (ExxonMobil interest, 40 percent) consists of the phased installation of 15 wellhead platforms on undeveloped or under-developed fields. The project benefits from the “design one, build multiple” strategy and has total recoverable resources exceeding 800 million barrels of oil. Phase 1 execution continues and planning progresses for future phases.
Equatorial Guinea
ExxonMobil is the largest producer in Equatorial Guinea and operates the Zafiro field (ExxonMobil interest, 71 percent) in water depths between 400 and 2800 feet. In 2009, net production averaged 55 thousand barrels of oil per day. A new two-rig drilling program has been initiated. ExxonMobil continues to progress discussions with the Equatorial Guinea government aimed at enabling both a reduction in flaring and the development of Zafiro gas resources.
Chad
ExxonMobil began production in 2003 and continued to be the leading producer in Chad in 2009, with average net production of 42 thousand barrels of oil per day (ExxonMobil interest, 40 percent). Development drilling is focused in four fields: Kome, Miandoum, Bolobo, and also Timbre, which started production in 2009.
Republic of Congo
Through year-end 2009, five discoveries have been announced in the Mer Tres Profonde Sud block (ExxonMobil interest, 30 percent) with a total resource of approximately 500 million oil-equivalent barrels. Planning for development and additional exploration is under way. Following a noncommercial oil discovery in 2009, ExxonMobil exited the Mer Tres Profonde Nord block.
Madagascar
ExxonMobil holds interests in approximately 1.8 million acres in the Majunga Basin offshore Madagascar. Through the end of 2009, activity has included acquisition and interpretation of 2D and 3D seismic data.
Libya
During 2009, ExxonMobil drilled our first deepwater exploration well in Contract Area 20 offshore Libya, and the results are being evaluated. The drilling rig was then moved to Contract Area 44 to spud the first wildcat well in that block. Additional seismic data were acquired in 2009 over all three ExxonMobil-operated contract areas and are currently being processed prior to interpretation.
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Asia Pacific/Middle East
In 2009, ExxonMobil’s operations in the Asia Pacific/Middle East region contributed 27 percent of net oil and gas production and 25 percent of Upstream earnings. These percentages are expected to grow in the future due to the development of multiple new projects.

Australia
ExxonMobil is a leading oil and gas producer in Australia. In 2009, net production averaged 59 thousand barrels of liquids and 315 million cubic feet of gas per day.
2009 marked the 40th anniversary of the start-up of ExxonMobil’s offshore oil and gas production from the Bass Strait. Over four decades, nearly 4 billion barrels of liquids and 7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas have been produced. Technology has been a key enabler of this success, and includes ExxonMobil’s Fast Drill Process and hydrocyclone technology to handle increasing volumes of produced water as the core fields mature. New developments under way include the Kipper/Tuna (ExxonMobil interest, Kipper 32.5 percent, Tuna 50 percent) and Turrum (ExxonMobil interest, 50 percent) projects.
The 15-million-tonnes-per-year Gorgon Jansz liquefied natural gas (LNG) project (ExxonMobil interest, 25 percent) received formal sanction from
the Western Australia government and project co-venturers in 2009. This project will develop approximately 25 trillion cubic feet of gas resources located on the Northwest Shelf of Australia, and first LNG shipments are targeted for late 2014. ExxonMobil executed 20-year gas sales and purchase agreements with PetroChina International Company Limited and Petronet LNG Limited for our equity share of LNG in the project. This world-class development consists of subsea infrastructure for production and transportation of the gas, three 5-million-tonnes-per-year LNG trains, and a 280-million-cubic-feet-per-day domestic gas plant located on Barrow Island, as well as the world’s largest carbon dioxide sequestration project to minimize emissions. The Jansz field will be produced via one of the world’s longest subsea tiebacks, and is located in 4300 feet of water. ExxonMobil will operate Jansz development drilling, and we successfully completed and tested the Jansz-4 appraisal well during 2009.


Asia Pacific/Middle East Highlights
    2009     2008     2007  
Earnings (billions of dollars)
    4.2       6.2       4.9  
Proved Reserves(1) (BOEB)
    9.0       8.2       8.3  
Acreage (gross acres, million)
    41.9       26.9       29.0  
Net Liquids Production (MBD)
    0.5       0.5       0.5  
Net Gas Available for Sale (BCFD)
    3.5       3.1       3.2  
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Development and execution planning continues for the Scarborough LNG project (ExxonMobil interest, 50 percent). The field is located offshore Western Australia in 3100 feet of water and has a resource of approximately 10 trillion cubic feet of gas. In 2009, ExxonMobil also participated in three new gas discoveries on the Northwest Shelf, in blocks WA-374-P and WA-268-P (both ExxonMobil interest, 25 percent).
Indonesia
ExxonMobil operates the Arun field (ExxonMobil interest, 100 percent), which supplies gas to the PT Arun LNG plant. In 2009, net production from the Arun field, Arun satellite fields, and the North Sumatra Offshore field averaged 245 million cubic feet of gas per day.
During 2009, early oil production commenced at the Banyu Urip field in the Cepu Contract Area, onshore Java (ExxonMobil interest, 45 percent), with the capacity to produce 20 thousand barrels of oil per day. Full-field development is progressing and is expected to produce 165 thousand barrels of oil per day.
In 2008, ExxonMobil submitted a Plan of Development for the Natuna D-Alpha Block (ExxonMobil interest, 76 percent) and communicated our intent to the Indonesian government to enter the next phase of development for this large offshore gas field, which contains over 70 percent carbon dioxide. Significant development activity progressed during 2009 under the Plan of Development.
ExxonMobil completed two deepwater exploration wells in the Makassar Straits during 2009, with one wildcat in each of the Surumana and Mandar blocks (both ExxonMobil interest, 80 percent). Analysis of the results is ongoing. ExxonMobil was also awarded operatorship of the Cendrawasih block (ExxonMobil interest, 55 percent), offshore Papua, and acquired a 49-percent interest in three coal bed methane production sharing contracts onshore Kalimantan, totaling 290,000 net acres.
Malaysia
ExxonMobil operates 43 platforms in 17 fields and is one of Malaysia’s major suppliers of crude oil and natural gas. Net production in 2009 averaged 52 thousand barrels of liquids per day and 545 million cubic feet of gas per day. In 2009, ExxonMobil and the Malaysian national oil company, PETRONAS, formalized an agreement to continue to work together to help ensure sustainable energy supplies for Malaysia under a new Production Sharing Agreement. The 25-year agreement includes commitments to implement an enhanced oil recovery project at the Tapis Field and to continue conventional oil development. Conceptual engineering for the redevelopment of the Tapis field continues, and the first of the committed infill drilling programs commenced in May 2009.
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Papua New Guinea (PNG)
In 2009, ExxonMobil’s net production from Papua New Guinea averaged 7 thousand barrels of oil per day. The PNG LNG project (ExxonMobil interest, 33 percent) was approved for development by the project participants, following execution of sales and purchase agreements with various buyers for LNG sales to Asia. The project will develop the Hides, Angore, and Juha fields with a 6.6-million-tonnes-per-year LNG facility located near Port Moresby. Liquids will be exported via the existing Kumul Terminal. Front-end engineering and design have been completed for these facilities. Major contracts have been awarded and project execution has begun.
Philippines
ExxonMobil drilled our first deepwater exploration well, Dabakan-1, in the SC-56 block (ExxonMobil interest, 50 percent) and encountered gas in multiple reservoirs. Evaluation of the discovery is ongoing. Operations commenced on a second well, Banduria-1.
Vietnam
During 2009, ExxonMobil acquired interests in several blocks offshore Vietnam. Preliminary studies are under way.
New Zealand
In 2009, the New Zealand authorities granted an extension to the PEP 50117 permit (ExxonMobil interest, 90 percent) located in the Great South Basin, and ExxonMobil continues to evaluate options for the block.
Hong Kong Power
Through a partnership with CLP Holdings, ExxonMobil has a 60-percent interest in the Castle Peak Power Company, located in Hong Kong with 6900 megawatts of power generation capacity, and a 51-percent interest in 600 megawatts of pumped storage capacity in southern China. Activity continued through 2009 on an emissions reduction project at the Castle Peak power station.



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Qatar
Through our Qatar joint ventures, ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum continue to develop the North Field, the largest non-associated gas field in the world, and will develop resources exceeding 25 billion oil-equivalent barrels through a suite of projects. The North Field is cost-competitive for supplying LNG to the major markets in Asia, Europe, and North America.
In 2009, our joint ventures started up the world’s three largest LNG trains, each with a production capacity of 7.8 million tonnes per year. A fourth train of this size started up in early 2010. These have more than doubled Qatar’s LNG production capacity and are making a significant contribution towards meeting the world’s growing energy demand. LNG production from ExxonMobil-interest trains in Qatar was 38.8 million tonnes in 2009. ExxonMobil participates in all of the existing Qatargas and RasGas trains (ExxonMobil interest ranges from 10 to 34 percent). The Al Khaleej Gas Project produced 783 million cubic feet per day in 2009, and supplies the domestic market.
Qatar Existing and Planned LNG Trains
                               
                    Working  
Joint Venture   Train     Capacity(1)     Interest (%)  
 
Qatargas
    1,2,3       9.9       10  
Qatargas 2
    4       7.8       30  
 
    5       7.8       18  
RasGas
    1,2       6.6       25  
 
    3       4.7       30  
 
    4       4.7       34  
 
    5       4.7       30  
 
    6       7.8       30  
 
    7       7.8       30  
 
Total
            61.8          
(1) Million tonnes per year.
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Qatargas 2 Trains 4 and 5 Qatargas 2 Trains 4 and 5 started up in 2009 and have a combined annual design capacity of 15.6 million tonnes. The project also produces associated products including condensate, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), helium, and sulfur. Deliveries of LNG from Qatargas 2 use a fleet of Q-Flex and Q-Max vessels, the world’s largest LNG carriers. Shipments are being delivered primarily to the U.K. gas market through the South Hook LNG regasification terminal. Qatargas 2 is a joint development between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil.
RasGas Trains 6 and 7 RasGas Train 6 started up in 2009, and consists of a 7.8-million-tonnes-per-year LNG production facility. The project also produces condensate, LPG, helium, and sulfur. Train 7 consists of another 7.8-million-tonnes-per-year LNG facility, and achieved first production in early 2010. Train 6 markets include the United States while Train 7 will supply Asia and other markets worldwide. Both trains will use Q-Flex and Q-Max LNG carriers and are owned by Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company (3), a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil.


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Al Khaleej Gas Phase 2 The second phase of the Al Khaleej Gas Project started up in 2009, with a capacity to supply 1.25 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to meet Qatar’s growing domestic demand, and 100 thousand barrels of liquids per day. This new project is an expansion of Phase 1, which has been in operation since 2005, and brings the total Al Khaleej Gas Project supply capacity to 2 billion cubic feet per day.
Barzan The initial phase of the Barzan project is expected to yield about 1.5 billion cubic feet per day of sales gas and will supply Qatar’s rapidly growing domestic infrastructure and industry requirements. In 2007, ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum signed a Heads of Agreement to jointly develop all future phases of the Barzan project. Front-end engineering and design are under way.
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Qatar Common Facilities In 2009, RasGas and Qatargas started up common facilities for the storage and loading of LNG, condensate, LPG, and sulfur on behalf of the Ras Laffan Industrial City joint venture companies. The utilization of shared facilities enables each participant to benefit from significant economies of scale, resulting in billions of dollars of savings over stand-alone construction.
United Arab Emirates
ExxonMobil participates in two oil concessions in the United Arab Emirates. In 2009, the daily net production from the onshore concession was 112 thousand barrels of oil. Net production from the Upper Zakum offshore concession was 127 thousand barrels of oil per day.
Upper Zakum (ExxonMobil interest, 28 percent) is one of the world’s largest oil fields, with approximately 50 billion barrels originally in place, and less than 10 percent of the resource produced to date. ExxonMobil’s capability to improve oil recovery, build production capacity, transfer technology, and develop staff was key to gaining entry to the field in 2006. The ExxonMobil Technology Center in Abu Dhabi allows staff working on Upper Zakum to access the industry’s most advanced technology in the areas of reservoir and well management, and production operations.
Iraq
In late 2009, ExxonMobil reached provisional agreement with the Iraq Ministry of Oil on the principal terms for the redevelopment of the West Qurna-1 field. The agreement was signed in January 2010 and development planning activity for this major new project is under way.


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Russia/Caspian
ExxonMobil continues to progress development of new phases of the Sakhalin-1 project offshore eastern Russia. In the Caspian region, ExxonMobil participates in three of the world’s largest developments: Kashagan and Tengiz in Kazakhstan, and Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli in Azerbaijan. In 2009, ExxonMobil’s operations in the Russia/Caspian region contributed 5 percent of net oil and gas production and 9 percent of Upstream earnings.

Russia
ExxonMobil operates and holds a 30-percent interest in the Sakhalin-1 project, which comprises the offshore Chayvo, Odoptu, and Arkutun-Dagi fields. The Sakhalin-1 project is one of the largest single foreign investment projects in Russia and is being developed in phases.
Sakhalin-1 Chayvo In 2005, first oil production and gas sales to Far East Russia commenced from the initial development phase of the Chayvo field. The permanent onshore processing facilities and export system were commissioned in 2006. In 2009, daily production averaged 170 thousand barrels of oil and 149 million cubic feet of sales gas. In 2006, a Heads of Agreement was signed with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for gas pipeline sales from Sakhalin-1 to China. Other regional gas sales options also continue to be evaluated.
Sakhalin-1 Future Phases The next phases of the Sakhalin-1 project include the development of the Odoptu and Arkutun-Dagi fields. Detailed engineering for the first phase of Odoptu has been completed and construction of the facilities is under way. The Yastreb drilling rig was successfully moved from Chayvo to Odoptu and drilling operations commenced in 2009. As with Chayvo, the offshore reservoirs at Odoptu will be developed using extended-reach drilling (ERD) wells drilled from shore. Detailed engineering for Arkutun-Dagi was completed in 2009 and construction activities are expected to begin in 2010. Both projects will benefit from the extensive learnings gathered from the Chayvo development.
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Azerbaijan
Phases 1 and 2 of the Azeri portion of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field (ExxonMobil interest, 8 percent) started up in 2005 and 2006, respectively. The Phase 3 development of the Deep Water Gunashli field started up in 2008. Total estimated recovery from Phases 1, 2, and 3 is 5.4 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The ACG field achieved oil production rates in excess of 900 thousand barrels per day in 2009.
Russia/Caspian Highlights
    2009     2008     2007  
Earnings (billions of dollars)
    1.6       3.1       2.4  
Proved Reserves(1) (BOEB)
    1.8       1.9       2.0  
Acreage (gross acres, million)
    2.7       2.5       2.5  
Net Liquids Production (MBD)
    0.2       0.2       0.2  
Net Gas Available for Sale (BCFD)
    0.2       0.1       0.1  
 
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Kazakhstan
Tengiz ExxonMobil participates in the Tengizchevroil (TCO) joint venture (ExxonMobil interest, 25 percent), which includes a production license area encompassing the super-giant Tengiz field, an associated processing plant complex, and the nearby Korolev field. Including an exploration license adjacent to the production area, TCO holds a total of 608,000 acres. The Tengiz field has produced over 1 billion barrels of oil from a resource of nearly 6 billion barrels. TCO recently completed a major expansion that included sour gas injection and a second-generation production project, which has increased the daily crude production capacity of the field. In 2009, production rates in excess of 600 thousand barrels of oil per day were achieved.
Kashagan ExxonMobil also participates in the North Caspian Production Sharing Agreement (ExxonMobil interest, 17 percent), which includes the massive Kashagan field located offshore in the Caspian Sea. In 2009, the North Caspian Operating Company was formed and a new operating structure was put into place. The Kashagan field will be developed in phases, and drilling and development activities for these are progressing. Phase 1 includes an offshore production and separation hub on an artificial island, several additional drilling islands, and an onshore processing facility with three oil-stabilization trains, two gas treatment plants, and two sulfur treatment trains. This first phase is anticipated to produce 3.6 billion barrels of oil at a production rate of 360 thousand barrels per day. Future phases are expected to increase recovery to up to 12 billion barrels of oil and reach a full-field production rate of approximately 1.5 million barrels of oil per day. ExxonMobil is leading drilling operations and subsurface planning for Phase 2 and future phases.
Caspian Pipeline Consortium The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (ExxonMobil interest, 8 percent), approved an expansion project in December 2009 that will increase the system capacity from 0.6 to 1.3 million barrels per day from Kazakhstan to the Novorossiysk marine terminal on the Black Sea coast by 2015. This system is the lowest cost export option for Kazakhstan, with both Tengizchevroil and Kashagan as major shippers.
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Upstream Operating Statistics
NET LIQUIDS PRODUCTION (1) – Including Oil Sands and Non-Consolidated Operations
                                         
(thousands of barrels per day)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
United States
                                       
Alaska
    123       130       132       127       159  
Lower 48
    261       237       260       287       318  
Total United States
    384       367       392       414       477  
Canada/South America
    267       292       324       354       395  
Total Americas
    651       659       716       768       872  
         
Europe
                                       
United Kingdom
    90       123       150       186       202  
Norway
    280       295       319       320       327  
Other
    9       10       11       14       17  
Total Europe
    379       428       480       520       546  
         
Africa
                                       
Nigeria
    391       364       415       427       299  
Angola
    194       181       173       193       181  
Equatorial Guinea
    55       60       76       103       122  
Other
    45       47       53       58       64  
Total Africa
    685       652       717       781       666  
         
Asia Pacific/Middle East
                                       
Australia
    59       59       66       69       73  
Malaysia
    52       56       67       64       82  
Middle East
    368       381       374       340       163  
Other
    11       10       11       12       14  
Total Asia Pacific/Middle East
    490       506       518       485       332  
         
Russia/Caspian
    182       160       185       127       107  
         
Total worldwide
    2,387       2,405       2,616       2,681       2,523  
         
 
                                       
Gas Plant Liquids Included Above
                                       
United States
    50       49       57       61       68  
Non-U.S.
    173       164       166       175       172  
         
Total worldwide
    223       213       223       236       240  
         
 
                                       
Oil Sands and Non-Consolidated Volumes Included Above
                                       
United States
    73       78       82       87       93  
Canada/South America – Bitumen
    120       124       130       127       123  
Canada/South America – Synthetic Oil
    65       62       65       58       53  
Europe
    5       5       6       6       7  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    204       193       190       172       146  
Russia/Caspian
    116       87       75       71       72  
         
Total worldwide
    583       549       548       521       494  
         
 
(1)   Net liquids production quantities are the volumes of crude oil and natural gas liquids withdrawn from ExxonMobil’s oil and gas reserves, excluding royalties and quantities due to others when produced, and are based on the volumes delivered from the lease or at the point measured for royalty and/or severance tax purposes. Volumes include 100 percent of the production of majority-owned affiliates, including liquids production from oil sands operations in Canada, and ExxonMobil’s ownership of the production by companies owned 50 percent or less.
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NET NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION AVAILABLE FOR SALE (1) – Including Non-Consolidated Operations
                                         
(millions of cubic feet per day)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
United States
    1,275       1,246       1,468       1,625       1,739  
Canada/South America
    643       640       808       935       1,006  
Total Americas
    1,918       1,886       2,276       2,560       2,745  
         
Europe
                                       
The Netherlands
    1,676       1,748       1,551       1,536       1,595  
United Kingdom
    594       750       779       990       1,126  
Norway
    786       764       705       686       709  
Germany
    633       687       775       874       885  
Total Europe
    3,689       3,949       3,810       4,086       4,315  
         
Africa
    19       32       26              
         
Asia Pacific/Middle East
                                       
Australia
    315       358       389       330       338  
Malaysia
    545       582       583       519       488  
Middle East
    2,367       1,911       1,875       1,353       846  
Indonesia
    245       239       286       365       410  
Other
    22       24       29       29       32  
Total Asia Pacific/Middle East
    3,494       3,114       3,162       2,596       2,114  
         
Russia/Caspian
    153       114       110       92       77  
         
Total worldwide
    9,273       9,095       9,384       9,334       9,251  
         
 
                                       
Non-Consolidated Natural Gas Volumes Included Above
                                       
United States
    1       1       1       1       2  
Europe
    1,618       1,696       1,503       1,500       1,548  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    1,803       1,356       1,272       1,000       807  
Russia/Caspian
    115       77       79       75       73  
         
Total worldwide
    3,537       3,130       2,855       2,576       2,430  
         
 
(1)   Net natural gas available for sale quantities are the volumes withdrawn from ExxonMobil’s natural gas reserves, excluding royalties and volumes due to others when produced, and excluding gas purchased from others, gas consumed in producing operations, field processing plant losses, volumes used for gas lift, gas injection and cycling operations, quantities flared, and volume shrinkage due to the removal of condensate or natural gas liquids fractions.
NATURAL GAS SALES(1)
                                         
(millions of cubic feet per day)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
United States
    1,321       1,292       1,560       1,686       1,833  
Canada/South America
    739       845       968       1,120       1,186  
Europe
    5,854       5,665       5,396       5,728       6,015  
Africa
    19       32       26              
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    2,906       2,841       2,900       2,379       1,901  
Russia/Caspian
    176       137       129       112       86  
         
Total worldwide
    11,015       10,812       10,979       11,025       11,021  
         
 
(1)   Natural gas sales include 100 percent of the sales of ExxonMobil- and majority-owned affiliates and ExxonMobil’s ownership of sales by companies owned 50 percent or less. Numbers include sales of gas purchased from third parties.
 



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NUMBER OF NET WELLS DRILLED ANNUALLY(1)
                                                                                                                         
      Productive      Dry       Total   
(net wells drilled)     2009     2008     2007     2006     2005     2009     2008     2007     2006     2005       2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Exploratory(2)
    20       19       19       21       24       9       9       16       12       13       29       28       35       33       37  
Development
    829       731       917       1,041       946       5       4       19       11       14       834       735       936       1,052       960  
Total
    849       750       936       1,062       970       14       13       35       23       27       863       763       971       1,085       997  
   
NET ACREAGE AT YEAR END(3)
                                                                                 
    Undeveloped     Developed  
(thousands of net acres)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005     2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
United States
    5,111       5,691       5,539       6,062       6,413       5,120       5,148       5,174       5,178       5,260  
Canada/South America
    17,107       19,953       22,563       22,224       24,484       2,460       2,488       2,366       2,360       2,498  
Europe
    13,470       7,913       6,002       2,727       2,778       3,806       4,026       4,194       4,418       4,687  
Africa
    10,555       26,439       24,835       24,075       29,048       758       756       729       717       545  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    25,260       12,190       13,167       7,462       3,797       1,763       1,651       1,649       1,655       1,570  
Russia/Caspian
    413       372       392       449       569       116       116       116       116       116  
Total worldwide
    71,916       72,558       72,498       62,999       67,089       14,023       14,185       14,228       14,444       14,676  
 
                                                                               
   
 
NET CAPITALIZED COSTS AT YEAR END(3)
 
(millions of dollars)                                           2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
United States
                                            20,363       18,542       16,948       16,530       16,097  
Canada/South America
                                            13,408       9,967       11,338       10,076       10,306  
Europe
                                            14,357       11,477       15,426       15,182       13,556  
Africa
                                            20,917       17,797       15,149       14,280       12,744  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
                                            14,028       11,379       10,674       8,813       6,718  
Russia/Caspian
                                            11,556       10,219       9,142       8,246       7,158  
Total worldwide
                                            94,629       79,381       78,677       73,127       66,579  
 
                                                                               
   
COSTS INCURRED IN PROPERTY ACQUISITION, EXPLORATION, AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES(3)
                                                         
            Canada/                     Asia Pacific/     Russia/        
(millions of dollars)   United States     South America     Europe     Africa     Middle East     Caspian     Worldwide  
 
During 2009
                                                       
Property acquisition costs
    205       353       1       605       62       59       1,285  
Exploration costs
    549       498       525       880       601       58       3,111  
Development costs
    2,787       2,394       3,639       4,596       1,835       1,879       17,130  
Total
    3,541       3,245       4,165       6,081       2,498       1,996       21,526  
   
 
During 2008
                                                       
Property acquisition costs
    281       126       25       82       86       63       663  
Exploration costs
    453       325       401       686       346       61       2,272  
Development costs
    2,739       1,421       1,863       4,783       2,063       1,764       14,633  
Total
    3,473       1,872       2,289       5,551       2,495       1,888       17,568  
   
 
During 2007
                                                       
Property acquisition costs
    63       93             13       15       10       194  
Exploration costs
    377       231       229       584       261       80       1,762  
Development costs
    1,859       902       2,016       2,847       2,405       1,541       11,570  
Total
    2,299       1,226       2,245       3,444       2,681       1,631       13,526  
   
 
During 2006
                                                       
Property acquisition costs
    54       100       11       16       405       11       597  
Exploration costs
    382       225       202       518       219       139       1,685  
Development costs
    1,838       1,002       2,660       3,433       1,718       1,452       12,103  
Total
    2,274       1,327       2,873       3,967       2,342       1,602       14,385  
   
 
(1)   A regional breakout of this data is included on pages 13 and 14 of ExxonMobil’s 2009 Form 10-K.
 
(2)   These include near-field and appraisal wells classified as exploratory for SEC reporting.
 
(3)   Includes non-consolidated interests and Canadian oil sands operations.

 


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PROVED OIL AND GAS RESERVES(1)
                                            
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Liquids, Including Oil Sands and Non-Consolidated Reserves (millions of barrels at year end)
Net proved developed and undeveloped reserves
                                       
United States
    1,983       2,076       2,212       2,177       2,424  
Canada/South America
    2,897       2,717       1,564       1,985       2,152  
Europe
    519       566       696       750       886  
Africa
    1,970       2,004       2,180       2,266       2,527  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    2,934       2,967       2,976       2,765       1,908  
Russia/Caspian
    1,457       1,502       1,632       1,766       1,798  
Total worldwide excluding price/cost effects(1)
    11,760       11,832       11,260       11,709       11,695  
       
Price/cost effects
    (109 )     174       (186 )     (141 )     (466 )
       
Total worldwide(2)
    11,651       12,006       11,074       11,568       11,229  
       
 
                                       
Proportional interest in oil sands and non-consolidated
reserves included above, excluding price/cost effects
                                       
United States
    360       368       374       369       391  
Canada/South America (bitumen)(3)
    2,012       1,809       649       616       683  
Canada/South America (synthetic oil)(3)
    710       734       694       718       738  
Europe
    30       27       25       12       11  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    1,251       1,350       1,420       1,399       1,353  
Russia/Caspian
    804       806       850       909       923  
Net proved developed reserves included above
                                       
United States
    1,490       1,521       1,626       1,777       2,006  
Canada/South America
    1,311       1,315       1,376       1,620       1,344  
Europe
    386       419       526       568       665  
Africa
    1,122       1,284       1,202       1,279       1,218  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    2,388       1,964       1,797       1,720       1,189  
Russia/Caspian
    641       715       602       652       629  
       
Total worldwide
    7,338       7,218       7,129       7,616       7,051  
       
 
                                       
Natural Gas, Including Non-Consolidated Reserves (billions of cubic feet at year end)
Net proved developed and undeveloped reserves
                                       
United States
    12,538       12,847       13,255       10,231       11,362  
Canada/South America
    1,274       1,376       1,547       1,952       2,354  
Europe
    15,984       17,097       18,539       18,847       20,575  
Africa
    920       918       1,006       986       841  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    36,136       31,149       32,143       31,878       26,662  
Russia/Caspian
    2,178       2,233       2,282       2,103       2,173  
Total worldwide excluding price/cost effects(1)
    69,030       65,620       68,772       65,997       63,967  
       
Price/cost effects
    (1,023 )     259       (510 )     1,563       2,940  
       
Total worldwide(2)
    68,007       65,879       68,262       67,560       66,907  
       
 
                                       
Proportional interest in non-consolidated reserves included
above, excluding price/cost effects
                                       
United States
    116       118       125       131       136  
Europe
    11,254       11,644       12,189       11,867       12,340  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    20,614       21,199       21,596       20,800       18,697  
Russia/Caspian
    1,423       1,446       1,504       1,290       1,326  
Net proved developed reserves included above
                                       
United States
    7,582       7,931       8,477       9,389       10,499  
Canada/South America
    1,200       1,148       1,303       1,628       1,840  
Europe
    12,782       13,710       14,743       15,331       16,558  
Africa
    739       738       773       823       376  
Asia Pacific/Middle East
    25,329       17,996       14,272       13,788       13,343  
Russia/Caspian
    1,139       1,226       1,152       1,258       1,062  
       
Total worldwide
    48,771       42,749       40,720       42,217       43,678  
       
 
(1)  ExxonMobil’s basis; see Frequently Used Terms on pages 100 through 103.
 
(2)  ExxonMobil reserves using SEC historical price bases; mining and equity company reserves are included for all periods.
 
(3)  Proved reserves classified as bitumen are associated with the Cold Lake and Kearl projects in Canada. Proved reserves classified as synthetic oil are associated with the Syncrude project in Canada. Cold Lake uses in situ methods, and hydrocarbons are produced from wells drilled into the subsurface. Syncrude is an oil sands mining project which includes an upgrader that converts the mined hydrocarbons into a higher gravity crude oil. Kearl is an oil sands mining project that does not incorporate an upgrader.
 


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PROVED OIL AND GAS RESERVES REPLACEMENT(1)(2)(3) – Units are million barrels of oil unless specified otherwise
                               
    Crude Oil and              
    Natural Gas Liquids     Bitumen     Synthetic Oil  
 
                       
2009 Liquids (millions of barrels)
                       
 
Revisions
    393       247        
Improved recovery
    15              
Extensions/discoveries
    146              
Purchases
                 
Sales
    (3 )            
 
 
Total additions before price/cost effects
    551       247        
Remove prior year-end price/cost effects
    (216 )     42        
Average price/year-end cost effects
    (133 )     43       (19 )
Total additions
    202       332       (19 )
Production
    802       44       24  
 
 
Reserves replacement ratio, excluding sales (percent)
    69       561        
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales (percent)
    69       561        
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and average price/year-end cost effects (percent)
    25       755        
   
PROVED OIL AND GAS RESERVES REPLACEMENT(1)(2)(3) – Units are million barrels of oil or billion cubic feet of gas unless specified otherwise
                                                 
                                            Average  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005     2005-2009  
 
                                               
Liquids (millions of barrels)
                                               
 
Revisions
    640       232       708       57       (333 )     261  
Improved recovery
    15       8       35       27       30       23  
Extensions/discoveries
    146       1,297       197       246       516       480  
Purchases
                      746       113       172  
Sales
    (3 )     (86 )     (436 )     (86 )     (227 )     (168 )
 
         
Total additions before price/cost effects
    798       1,451       504       990       99       768  
Remove prior year price/cost effects
    (174 )     186       141       466       862       296  
Year-end price/cost effects
    N.A.       174       (186 )     (141 )     (466 )     N.A.  
Average price/year-end cost effects
    (109 )     N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
Total additions
    515       1,811       459       1,315       495       N.A.  
Production
    870       879       953       976       917       919  
 
             
Reserves replacement ratio, excluding sales (percent)
    92       175       99       110       36       102  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales (percent)
    92       165       53       101       11       84  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and year-end price/cost effects (percent)
    N.A.       206       48       135       54       N.A.  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and average price/year-end cost effects (percent)
    59       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
               
 
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PROVED OIL AND GAS RESERVES REPLACEMENT(1)(2)(3) – Units are million barrels of oil or billion cubic feet of gas unless specified otherwise
                                                 
                                            Average  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005     2005-2009  
 
                                               
Natural Gas (billions of cubic feet)
                                               
 
Revisions
    1,281       (127 )     6,509       1,993       4,261       2,784  
Improved recovery
          1       4       12       9       5  
Extensions/discoveries
    5,830       693       323       3,808       5,667       3,264  
Purchases
    8             9       57       53       25  
Sales
    (13 )     (82 )     (320 )     (104 )     (229 )     (149 )
 
         
Total additions before price/cost effects
    7,106       485       6,525       5,766       9,761       5,929  
Remove prior year price/cost effects
    (259 )     510       (1,563 )     (2,940 )     (2,422 )     (1,335 )
Year-end price/cost effects
    N.A.       259       (510 )     1,563       2,940       N.A.  
Average price/year-end cost effects
    (1,023 )     N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
Total additions
    5,824       1,254       4,452       4,389       10,279       N.A.  
Production
    3,696       3,637       3,750       3,736       3,734       3,711  
 
             
Reserves replacement ratio, excluding sales (percent)
    193       16       183       157       268       164  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales (percent)
    192       13       174       154       261       160  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and year-end price/cost effects (percent)
    N.A.       34       119       117       275       N.A.  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and average price/year-end cost effects (percent)
    158       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
               
 
                                               
Oil-Equivalent (millions of barrels)
                                               
 
Revisions
    853       211       1,793       390       377       725  
Improved recovery
    15       8       35       29       31       23  
Extensions/discoveries
    1,118       1,413       251       881       1,461       1,025  
Purchases
    1             2       755       122       176  
Sales
    (5 )     (100 )     (490 )     (104 )     (265 )     (193 )
 
         
Total additions before price/cost effects
    1,982       1,532       1,591       1,951       1,726       1,756  
Remove prior year price/cost effects
    (217 )     271       (119 )     (24 )     458       74  
Year-end price/cost effects
    N.A.       217       (271 )     119       24       N.A.  
Average price/year-end cost effects
    (280 )     N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
Total additions
    1,485       2,020       1,201       2,046       2,208       N.A.  
Production
    1,486       1,485       1,578       1,598       1,539       1,537  
 
             
Reserves replacement ratio, excluding sales (percent)
    134       110       132       129       129       127  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales (percent)
    133       103       101       122       112       114  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and year-end price/cost effects (percent)
    N.A.       136       76       128       143       N.A.  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and average price/year-end cost effects (percent)
    100       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
               
 
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2009 RESERVES CHANGES BY REGION (1)(2)(3) – Units are million barrels of oil or billion cubic feet of gas unless specified otherwise
                                                                                 
    Crude Oil and Natural Gas Liquids             Bitumen     Synthetic Oil        
                                    Asia                                    
            Canada/                     Pacific/                     Canada/     Canada/        
    United     South                     Middle     Russia/             South     South     Liquids  
    States     America     Europe     Africa     East     Caspian     Total     America     America     Total  
 
                                                                               
Liquids (millions of barrels)
                                                                               
 
Revisions
    42       31       94       162       74       (10 )     393       247             640  
Improved recovery
                                  15       15                   15  
Extensions/discoveries
    5                   54       71       16       146                   146  
Purchases
                                                           
Sales
    (1 )           (2 )                       (3 )                 (3 )
       
Total additions before price/cost effects
    46       31       92       216       145       21       551       247             798  
Remove 2008 price/cost effects
    105       (8 )     6       (133 )     (105 )     (81 )     (216 )     42             (174 )
2009 price/cost effects
    (11 )     (3 )     (2 )     (63 )     (40 )     (14 )     (133 )     43       (19 )     (109 )
Total additions
    140       20       96       20             (74 )     202       332       (19 )     515  
Production
    139       30       139       250       178       66       802       44       24       870  
Net change
    1       (10 )     (43 )     (230 )     (178 )     (140 )     (600 )     288       (43 )     (355 )
       
Reserves replacement ratio, excluding sales (percent)
    34       103       68       86       81       32       69       561             92  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales (percent)
    33       103       66       86       81       32       69       561             92  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales and price/cost effects (percent)
    101       67       69       8             (112 )     25       755             59  
         
 
                                                                               
Natural Gas (billions of cubic feet)
                                                                               
 
Revisions
    (29 )     161       263       45       833       8       1,281                          
Improved recovery
                                                                 
Extensions/discoveries
    294             18             5,507       11       5,830                          
Purchases
    8                                     8                          
Sales
    (10 )     (2 )     (1 )                       (13 )                        
                           
Total additions before price/cost effects
    263       159       280       45       6,340       19       7,106                          
Remove 2008 price/cost effects
    957       (7 )     (187 )           (993 )     (29 )     (259 )                        
2009 price/cost effects
    (736 )     94       189             (547 )     (23 )     (1,023 )                        
Total additions
    484       246       282       45       4,800       (33 )     5,824                          
Production
    572       261       1,393       43       1,353       74       3,696                          
Net change
    (88 )     (15 )     (1,111 )     2       3,447       (107 )     2,128                          
                           
Reserves replacement ratio, excluding sales (percent)
    48       62       20       105       469       26       193                          
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales (percent)
    46       61       20       105       469       26       192                          
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales and price/cost effects (percent)
    85       94       20       105       355       (45 )     158                          
                           
 
(1)  The data shown above and on the preceding pages include reserves, production, and costs from non-consolidated interests and Canadian oil sands operations.
 
(2)  See Frequently Used Terms on pages 100 through 103.
 
(3)  The term “sales” includes the impact of expropriation of proved reserves in Venezuela (462 million oil-equivalent barrels) in 2007.
 
(4)  Calculation based on exploration and production costs divided by oil-equivalent reserves additions. All values exclude the impact of asset sales; i.e., reserves sold and proceeds received; and price/cost related effects.
 


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PROVED OIL AND GAS RESERVES REPLACEMENT(1)(2)(3) – Units are million barrels of oil or billion cubic feet of gas unless specified otherwise
                                                 
                                            Average  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005     2005-2009  
Non-U.S.
                                               
E&P costs (millions of dollars)
    17,985       14,095       11,227       12,111       10,442       13,172  
 
             
Liquids reserves additions
    375       1,933       368       1,417       794       977  
Liquids production
    731       747       812       827       747       773  
 
             
Gas reserves additions
    5,340       2,099       2,685       5,319       8,145       4,718  
Gas production
    3,124       3,075       3,101       3,018       2,959       3,056  
 
             
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, excluding sales
    1,894       1,604       1,281       2,172       1,918       1,774  
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, including sales
    1,892       1,510       803       2,118       1,766       1,618  
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, including sales
and year-end price/cost effects
    N.A.       2,283       815       2,303       2,151       N.A.  
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, including sales
and average price/year-end cost effects
    1,264       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
Oil-equivalent production
    1,252       1,259       1,329       1,330       1,240       1,282  
 
             
Reserves replacement ratio, excluding sales (percent)
    151       127       96       163       155       138  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales (percent)
    151       120       60       159       142       126  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and year-end price/cost effects (percent)
    N.A.       181       61       173       173       N.A.  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and average price/year-end cost effects (percent)
    101       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
Reserves replacement costs(4) (dollars per barrel)
    9.50       8.79       8.76       5.58       5.44       7.43  
               
 
                                               
United States
                                               
E&P costs (millions of dollars)
    3,541       3,473       2,299       2,274       1,992       2,716  
 
             
Liquids reserves additions
    140       (122 )     91       (102 )     (299 )     (58 )
Liquids production
    139       132       141       149       170       146  
 
             
Gas reserves additions
    484       (845 )     1,767       (930 )     2,134       522  
Gas production
    572       562       649       718       775       655  
 
             
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, excluding sales
    93       28       800       (117 )     73       175  
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, including sales
    90       22       788       (167 )     (40 )     138  
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, including sales
and year-end price/cost effects
    N.A.       (263 )     386       (257 )     57       N.A.  
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, including sales
and average price/year-end cost effects
    221       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
Oil-equivalent production
    234       226       249       268       299       255  
 
             
Reserves replacement ratio, excluding sales (percent)
    40       12       321             24       69  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales (percent)
    38       10       316                   54  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and year-end price/cost effects (percent)
    N.A.             155             19       N.A.  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales
and average price/year-end cost effects (percent)
    94       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
Reserves replacement costs(4) (dollars per barrel)
    38.08       124.04       2.87             27.29       15.48  
               
 
                                               
Worldwide
                                               
E&P costs (millions of dollars)
    21,526       17,568       13,526       14,385       12,434       15,888  
 
             
Liquids reserves additions
    515       1,811       459       1,315       495       919  
Liquids production
    870       879       953       976       917       919  
 
             
Gas reserves additions
    5,824       1,254       4,452       4,389       10,279       5,240  
Gas production
    3,696       3,637       3,750       3,736       3,734       3,711  
 
             
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, excluding sales
    1,987       1,632       2,081       2,055       1,991       1,949  
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, including sales
    1,982       1,532       1,591       1,951       1,726       1,756  
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, including sales and year-end price/cost effects
    N.A.       2,020       1,201       2,046       2,208       N.A.  
Oil-equivalent reserves additions, including sales and average price/year-end cost effects
    1,485       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
Oil-equivalent production
    1,486       1,485       1,578       1,598       1,539       1,537  
 
             
Reserves replacement ratio, excluding sales (percent)
    134       110       132       129       129       127  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales (percent)
    133       103       101       122       112       114  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales and year-end price/cost effects (percent)
    N.A.       136       76       128       143       N.A.  
Reserves replacement ratio, including sales and average price/year-end cost effects (percent)
    100       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.       N.A.  
Reserves replacement costs(4) (dollars per barrel)
    10.83       10.76       6.50       7.00       6.25       8.15  
               
 
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OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION EARNINGS
The revenue, cost, and earnings data are shown both on a total dollar and a unit basis, and are inclusive of non-consolidated and Canadian oil sands operations.
                                                                                         
    Total Revenues and Costs, Including Non-Consolidated Interests and Oil Sands     Revenues and Costs per Unit of Sales or Production(1)  
                                    Asia                                          
            Canada/                     Pacific/                           Canada/              
    United     South                     Middle     Russia/             United     South     Outside        
    States     America     Europe     Africa     East     Caspian     Total     States     America     Americas     Worldwide  
         
         
2009   (millions of dollars)   (dollars per unit of sales)
Revenue
                                                                                       
Liquids
    7,573       5,135       7,739       14,868       10,839       3,413       49,567       54.02       51.88       58.53       57.04  
Natural gas
    1,442       748       9,080       12       4,490       88       15,860       3.10       3.19       5.09       4.69  
             
 
                                                                                       
                                                            (dollars per barrel of net oil-equivalent production)
Total revenue
    9,015       5,883       16,819       14,880       15,329       3,501       65,427       41.41       43.02       46.74       45.58  
Less costs:
                                                                                       
Production costs excluding taxes
    2,736       2,428       2,923       2,027       1,518       366       11,998       12.57       17.75       6.32       8.36  
Depreciation and depletion
    1,833       948       2,246       2,293       829       548       8,697       8.42       6.93       5.47       6.06  
Exploration expenses
    220       339       387       662       340       86       2,034       1.01       2.48       1.36       1.42  
Taxes other than income
    767       78       2,826       1,343       3,247       116       8,377       3.52       0.57       6.97       5.83  
Related income tax
    1,127       597       5,179       4,667       5,548       632       17,750       5.18       4.37       14.83       12.37  
         
Results of producing activities
    2,332       1,493       3,258       3,888       3,847       1,753       16,571       10.71       10.92       11.79       11.54  
Other earnings(2)
    565       (605 )     325       81       111       (161 )     316       2.60       (4.43 )     0.33       0.22  
         
Total earnings, excluding power and coal
    2,897       888       3,583       3,969       3,958       1,592       16,887       13.31       6.49       12.12       11.76  
Power and coal
    (4 )                       224             220                                  
                                   
Total earnings
    2,893       888       3,583       3,969       4,182       1,592       17,107                                  
                                   
         
2008   (millions of dollars)   (dollars per unit of sales)
Revenue
                                                                                       
Liquids
    11,788       8,540       13,910       20,606       17,095       5,304       77,243       87.95       81.43       91.66       89.84  
Natural gas
    3,296       1,834       15,230       39       7,327       67       27,793       7.23       7.82       8.59       8.35  
             
 
                                                                                       
                                                            (dollars per barrel of net oil-equivalent production)
Total revenue
    15,084       10,374       29,140       20,645       24,422       5,371       105,036       71.73       71.23       73.74       73.19  
Less costs:
                                                                                       
Production costs excluding taxes
    2,675       2,625       3,051       1,603       1,267       457       11,678       12.72       18.03       5.91       8.14  
Depreciation and depletion
    1,427       1,043       2,662       2,471       906       504       9,013       6.79       7.16       6.06       6.28  
Exploration expenses
    189       251       183       439       341       60       1,463       0.90       1.72       0.95       1.02  
Taxes other than income
    2,021       81       4,248       1,815       6,017       105       14,287       9.61       0.55       11.29       9.95  
Related income tax
    3,191       1,813       11,979       8,119       9,926       1,164       36,192       15.17       12.45       28.90       25.22  
         
Results of producing activities
    5,581       4,561       7,017       6,198       5,965       3,081       32,403       26.54       31.32       20.63       22.58  
Other earnings(2)
    687       (997 )     2,860       212       (4 )     (12 )     2,746       3.27       (6.85 )     2.83       1.91  
         
Total earnings, excluding power and coal
    6,268       3,564       9,877       6,410       5,961       3,069       35,149       29.81       24.47       23.46       24.49  
Power and coal
    (25 )                       278             253                                  
                                   
Total earnings
    6,243       3,564       9,877       6,410       6,239       3,069       35,402                                  
                                   
 
(1)  The per-unit data are divided into two sections: (a) revenue per unit of sales from ExxonMobil’s own production; and, (b) operating costs and earnings per unit of net oil-equivalent production. Units for crude oil and natural gas liquids are barrels, while units for natural gas are thousands of cubic feet. The volumes of crude oil and natural gas liquids production and net natural gas production available for sale used in this calculation are shown on pages 66 and 67. The volumes of natural gas were converted to oil-equivalent barrels based on a conversion factor of 6 thousand cubic feet per barrel.
 
(2)  Includes earnings related to transportation operations, LNG liquefaction and transportation operations, sale of third-party purchases, technical services agreements, other nonoperating activities, and adjustments for minority interests.
 


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Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Earnings (continued)
                                                                                         
    Total Revenues and Costs, Including Non-Consolidated Interests and Oil Sands     Revenues and Costs per Unit of Sales or Production(1)  
                                    Asia                        
            Canada /                     Pacific /                           Canada /              
    United     South                     Middle     Russia /             United     South     Outside        
    States     America     Europe     Africa     East     Caspian     Total     States     America     Americas     Worldwide  
         
2007   (millions of dollars)   (dollars per unit of sales)
Revenue
                                                                                       
Liquids
    8,997       6,569       11,986       17,834       13,153       4,477       63,016       62.86       55.27       69.32       66.58  
Natural gas
    3,176       1,704       9,911       21       5,117       46       19,975       5.93       5.77       5.82       5.83  
             
 
                                                                                       
                                                            (dollars per barrel of net oil-equivalent production)
Total revenue
    12,173       8,273       21,897       17,855       18,270       4,523       82,991       52.42       49.40       55.55       54.40  
Less costs:
                                                                                       
Production costs excluding taxes
    2,275       2,206       3,243       1,180       1,046       383       10,333       9.80       13.17       5.20       6.77  
Depreciation and depletion
    1,493       1,256       2,657       2,101       861       540       8,908       6.43       7.50       5.47       5.85  
Exploration expenses
    282       273       170       470       226       81       1,502       1.21       1.63       0.84       0.98  
Taxes other than income
    1,347       126       2,528       1,599       4,045       86       9,731       5.80       0.75       7.33       6.38  
Related income tax
    2,429       1,190       8,190       7,263       7,437       1,034       27,543       10.46       7.11       21.25       18.05  
         
Results of producing activities
    4,347       3,222       5,109       5,242       4,655       2,399       24,974       18.72       19.24       15.46       16.37  
Other earnings(2)
    609       (504 )     944       277       (48 )     34       1,312       2.62       (3.01 )     1.07       0.86  
         
Total earnings, excluding power and coal
    4,956       2,718       6,053       5,519       4,607       2,433       26,286       21.34       16.23       16.53       17.23  
Power and coal
    (86 )                       297             211                                  
                                   
Total earnings
    4,870       2,718       6,053       5,519       4,904       2,433       26,497                                  
                                   
2006   (millions of dollars)   (dollars per unit of sales)
Revenue
                                                                                       
Liquids
    8,417       6,405       11,069       17,253       11,027       2,569       56,740       55.63       50.42       60.90       58.70  
Natural gas
    3,689       1,984       11,333             4,225       38       21,269       6.22       5.81       6.31       6.24  
             
 
                                                                                       
                                                            (dollars per barrel of net oil-equivalent production)
Total revenue
    12,106       8,389       22,402       17,253       15,252       2,607       78,009       48.41       45.07       51.80       50.44  
Less costs:
                                                                                       
Production costs excluding taxes
    2,367       2,075       2,669       965       892       233       9,201       9.46       11.15       4.29       5.95  
Depreciation and depletion
    1,264       1,123       2,354       2,096       747       373       7,957       5.06       6.03       5.02       5.14  
Exploration expenses
    247       172       169       330       157       116       1,191       0.99       0.92       0.70       0.77  
Taxes other than income
    833       146       2,885       1,612       5,048       66       10,590       3.33       0.79       8.66       6.85  
Related income tax
    2,711       1,258       8,667       6,878       4,687       596       24,797       10.84       6.76       18.76       16.03  
         
Results of producing activities
    4,684       3,615       5,658       5,372       3,721       1,223       24,273       18.73       19.42       14.37       15.70  
Other earnings(2)
    503       112       891       122       39       3       1,670       2.01       0.60       0.95       1.08  
         
Total earnings, excluding power and coal
    5,187       3,727       6,549       5,494       3,760       1,226       25,943       20.74       20.02       15.32       16.78  
Power and coal
    (19 )                       306             287                                  
                                   
Total earnings
    5,168       3,727       6,549       5,494       4,066       1,226       26,230                                  
                                   
2005   (millions of dollars)   (dollars per unit of sales)
Revenue
                                                                                       
Liquids
    8,081       5,907       9,841       12,333       6,396       1,819       44,377       46.29       41.34       51.00       48.59  
Natural gas
    4,633       2,530       9,095             3,165       21       19,444       7.30       6.90       5.17       5.76  
             
 
                                                                                       
                                                            (dollars per barrel of net oil-equivalent production)
Total revenue
    12,714       8,437       18,936       12,333       9,561       1,840       63,821       45.41       41.08       42.74       43.02  
Less costs:
                                                                                       
Production costs excluding taxes
    1,786       1,887       2,461       840       624       209       7,807       6.38       9.19       4.14       5.26  
Depreciation and depletion
    1,291       1,095       2,362       1,319       716       199       6,982       4.61       5.33       4.60       4.71  
Exploration expenses
    158       150       77       310       122       164       981       0.56       0.73       0.67       0.66  
Taxes other than income
    761       64       2,113       1,158       2,501       57       6,654       2.72       0.31       5.84       4.49  
Related income tax
    3,138       1,815       7,130       5,143       2,596       411       20,233       11.21       8.84       15.31       13.64  
         
Results of producing activities
    5,580       3,426       4,793       3,563       3,002       800       21,164       19.93       16.68       12.18       14.26  
Other earnings(2)
    633       (131 )     2,101       166       6       109       2,884       2.26       (0.64 )     2.39       1.95  
         
Total earnings, excluding power and coal
    6,213       3,295       6,894       3,729       3,008       909       24,048       22.19       16.04       14.57       16.21  
Power and coal
    (13 )                       314             301                                  
                                   
Total earnings
    6,200       3,295       6,894       3,729       3,322       909       24,349                                  
                                   
 
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Downstream
Refining & Supply, Fuels Marketing, and Lubricants & Specialties
DOWNSTREAM STRATEGIES
ExxonMobil’s Downstream encompasses a global portfolio of businesses that include Refining and Supply, Fuels Marketing, and Lubricants and Specialties. Our consistent business strategies are vital to achieving a sustained, competitive advantage:
  Maintain best-in-class operations, in all respects
 
  Provide quality, valued products and services to our customers
 
  Lead Industry In efficiency and effectiveness
  Capitalize on integration with other ExxonMobil businesses
 
  Selectively Invest for resilient, advantaged returns
 
  Maximize value from leading-edge technologies


In 2009, the industry refining and marketing business environment was very challenging, reflecting lower product demand driven by the recent global economic downturn and excess industry refining capacity. Throughout all types of business environments, ExxonMobil’s Downstream remains well-positioned to deliver industry-leading returns and long-term shareholder value.
 
ExxonMobil’s Singapore Refinery is an important provider of fuel products and lube basestocks to the growing Asia Pacific region and is the largest refinery in the ExxonMobil global refining circuit with over 600 thousand barrels per day of crude distillation capacity.


 


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2009 Results and Highlights
Best-ever lost-time incident rate for combined employee and contractor workforce.
Earnings were $1.8 billion, reflecting a weak industry margin environment.
Return on average capital employed was 7 percent, averaging 29 percent over the last five years.
Downstream capital expenditures were $3.2 billion in 2009, including investments in growth markets and environmentally driven expenditures.
Petroleum product sales were 6.4 million barrels per day, down 5 percent from 2008, reflecting lower worldwide demand for fuel products and asset divestments.
Downstream Return on Average Capital Employed
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Started up Fujian expansion project, expanding the refinery capacity from 80 thousand barrels per day to a 240-thousand-barrels-per-day, high-conversion facility.
Completed commissioning of new cogeneration units totaling 375 megawatts, reflecting a 250-megawatt cogeneration facility in Fujian Province, China, and a 125-megawatt cogeneration unit in Antwerp, Belgium, which were installed to improve refinery efficiency.
Achieved record sales for Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil and introduced a new product line of Mobil SHC synthetic industrial oils, building on ExxonMobil’s leading position in the synthetic lubricant market.
Announced an alliance with a leading biotech company, Synthetic Genomics Inc., to research and develop next-generation biofuels from photosynthetic algae.
 
DOWNSTREAM COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
Portfolio Quality • We are the world’s largest global refiner, manufacturer of lube basestocks, and supplier/marketer of petroleum products. Our large, world-class facilities are located in major markets around the world.
Global Integration • Over 75 percent of our refining capacity is integrated with our lubes and/or chemical businesses. Our global functional organization facilitates efficient development and deployment of global best practices and new technologies.
Discipline and Consistency • Systematic processes and corresponding efficient execution have established us as an industry leader in operational excellence and cost effectiveness.
Value Maximization • Proprietary Molecule Management technology enables us to optimize raw material selection and processing, and maximize yields of higher-value products.
Long-Term Perspective • We maintain a disciplined, long-term approach to managing capital employed. Our ongoing evaluation of the Downstream portfolio has resulted in numerous divestments over the past five years, and we remain focused on investing in resilient, advantaged projects.


                                         
  DOWNSTREAM STATISTICAL RECAP   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Earnings (millions of dollars)
    1,781       8,151       9,573       8,454       7,992  
Refinery throughput (thousands of barrels per day)
    5,350       5,416       5,571       5,603       5,723  
Petroleum product sales(1) (thousands of barrels per day)
    6,428       6,761       7,099       7,247       7,519  
Average capital employed(2) (millions of dollars)
    25,099       25,627       25,314       23,628       24,680  
Return on average capital employed(2) (percent)
    7.1       31.8       37.8       35.8       32.4  
Capital expenditures (millions of dollars)
    3,196       3,529       3,303       2,729       2,495  
 
(1)  Petroleum product sales data are reported net of purchases/sales contracts with the same counterparty.
 
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Refining & Supply

ExxonMobil Refining & Supply operates a global integrated network of reliable and efficient refineries, marine vessels, pipelines, and distribution centers that provides transportation fuels, lubricants, feedstocks, and other high-value products to our customers around the world.
Our proven business model is to pursue operating excellence while leveraging our global scale and integration across our business to capture cost efficiencies and improve margins. Our global supply organization optimizes our network, including selection and procurement of raw materials for our refineries, supply of products to our customers, and placement of our equity crudes. We are meeting the growing demand for high-quality products through selective capital investments that yield a competitive advantage.
 
     
  Largest Global Refiner
  Refinery Interests
  37 
  Distillation Capacity (barrels per day)
  6.3 million 
  Lube Basestock Capacity (barrels per day)
  143 thousand 
  Crude Oil and Product Tanker Interests (>1kDWT)
  11 
  Major Petroleum Products Terminals
  186 
Pursuing Operational Excellence
Personnel and operations safety remain our top priorities. Our Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS) provides the framework to ensure safe and reliable operations. We continue to improve safety by focusing on human factors that underpin most incidents. We are emphasizing personal safety awareness, accountability, and adherence to proven standards and practices supported by increasing field observations and training. An example is our Contractor Short Service Worker Orientation that provides improved safety awareness to contractors new to our sites. In addition, we are completing implementation of the Loss Prevention System (LPS), a standardized set of integrated behavioral-based safety tools
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across our operations. We are improving operations safety and reliability by identifying and reducing risks inherent in our businesses, while enhancing our facilities, systems, and worker competencies.
We are driving continuous improvement in other areas that impact operations including equipment reliability, security, environmental performance, and business controls. Improvements are being made through selective investments, global management systems, best practice sharing, peer networks, and most importantly, through the commitment of our people. These processes and efficient execution have established us as an industry leader in operational excellence.


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Leveraging Global Scale and Integration
ExxonMobil is the world’s largest refiner, with the most distillation, conversion, and lube basestock production capacity. We have a strong presence in mature markets around the world as well as a growing presence in the high-growth Asia Pacific region. Our refineries are more than 60 percent larger than the industry average with more conversion capacity and more integration with chemical and lubes operations. This scale and integration advantage provides us greater flexibility to optimize operations, and to produce higher-value products with lower feedstock and operating costs. We use an integrated approach when developing new business opportunities, such as our refining, petrochemicals, and fuels marketing ventures in Fujian Province, China; and when supporting Upstream ventures such as Syncrude in Alberta, Canada.
Combined with our scale and business integration, our global functional organization, established networks, and extensive research programs ensure rapid and efficient development and deployment of best practices and technology. We use Integrated Business Teams, which combine refining, supply, logistics, and marketing expertise to optimize margin capture and maximize shareholder value.
Our global scale and level of integration are structural advantages that are difficult for competitors to replicate.
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Throughout the business cycle, we continue to focus on identifying margin improvements and operating efficiencies that underpin our leading financial performance.
Maintaining Capital Discipline
We continue to take a disciplined and long-term approach to the management of our capital employed while sustaining industry-leading returns. This approach includes selective and resilient investments as well as asset divestments. We continue to evaluate our portfolio during all parts of the business cycle, reflected by our divestments of selected refineries and logistics assets over the past decade. Our capital investment program includes projects to produce higher-value products and chemical feedstocks, process lower-cost raw materials, lower operating costs, meet new product quality requirements and demands, reduce environmental impact, and further upgrade safety systems.
In 2009, ExxonMobil and our partners started up new facilities that tripled the size of our joint venture refinery in Fujian Province, China, and a new joint venture condensate refinery in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, to meet the growing demand for products in Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
To increase capacity and improve product yields at existing sites, we focus on expansions and low-cost debottleneck projects that generate attractive returns over a range of market conditions. For example, we expanded the hydrocracker capacity at our Singapore Refinery. Additionally, in 2009, we completed construction and successfully started up several projects to produce lower-sulfur diesel fuel in North and South America. We started construction at our Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Baytown, Texas; and Antwerp, Belgium, refineries on projects to increase lower-sulfur diesel fuel production by 50 percent, or approximately 6 million gallons per day, representing a total investment of over $1 billion. When completed in 2010, this increased production will be equivalent to the diesel produced from about four average-size refineries.


 


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ExxonMobil’s Capital Project System, EMCAPS, continues to provide industry-leading performance in project development and execution. Over the last nine years, our project costs were 5 to 10 percent lower than the refining industry, as confirmed by external benchmarking. We strive to improve our project execution efficiency by leveraging our global scale and utilizing a rigorous post-project appraisal process to capture lessons learned and continuously improve our project management system.
Increasing Margins
We improve margins by focusing on three key areas: economically growing production, reducing raw material costs, and increasing product realizations.
Production Growth We strive to increase production by maximizing the economic utilization of our existing refining capacity. We focus on improving reliability, identifying and eliminating operating constraints, optimizing planned maintenance and intervals between planned downtimes, and expanding market outlets. These improvements are driven by the disciplined application of our proprietary Global Reliability System and Molecule Management technology. We also selectively invest in capacity expansions and debottlenecks.
Raw Materials We continue to increase operational flexibility and reduce raw material costs. For example, by expanding the application of advanced molecular fingerprinting and modeling technologies, we improve our understanding of the behavior and characteristics of raw materials processed in our refineries. This technology enables us to more precisely select and blend crudes and feedstocks with properties that will maximize yields and margins throughout our operating facilities.
ExxonMobil is an industry leader in processing challenged crudes, running about twice as much
ExxonMobil Raw Material Flexibility
Challenged Crudes
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as industry on a percentage basis. These crudes are difficult to handle or process because they have properties such as acid corrosivity, high nitrogen content, and other impurities. Because of these characteristics, they are discounted in the marketplace and running them in our refineries improves our financial results. Since 2004, we have increased challenged crudes processing by over 50 percent.
Products In addition to improving raw material selection, our Molecule Management technology ensures that the highest-value products are produced. This is especially important at our integrated sites to ensure value is maximized across our functional businesses of fuels, lubricants, and chemicals. Our processing models enable us to optimize, at a molecular level, the entire manufacturing site as well as individual process units on a real-time basis to increase yields and the blending of higher-value products. Sales of these products are optimized by our Integrated Business Teams.


EXPANDING HEAVY CRUDE OIL PROCESSING
Pegasus Pipeline Expansion
In 2009, ExxonMobil expanded the capacity of our 858-mile Pegasus Pipeline by 50 percent, or about 30 thousand barrels per day. The pipeline operates from Patoka, Illinois, to Nederland, Texas, and has enabled the transportation of additional Canadian crude from the Midwest to Gulf Coast refineries, including our refineries at Beaumont and Baytown, Texas. The expansion project included the reactivation and enhancement of several pump stations along the pipeline and capitalized on the successful Pegasus Pipeline system reversal that began moving Canadian crude shipments to the Gulf Coast in 2006. Operational enhancements, such as new leak detection technology, were also incorporated to support our focus on operational excellence.
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Improving Operating Efficiency
Worldwide cash operating costs at our refineries are substantially below the industry average, as confirmed by external benchmarking. Our company’s average cash operating costs have been within the first quartile of individual refineries since 2004, and we continue to widen our operating expense advantage versus industry. We achieve industry-leading cost performance by reducing energy use and leveraging our scale and integration as well as our leading-edge technologies to generate cost efficiencies.
Energy Initiatives Improved energy efficiency is a key contributor to our cost performance, and we have consistently outpaced industry in this area. ExxonMobil’s proprietary Global Energy Management System (GEMS) focuses on opportunities that reduce the energy consumed at our refineries and chemical plants. Savings equal to 15 to 20 percent of the energy consumed at our manufacturing sites have been identified to date using GEMS. Through 2009, we have captured over 60 percent of these savings.
We continue to make significant investments in cogeneration facilities that simultaneously produce electricity and useful heat or steam. With the latest technology, cogeneration is significantly more efficient than traditional methods of producing steam and power separately, and results in lower emissions. In 2009, we completed commissioning of a 125-megawatt unit in Antwerp, Belgium, and started up a 250-megawatt facility in Fujian Province, China.
Cost Efficiencies In addition to energy improvement, we capture cost savings through economies of scale. For example, we use shared organizations to support operations at our integrated refining and chemical sites and continue to progress our global training initiative to improve overall workforce productivity. We are also implementing new maintenance technologies to improve productivity and reduce costs.
Our global procurement organization contributes to our competitive advantage. By capitalizing on our purchasing scale, market intelligence, global best practices, and a strong partnership with other ExxonMobil business units, our manufacturing sites are supplied with lower-cost materials and services.
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Fuels Marketing
 

ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing creates long-term value by selling high-quality products and services daily to millions of customers across the globe, providing a secure, ratable, and profitable outlet for our refineries.
Fuels Marketing continues to be well-positioned to successfully compete in a dynamic and competitive marketplace by focusing on key business fundamentals: superior safety and environmental performance, efficiency improvements from global scale and integration, disciplined portfolio restructuring and capital management, and customer-focused marketing initiatives.
Fuel products and services are channeled through our four business lines (Retail, Industrial and Wholesale, Aviation and Marine), providing flexibility and resiliency to adapt to market opportunities.
         
   Diverse Customer Base with Global Reach        
   Service Stations
    ~ 28,000  
   Commercial Customers
  1 million
Retail As the largest of the four business channels, Retail represents half of Fuels Marketing sales. Enhancements to the retail offer are made by utilizing our extensive global network of expertise and coverage. We continue to identify opportunities to become a more efficient competitor. An example of this is the conversion of our remaining U.S. company-owned stations to a branded distributor business model, allowing us to continue to meet our customers’ needs while capturing attractive growth opportunities.
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Industrial and Wholesale As the second largest sales channel in Fuels Marketing, Industrial and Wholesale serves a diverse portfolio of customers worldwide, including transportation fleets, power generation companies, the agriculture sector, manufacturers, and mining operations.
Aviation ExxonMobil is one of the world’s leading suppliers of jet fuel. Our products and services play an important role in the transportation of people and goods for commercial airlines, general aviation, and the military.
Marine Operating in ports across the globe, Marine provides fuel to the maritime industry, including bulk and container carriers, tankers, ferries, and cruise ships.


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Operating Strengths and Efficiencies
We continuously look for ways to improve our Fuels Marketing business channels. This begins with leveraging the company’s operating strengths in the areas of safety, environmental performance, and business controls. Efficiency improvements continue to reduce operating expenses through the global application of processes and centralization of support activities. The combined impact of our initiatives and portfolio highgrading activities more than offsets inflation.
One important focus area is management of credit exposure. Fuels Marketing’s portfolio generates significant revenue, which is managed with disciplined global credit practices. Through sound
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Disciplined Capital Management
The ExxonMobil capital management strategy combines selective investments with disciplined asset highgrading to optimize the productivity of our business.
Our investment decisions are complemented by selective divestments that highgrade our asset base and improve long-term financial returns. In addition, our restructuring activities continue to enhance integration with our refining assets.
This disciplined and consistent approach has improved our capital productivity by more than 40 percent since 2005.
Integration
Downstream cross-functional teams work together to improve the value of ExxonMobil’s refined products. We continue to leverage integration with Refining and Supply across our four Fuels Marketing business channels. Integrated Business Teams evaluate product placement alternatives in each market around the world, optimizing sales to higher-value channels. Common work processes, tools, and analytical methodologies enable the Integrated Business Teams to achieve these results.


 


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Lubricants & Specialties
ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties provides long-term value by being both the No. 1 supplier of lube basestocks and the market leader of high-technology and globally recognized synthetic lubricant brands. We are also a leading supplier of asphalt and specialty oil products manufactured across our global network of refineries.
At the forefront of our high-technology finished lubricant brands are Mobil 1 and Mobil SHC. Major automotive and industrial equipment manufacturers trust us to deliver value through leading-edge technology that protects engines and equipment. Our products provide sustainable solutions such as energy efficiency, fuel economy, and extended equipment life, while maintaining peak performance.
To help deliver this value, we have a worldwide organization that utilizes efficient global processes to focus on delivering a reliable supply of products and technical expertise to customers and distributors around the world.
Technology Leadership
Technology leadership allows ExxonMobil to offer innovative products and services that help deliver tangible performance and sustainability-related benefits for both consumers and industry.
Our products have been developed and manufactured through many decades of close relationships with original equipment manufacturers. In motorsports, for example, we develop products that are able to withstand severe performance tests. Our technology was recognized in 2009 by receiving the Thomas A. Edison Patent Award for Mobil 1 Emission System Protection (ESP), which was specifically formulated to help protect engine and emission systems of diesel cars.
Technology leadership is also demonstrated by lubrication advancements we have made in the wind turbine industry that helps supply some
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of the world’s growing energy demands. Mobilgear SHC XMP synthetic gear oil is valued by manufacturers and operators of wind turbines due to its performance qualities in extreme operating conditions. Approximately 60 percent of gear-driven wind turbine manufacturers use Mobil-branded industrial lubricants in their products.
World-Class Brands
Technology leadership, supply reliability, and customer trust underpin the commercial success of our brands.


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Our globally recognized synthetic oil brands continue to grow in this high-value sector of the market.
Endorsements of Mobil 1 oil by the makers of advanced and prestigious cars such as Aston Martin, Bentley, Mercedes, Porsche, Cadillac, Corvette, and Lexus continue to strengthen our position as the market leader in synthetic oils. These relationships also demonstrate the implicit value of our products to these high-performance cars. For example, Mobil 1 became the factory and service-fill endorsed oil for the new 2010 Porsche Panamera, which will be among the first vehicles to be equipped with automatic start/stop functionality that helps enhance fuel economy.
We work with automakers and industrial equipment manufacturers to have the Mobil brand visibly labeled on engines and equipment. This helps position the importance of using our high-technology oils to end users, as well as demonstrating strong endorsements by equipment manufacturers and operators.
Strategic Global Alliances
ExxonMobil has strong and established relationships with strategic and global partners including Mercedes-Benz, Caterpillar, Toyota, and Volvo.
Alliances with global manufacturers allow our technological experts to collaborate with engineers in industry. This enables us to understand the future performance demands of our customers, which helps us provide technological solutions and set in place the deployment of tomorrow’s technology today.
Integration and Operating Efficiencies
As a leading producer of lube basestocks and high-performance synthetic lubricants, we continue to leverage the strong integration between our Refining and Supply, Chemical, and Lubricants and Specialties businesses. We maintain a disciplined approach to improving the productivity of our asset portfolio while capturing operational efficiencies such as those in support services. The combination of our integration advantages, portfolio management, continued focus on efficiency, as well as further development of our leading-edge technology results in a resilient business model.
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Continued Growth in Emerging Markets
We have demonstrated sustained growth and continue to invest in emerging markets such as China, India, and Russia.
In India, we have signed an agreement with Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest passenger car manufacturer. Maruti Suzuki has exclusively approved Mobil 1 in their synthetic oil category for multipoint fuel injection engines.
ExxonMobil continues our Mobil 1 Lube Change Center expansion in Asia Pacific where we opened our 1500th center in 2009.
Building on our technology, world-class brands, and strategic relationships, ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties is well-positioned for the future.


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Demand in China for petroleum and petrochemical products is expected to grow through 2030. To help meet this demand, ExxonMobil and our partners have invested more than $4.5 billion in the Fujian Refinery and Petrochemical Complex. A second joint venture provides motor-fuel produced by the refinery to more than 750 service stations. Our Lubricants and Specialties business is also expanding in China and recently opened the 1000th Mobil 1 Lube Change Center.
Refining
In 2009, ExxonMobil and our partners completed the new world-class Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Complex. The joint venture, consisting of Sinopec, Fujian Province, Saudi Aramco, and ExxonMobil, is China’s first fully integrated refining, petrochemical, and fuels marketing project with foreign participation. Tripling Fujian’s existing refining capacity from 80 to 240 thousand barrels per day, the refinery will primarily refine and process sour Arabian crude. Support operations include a 300,000 tonne crude berth and a 250-megawatt cogeneration plant that will provide more than 50 percent of the power needs in the complex. In addition, the grassroots petrochemical complex features an 800-thousand-tonnes-per-year ethylene steam cracker, an 800-thousand-tonnes-per-year polyethylene unit, a 400-thousand-tonnes-per-year polypropylene unit, and facilities to produce 700 thousand tonnes per year of paraxylene.
Fuels Marketing
A second joint venture, owned by Sinopec, ExxonMobil, and Saudi Aramco, is developing Fujian’s fuels marketing infrastructure. This venture markets diesel and motor-gasoline produced by the refinery through a network of distribution terminals and more than 750 service stations.
Lubricants and Specialties
Within our Lubricants and Specialties business, we manufacture, market, and sell finished lubricants in China. We produce a full range of premium quality lubricants at two lube oil blend plants and distribute our products using a network of key distributors. In 2009, we opened our 1000th Mobil 1 Lube Change Center. We continue to expand our network of these centers to serve a rapidly growing base of car owners in China. ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties has a strategy to invest in high-opportunity markets such as China.
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Downstream Operating Statistics
THROUGHPUT, CAPACITY, AND UTILIZATION (1)
                                         
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
                                       
Refinery Throughput(2) (thousands of barrels per day)
                                       
United States
    1,767       1,702       1,746       1,760       1,794  
Canada
    413       446       442       442       466  
Europe
    1,548       1,601       1,642       1,672       1,672  
Japan
    556       563       618       649       691  
Asia Pacific excluding Japan
    772       789       798       785       799  
Middle East/Latin America/Other
    294       315       325       295       301  
         
Total worldwide
    5,350       5,416       5,571       5,603       5,723  
         
 
                                       
Average Refinery Capacity(3) (thousands of barrels per day)
                             
United States
    1,970       1,967       1,963       1,957       1,949  
Canada
    502       502       502       502       502  
Europe
    1,742       1,740       1,759       1,817       1,803  
Japan
    680       702       769       769       769  
Asia Pacific excluding Japan
    1,006       992       983       971       997  
Middle East/Latin America/Other
    331       330       330       329       323  
         
Total worldwide
    6,231       6,233       6,306       6,345       6,343  
         
 
                                       
Utilization of Refining Capacity (percent)
                                       
United States
    90       87       89       90       92  
Canada
    82       89       88       88       93  
Europe
    89       92       93       92       93  
Japan
    82       80       80       84       90  
Asia Pacific excluding Japan
    77       80       81       81       80  
Middle East/Latin America/Other
    89       95       98       90       93  
         
Total worldwide
    86       87       88       88       90  
         
 
(1)  Excludes ExxonMobil’s interest in the Laffan Refinery in Qatar and ExxonMobil’s minor interests in certain small refineries.
 
(2)  Refinery throughput includes 100 percent of crude oil and feedstocks sent directly to atmospheric distillation units in operations of ExxonMobil and majority-owned subsidiaries. For companies owned 50 percent or less, throughput includes the greater of either crude and feedstocks processed for ExxonMobil or ExxonMobil’s equity interest in raw material inputs.
 
(3)  Refinery capacity is the stream-day capability to process inputs to atmospheric distillation units under normal operating conditions, less the impact of shutdowns for regular repair and maintenance activities, averaged over an extended period of time. These annual averages include partial-year impacts for capacity additions or deletions during the year. Any idle capacity that cannot be made operable in a month or less has been excluded. Capacity volumes include 100 percent of the capacity of refinery facilities managed by ExxonMobil or majority-owned subsidiaries. At facilities of companies owned 50 percent or less, the greater of either that portion of capacity normally available to ExxonMobil or ExxonMobil’s equity interest is included.
 
Low-Sulfur Gasoline and Diesel Facility Start-Ups
         
2009
  Location
Import Facilities
  Campana, Argentina
Distillate Hydrotreater Upgrade
  Strathcona, Canada
Gasoil Hydrotreater and Hydrocracker
  Fujian, China
         
2010 (Anticipated)   Location
Distillate Hydrotreater
  Antwerp, Belgium
Distillate Hydrotreater
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Distillate Hydrotreater
  Baytown, Texas


 

 


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REFINING CAPACITY AT YEAR-END 2009(1)
                                                                           
                      ExxonMobil     Capacity at 100%   ExxonMobil  
                      Share     Atmospheric   Catalytic           Residuum           Interest  
(thousands of barrels per day)               KBD(2)     Distillation   Cracking   Hydrocracking   Conversion(3)   Lubricants(4)   %  
 
                                                                         
United States                                                                  
Torrance
  California     l         150       150       83       21       52       0       100  
Joliet
  Illinois     l 5       238       238       94       0       56       0       100  
Baton Rouge
  Louisiana   n l         504       504       231       25       116       16       100  
Chalmette
  Louisiana     l 5       97       193       72       19       38       0       50  
Billings
  Montana     l         60       60       21       6       10       0       100  
Baytown
  Texas   n l         576       576       205       26       88       22       100  
Beaumont
  Texas   n l         345       345       113       60       46       10       100  
Total United States
              1,970       2,066       819       157       406       48          
   
 
Canada                                                                  
Strathcona
  Alberta               187       187       63       0       0       2       69.6  
Dartmouth
  Nova Scotia       5       82       82       31       0       0       0       69.6  
Nanticoke
  Ontario       5       112       112       48       0       0       0       69.6  
Sarnia
  Ontario   n l         121       121       30       18       25       6       69.6  
Total Canada
              502       502       172       18       25       8          
   
 
Europe                                                                  
Antwerp
  Belgium   n l         305       305       35       0       0       0       100  
Dunkirk
  France               0       0       0       0       0       6       60  
Fos-sur-Mer
  France     l 5       119       119       31       0       0       0       82.9  
Port-Jerome-
                                                                         
Gravenchon
  France   n l         233       233       39       0       0       13       82.9  
Karlsruhe
  Germany     l 5       78       310       86       0       29       0       25  
Augusta
  Italy     l 5       198       198       50       0       0       14       100  
Trecate
  Italy     l 5       174       174       34       0       0       0       75.4  
Rotterdam
  The Netherlands   n l         191       191       0       52       41       0       100  
Slagen
  Norway               116       116       0       0       32       0       100  
Fawley
  United Kingdom   n l         329       329       89       0       37       9       100  
Total Europe
              1,743       1,975       364       52       139       42          
   
 
Japan                                                                  
Chiba
  Japan     l         86       172       33       39       0       0       50  
Kawasaki
  Japan   n l         296       296       87       23       0       0       50  
Sakai
  Japan     l 5       139       139       40       0       0       0       50  
Wakayama
  Japan     l 5       160       160       37       0       0       7       50  
Total Japan
              681       767       197       62       0       7          
   
 
n   Integrated refinery and chemical complex
 
l   Cogeneration capacity
 
5   Refineries with some chemical production
 
(1)   Capacity data is based on 100 percent of rated refinery process unit stream-day capacities under normal operating conditions, less the impact of shutdowns for regular repair and maintenance activities, averaged over an extended period of time.
 
(2)   ExxonMobil share reflects 100 percent of atmospheric distillation capacity in operations of ExxonMobil and majority-owned subsidiaries. For companies owned 50 percent or less, ExxonMobil share is the greater of ExxonMobil’s equity interest or that portion of distillation capacity normally available to ExxonMobil.
 
(3)   Includes thermal cracking, visbreaking, coking, and hydrorefining processes.
 
(4)   Lubes capacity based on dewaxed oil production.
 
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REFINING CAPACITY AT YEAR-END 2009(1) (continued)
                                                                         
                      ExxonMobil     Capacity at 100%   ExxonMobil
                      Share     Atmospheric   Catalytic           Residuum           Interest
(thousands of barrels per day)             KBD(1)     Distillation   Cracking   Hydrocracking   Conversion(3)   Lubricants(4)   %
 
                                                                       
Asia Pacific excluding Japan                                                      
Altona
  Australia               78       78       29       0       0       0       100
Fujian
  China     n l       60       240       38       46       10       0       25
Port Dickson
  Malaysia               86       86       0       0       0       0       65
Whangarei
  New Zealand               27       134       0       31       0       0       19.2
Jurong/PAC
  Singapore     n l       605       605       0       36       106       38       100
Sriracha
  Thailand     n l       174       174       42       0       0       0       66
Total Asia Pacific excluding Japan
  1,030       1,317       109       113       116       38        
 
 
Middle East                                                          
Laffan(5)
  Qatar               14       139       0       0       0       0       10
Yanbu
  Saudi Arabia               200       400       91       0       46       0       50
Total Middle East
              214       539       91       0       46       0        
 
 
                                                                       
Latin America/Other                                                          
Campana
  Argentina       l 5     87       87       27       0       24       0       100
Acajutla
  El Salvador               22       22       0       0       0       0       65
Martinique
  Martinique               2       17       0       0       0       0       14.5
Managua
  Nicaragua         5     20       20       0       0       0       0       100
Total Latin America/Other
  131       146       27       0       24       0        
 
Total worldwide       6,271       7,312       1,779       402       756       143        
 
 
n   Integrated refinery and chemical complex
 
l   Cogeneration capacity
 
5   Refineries with some chemical production
 
(1)   Capacity data is based on 100 percent of rated refinery process unit stream-day capacities under normal operating conditions, less the impact of shutdowns for regular repair and maintenance activities, averaged over an extended period of time.
 
(2)   ExxonMobil share reflects 100 percent of atmospheric distillation capacity in operations of ExxonMobil and majority-owned subsidiaries. For companies owned 50 percent or less, ExxonMobil share is the greater of ExxonMobil’s equity interest or that portion of distillation capacity normally available to ExxonMobil.
 
(3)   Includes thermal cracking, visbreaking, coking, and hydrorefining processes.
 
(4)   Lubes capacity based on dewaxed oil production.
 
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PETROLEUM PRODUCT SALES(1) BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA
                                       
(thousands of barrels per day)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005
 
                                     
United States
                                     
Motor gasoline, naphthas
    1,425       1,449       1,601       1,598       1,646
Heating oils, kerosene, diesel oils
    517       501       470       520       494
Aviation fuels
    207       224       235       236       259
Heavy fuels
    106       108       121       81       90
Lubricants, specialty, and other petroleum products
    268       258       290       294       333
Total United States
    2,523       2,540       2,717       2,729       2,822
       
Canada
                                     
Motor gasoline, naphthas
    199       203       207       204       209
Heating oils, kerosene, diesel oils
    119       131       139       143       145
Aviation fuels
    23       25       25       24       25
Heavy fuels
    27       30       33       32       37
Lubricants, specialty, and other petroleum products
    45       55       57       70       82
Total Canada
    413       444       461       473       498
       
Europe
                                     
Motor gasoline, naphthas
    409       409       414       427       424
Heating oils, kerosene, diesel oils
    710       730       723       738       734
Aviation fuels
    127       149       177       188       182
Heavy fuels
    175       183       220       202       204
Lubricants, specialty, and other petroleum products
    204       241       239       258       280
Total Europe
    1,625       1,712       1,773       1,813       1,824
       
Asia Pacific
                                     
Motor gasoline, naphthas
    379       378       403       409       421
Heating oils, kerosene, diesel oils
    455       467       477       493       535
Aviation fuels
    116       123       111       106       112
Heavy fuels
    234       238       276       288       285
Lubricants, specialty, and other petroleum products
    145       153       152       165       208
Total Asia Pacific
    1,329       1,359       1,419       1,461       1,561
       
Latin America
                                     
Motor gasoline, naphthas
    83       139       151       160       166
Heating oils, kerosene, diesel oils
    113       161       173       180       188
Aviation fuels
    28       45       48       48       47
Heavy fuels
    33       47       48       55       48
Lubricants, specialty, and other petroleum products
    22       27       27       26       24
Total Latin America
    279       419       447       469       473
       
Middle East/Africa
                                     
Motor gasoline, naphthas
    78       76       74       68       91
Heating oils, kerosene, diesel oils
    99       106       112       117       134
Aviation fuels
    35       41       45       49       51
Heavy fuels
    23       30       17       24       25
Lubricants, specialty, and other petroleum products
    24       34       34       44       40
Total Middle East/Africa
    259       287       282       302       341
       
Worldwide
                                     
Motor gasoline, naphthas
    2,573       2,654       2,850       2,866       2,957
Heating oils, kerosene, diesel oils
    2,013       2,096       2,094       2,191       2,230
Aviation fuels
    536       607       641       651       676
Heavy fuels
    598       636       715       682       689
Lubricants, specialty, and other petroleum products
    708       768       799       857       967
       
Total worldwide(2)
    6,428       6,761       7,099       7,247       7,519
       
 
(1)   Petroleum product sales include 100 percent of the sales of ExxonMobil and majority-owned subsidiaries, and the ExxonMobil equity interest in sales by companies owned 50 percent or less.
 
(2)   Net of purchases/sales contracts with the same counterparty.
 


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PETROLEUM PRODUCT SALES(1)
                                       
(thousands of barrels per day)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005
 
                                     
Market and Supply Sales(1)
                                     
Market sales
                                     
Motor gasoline, naphthas
    1,795       1,926       2,077       2,133       2,186
Heating oils, kerosene, diesel oils
    1,255       1,372       1,448       1,544       1,618
Aviation fuels
    290       365       408       440       475
Heavy fuels
    289       329       383       396       387
Lubricants, specialty, and other petroleum products
    257       283       297       323       316
Total market sales
    3,886       4,275       4,613       4,836       4,982
       
Total supply sales
    2,542       2,486       2,486       2,411       2,537
       
Total market and supply sales(2)
    6,428       6,761       7,099       7,247       7,519
       
 
(1)   Market sales are to retail site dealers, consumers (including government and military), jobbers, and small resellers. Supply sales are to large oil marketers, large unbranded resellers, and other oil companies.
 
(2)   Net of purchases/sales contracts with the same counterparty.
RETAIL SITES
                                       
(number of sites at year end)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005
 
                                     
United States
                                     
Owned/leased
    1,921       2,155       2,225       2,375       2,544
Distributors/resellers
    8,295       8,296       8,679       8,742       8,992
Total United States
    10,216       10,451       10,904       11,117       11,536
       
Canada
                                     
Owned/leased
    518       557       583       613       690
Distributors/resellers
    1,326       1,314       1,327       1,327       1,288
Total Canada
    1,844       1,871       1,910       1,940       1,978
       
Europe
                                     
Owned/leased
    4,153       4,131       4,249       4,508       4,569
Distributors/resellers
    2,674       2,796       2,843       2,886       3,022
Total Europe
    6,827       6,927       7,092       7,394       7,591
       
Asia Pacific
                                     
Owned/leased
    2,305       2,416       2,568       2,696       2,795
Distributors/resellers
    3,960       4,253       4,844       5,368       5,662
Total Asia Pacific
    6,265       6,669       7,412       8,064       8,457
       
Latin America
                                     
Owned/leased
    587       776       1,196       1,246       1,325
Distributors/resellers
    1,350       1,372       2,885       3,008       3,155
Total Latin America
    1,937       2,148       4,081       4,254       4,480
       
Middle East/Africa
                                     
Owned/leased
    481       481       625       713       933
Distributors/resellers
    150       127       362       366       457
Total Middle East/Africa
    631       608       987       1,079       1,390
       
Worldwide
                                     
Owned/leased
    9,965       10,516       11,446       12,151       12,856
Distributors/resellers
    17,755       18,158       20,940       21,697       22,576
       
Total worldwide
    27,720       28,674       32,386       33,848       35,432
       

 

 


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Chemical
CHEMICAL STRATEGIES
ExxonMobil Chemical has delivered industry-leading performance through disciplined implementation of strategies that have been proven over numerous business cycles. We remain committed to these strategies through changing business environments:
  Focus on businesses that capitalize on core competencies
 
  Consistently deliver best-in-class performance
 
  Build proprietary technology positions
 
  Capture full benefits of integration across ExxonMobil operations
 
  Selectively invest in advantaged projects
These strategies reflect ExxonMobil’s ongoing commitment to the petrochemical business. Together with our core business practices and focus on operations integrity, they remain the foundation for our business, and ultimately, our performance.
 
ExxonMobil Chemical is a partner in the Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Company which started up a world-scale, fully integrated petrochemical complex to supply demand growth in China.
 


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2009 Results and Highlights
Lost-time incident rate reduced by 50 percent over the past five years for our combined employee and contractor workforce.
Earnings were $2.3 billion, reflecting competitive advantages from our global portfolio, high degree of integration, and advantaged feedstock.
Return on average capital employed was 14 percent, averaging 18 percent over the last 10 years, exceeding the average of our major chemical competitors across the business cycle.
Prime product sales of 24.8 million tonnes were 1 percent lower than 2008, reflecting lower global demand and broad supply chain inventory destocking at the beginning of the year.
Chemical Return on Average Capital Employed
(Graph)
 
(1) Includes the chemical segments of Royal Dutch Shell (through 2008), BP (through 2004), and Chevron, as well as Dow Chemical, the sole publicly traded chemical-only competitor with a significant portfolio overlap. Competitor values are estimated on a consistent basis with ExxonMobil, based on public information.


Chemical capital expenditures were $3.1 billion,
as construction progressed on our world-scale expansion in Singapore. We continued disciplined investment in specialty business growth and high-return efficiency projects.
Started up a fully integrated, world-scale facility in Fujian Province, China, that included an 800-thousand-tonnes-per-year ethylene steam cracker and associated polyethylene, polypropylene, and paraxylene units.
 

CHEMICAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
Portfolio Quality Our unique mix of Chemical businesses delivers superior performance relative to competition throughout the business cycle.
Global Integration Synergies with the Upstream and Downstream deliver benefits through the physical integration of sites, joint feedstock and facilities planning, global competency networks, and sharing of services and best practices. As a result of these synergies, we significantly upgrade refining and gas molecules to their highest value.
Discipline and Consistency The foundation of our superior results is our relentless focus on all aspects of operational excellence, which has produced industry-leading practices and systems.
Value Maximization Our proprietary technology has led to expanded sources of advantaged feedstock, the successful implementation of lower-cost manufacturing processes, and faster sales growth of higher-value premium products.
Long-Term Perspective We use a highly structured capital management approach to ensure that we invest in projects with feedstock, technology, and marketing advantages that can compete in the toughest market environments.


                                       
 
CHEMICAL STATISTICAL RECAP   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005
 
Earnings (millions of dollars)
    2,309       2,957       4,563       4,382       3,943
Prime product sales(1) (thousands of tonnes)
    24,825       24,982       27,480       27,350       26,777
Average capital employed(2) (millions of dollars)
    16,560       14,525       13,430       13,183       14,064
Return on average capital employed(2) (percent)
    13.9       20.4       34.0       33.2       28.0
Capital expenditures (millions of dollars)
    3,148       2,819       1,782       756       654
 
(1)  Prime product sales include ExxonMobil’s share of equity-company volumes and finished-product transfers to the Downstream.
 
(2)  See Frequently Used Terms on pages 100 through 103.
 


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Chemical Strategies
ExxonMobil Chemical strategies deliver competitive advantage through advantaged feeds, lower-cost manufacturing processes, and premium product development. Disciplined execution of our long-term strategies has translated into strong performance across the business cycle.
Focus on Businesses that Capitalize on Core Competencies
ExxonMobil has a unique portfolio of both commodity and specialty businesses that leverage:
Advantaged Feeds Integration with the Upstream and Downstream gives us access to a wide variety of feedstock, and our assets have enabling technology that maximizes feed flexibility.
Lower-Cost Manufacturing Processes Proprietary technology, integration, scale, and operational excellence combine to give us an operating cost advantage.
Premium Products Developing products that add value to our customers translates into value for the shareholder.
Commodities
We hold leadership positions in some of the largest-volume and highest-growth commodity petrochemical products in the world.
We are the largest global manufacturer of aromatics, including paraxylene and benzene.
Premier Petrochemical Company
         
Return on Capital Employed (10-year
average)
  18 percent
Businesses Ranked 1 or 2 by Market Position
  >90 percent
Average Capital Employed (dollars)
  16.6 billion
Prime Product Sales (tonnes)
  24.8 million
Percent Integrated Capacity
  >90 percent
 
       
Businesses Worldwide Rank
Based on Market Position
 
       
n Commodities
       
Benzene
    #1
Paraxylene
    #1
Olefins
    #2
Polyethylene
    #2
Polypropylene
    #5
n Specialties
       
Butyl Polymers
    #1
Fluids
    #1
Plasticizers/Oxo Alcohols
    #1
Synthetics
    #1
Oriented Polypropylene Films
    #1
Adhesive Polymers
    #1
Specialty Elastomers
    #1
Petroleum Additives
    #2
(GRAPHIC)
We are one of the largest producers of olefins, such as ethylene and propylene, and polyolefins, including polyethylene and polypropylene.
These products are the basic building blocks used to make many everyday products including packaging film, automotive parts, and polyester fiber.
Specialties
We have a diverse set of less-cyclical specialty businesses, all of which rank first or second globally by market position and benefit from a lower cost structure when produced at the same world-scale integrated sites as our commodities. Our specialties deliver advanced performance and value to our customers in a broad array of applications.
We have global leadership positions in products such as butyl polymers that help tires maintain proper pressure
 
Differentiated Business Mix
Segment Earnings
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resulting in improved fuel economy. We offer hydrocarbon fluids with high-performance characteristics for applications such as water treatment, coatings, and oil drilling fluids. In addition, our synthetic basestocks are key components for advanced lubricants.
Consistently Deliver Best-in-Class Performance
We maintain a relentless focus on operational excellence in every aspect of our business. Business practices and systems have been developed and continuously improved over many years to ensure uncompromising integrity of our operations and delivery of industry-leading performance.
Our disciplined approach to improve safety, reliability, productivity, and quality continues to increase the contribution of existing assets. Structured programs enable identification of best practices that capture manufacturing efficiencies, improve operability, and increase capacity at significantly less than grassroots cost.
Examples of how our performance creates value include:
  Our steam-cracking energy efficiency index achieved best-ever performance in 2009;
 
  Our average polyethylene reactor capacity is about two-thirds larger than industry average, allowing us to capture unit cost savings; and,
 
  Our maintenance programs give us a competitive advantage in cost and reliability.
(Grpahic)
Steam-Cracking Energy Intensity(1)(2)
(Graphic)
(1) Solomon Associates data available for odd years only.
(2) Only odd-year data plotted.
Build Proprietary Technology Positions
Technology is critical to our strategies as it helps capture value from advantaged feeds, drives lower-cost manufacturing processes, and delivers premium products. Development and deployment of industry-leading chemical technology provides a competitive advantage for ExxonMobil.
Capture Full Benefits of Integration
Across ExxonMobil Operations
More than 90 percent of the chemical capacity that we own and operate is integrated with our large refineries or natural gas processing plants. The benefits derived from integration are a key differentiating factor that allows ExxonMobil to consistently outperform competition. Examples of this advantage include:
  Integrated sites optimize feedstock between the refinery, chemical steam cracker, and aromatics units on a day-by-day or even a cargo-by-cargo basis;
 
  Feedstock for our hydrocarbon fluids business comes almost exclusively from our refineries, upgrading the value of the molecules;
 
  Our steam crackers have industry-leading flexibility to process a wide range of feedstock which provides the integrated derivative units the lowest cost supply available; and,
 
  Common support organizations at our large integrated facilities deliver superior services at lower cost.


 


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Selectively Invest in Advantaged Projects
We ensure that our project portfolio is anchored with advantaged feeds, lower-cost processes, and premium products.
Well-Positioned for Asia Growth Through 2015, we expect more than 60 percent of global petrochemical demand growth will occur in Asia, with over one-third in China alone. We plan not only to support this growth but also to ensure the projects add shareholder value.
In 2009, we started up a fully integrated, world-scale facility in Fujian Province, China.
Construction activity is continuing in Singapore where we are more than doubling the size of our existing chemical complex. The expanded steam cracker will have substantial feed flexibility and will be energy efficient. The complex will also produce a range of premium products to capture both growth and value.
To support premium product growth in Asia, we announced the construction of our Shanghai Technology Center, which is expected to be operational in 2010.
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and ExxonMobil are progressing detailed studies at our Kemya and Yanpet petrochemical joint venture sites in Saudi Arabia to supply premium products on a platform of advantaged feedstock.
We are progressing with Qatar Petroleum the development of a world-scale petrochemical complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. The proposed complex would include the world’s largest steam cracker and polyethylene plants and one of the world’s largest ethylene glycol plants.
Middle East and Asia Pacific Capacity

Ethylene and Paraxylene
(GRAPHIC)
Source: CMAI
 
The project will utilize feedstock from gas development projects in Qatar’s North Field and include production of premium products.
Broad Project Portfolio Our healthy pipeline of projects brings value through disciplined investment. We continue to invest in the growth of our specialty businesses, as well as develop projects around the world to enhance our feed flexibility. Energy efficiency projects make up an appreciable portion of our investment, and we continue to invest in technology to make further breakthroughs in products and processes to maintain and extend our competitive advantage.


SINGAPORE EXPANSION
(Grpahic)
         
Capacity Addition (tonnes per year)
Commodities
       
Ethylene
    1,000,000  
Polyethylene
    1,300,000  
Polypropylene
    500,000  
Benzene
    340,000  
Paraxylene
    80,000  
Specialties
       
Oxo Alcohols
    125,000  
Specialty Elastomers
    300,000  
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Delivering Industry-Leading Performance
ExxonMobil Chemical strategies deliver competitive advantages through advantaged feeds, lower-cost manufacturing processes, and premium products. While these appear simple, very few companies consistently deliver all three, and our ability to do so creates a significant competitive advantage.

Advantaged Feeds
Accessing a wide variety of feedstocks and having significant flexibility in our assets to extract the value from these feedstocks deliver a feed cost advantage
  300 new steam-cracking feeds qualified around the world over the past several years
  Proprietary technology creates flexibility to run advantaged feeds that conventional plants cannot process
  Advanced tools optimize this flexibility to quickly respond to changes in feedstock quality, availability and cost
  Integrated manufacturing sites upgrade intermediate streams to the highest value
 




























Lower-Cost
Manufacturing Processes
Combining proprietary technology, integration, scale, and operational excellence achieves an operating cost advantage
  Polyethylene reactor capacities averaging two-thirds larger than industry average deliver unit cost advantages
  Advanced catalysts applied to our aromatics business expand capacity while consuming much less energy
  Operations and maintenance programs driven by best practices create a cost and reliability advantage
 




























Premium Products
Developing products that add value to our customers translates into value for the shareholder
  Metallocene catalyst technology delivers superior products across multiple product families including Exceed and Enable polyethylenes, Vistamaxx specialty elastomers, polypropylene, adhesive polymers, and synthetic lubricants
  Ultra-low aromatic Escaid and Exxsol fluids, based on proprietary technology, help meet increasingly stringent regulatory and environmental requirements for water treatment and oil drilling applications
  Exxcore resins, our latest development in tire inner liners, allow tire weight reduction while improving air retention


Advantaged Feeds (ARROW)                                    Lower-Cost Manufacturing Processes (ARROW)        Premium Product Development
(Arrow)
ExxonMobil Chemical businesses, anchored by lower-cost manufacturing processes and advantaged feeds, deliver additional value to the shareholder through our premium products. These products also create sustainable solutions for consumers to use energy more efficiently.
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Chemical Operating Statistics
LARGE/INTEGRATED PRODUCTION COMPLEX CAPACITY(1)(2)
                                         
(millions of tonnes per year)   Ethylene     Polyethylene     Polypropylene     Paraxylene     Additional Products
 
                                       
 
North America
                                       
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    1.0       1.3       0.4           P B E A   F O
Baytown, Texas
    2.2             0.8       0.6     P B   F
Beaumont, Texas
    0.8       1.0             0.3     P          S
Mont Belvieu, Texas
          1.0                      
Sarnia, Ontario
    0.3       0.5                 P   F O
 
                                       
Europe
                                       
Antwerp, Belgium
    0.5       0.4                 P   F O
Fawley, United Kingdom
    0.1                       P B   F O
Fife, United Kingdom
    0.4                            
Meerhout, Belgium
          0.5                      
Notre-Dame-de-
Gravenchon, France
    0.4       0.4       0.3           P B E A      O S Z
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
                      0.7            O
 
                                       
Middle East
                                       
Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia
    0.6       0.6                      
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
    1.0       0.7       0.2           P    
 
                                       
Asia Pacific
                                       
Fujian, China
    0.2       0.2       0.1       0.2     P    
Kawasaki, Japan
    0.5       0.1                 P B  A   F
Singapore
    0.9       0.6       0.4       0.9     P   F O    Z
Sriracha, Thailand
                      0.5         F
All other
                      0.6          
 
Total worldwide
    8.9       7.3       2.2       3.8          
 
                                                         
P Propylene
  B Butyl   E Specialty Elastomers   A Adhesive Polymers   F Fluids   O Oxo Alcohols   S Synthetics   Z Petroleum Additives
 
(1)  Based on size or breadth of product slate.
 
(2)  Capacity reflects 100 percent for operations of ExxonMobil and majority-owned subsidiaries. For companies owned 50 percent or less, capacity is ExxonMobil’s interest.
OTHER MANUFACTURING LOCATIONS(1)
         
Location Product  
   
 
North America
       
Bayway, New Jersey
    n 5 l u  
Belleville, Ontario
    n 5 l u  
Chalmette, Louisiana
    n 5 l u  
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
    n 5 l u  
Edison, New Jersey
    n 5 l u  
Joliet, Illinois
    n 5 l u  
LaGrange, Georgia
    n 5 l u  
Pensacola, Florida
    n 5 l u  
Plaquemine, Louisiana
    n 5 l u  
Shawnee, Oklahoma
    n 5 l u  
 
       
Latin America
       
Campana, Argentina
    n 5 l u  
Managua, Nicaragua
    n 5 l u  
Paulinia, Brazil
    n 5 l u  
         
Location   Product  
   
 
Europe
       
Augusta, Italy
    n 5 l u  
Berre, France
    n 5 l u  
Brindisi, Italy
    n 5 l u  
Cologne, Germany
    n 5 l u  
Fos-sur-Mer, France
    n 5 l u  
Geleen, the Netherlands
    n 5 l u  
Karlsruhe, Germany
    n 5 l u  
Kerkrade, the Netherlands
    n 5 l u  
Newport, United Kingdom
    n 5 l u  
Trecate, Italy
    n 5 l u  
Vado Ligure, Italy
    n 5 l u  
Virton, Belgium
    n 5 l u  
     
Location   Product
 
 
Asia Pacific
   
Adelaide, Australia(2)
  n 5 l u
Jinshan, China
  n 5 l u
Kashima, Japan
  n 5 l u
Nasu, Japan
  n 5 l u
Panyu, China
  n 5 l u
Sakai, Japan
  n 5 l u
Wakayama, Japan
  n 5 l u
 
(1)   Includes joint-venture plants.
 
(2)   Facility mothballed.


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VOLUMES
                                         
Includes ExxonMobil’s share of equity companies   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
Worldwide Production Volumes (thousands of tonnes)
                                 
Ethylene
    7,381       7,540       8,155       7,878       7,930  
Polyethylene
    6,120       6,088       6,693       6,275       6,213  
Polypropylene
    1,864       1,897       1,897       1,815       1,680  
Paraxylene
    2,758       2,472       2,995       3,038       2,785  
       
 
                                       
Prime Product Sales Volumes(1) by Region (thousands of tonnes)
Americas(2)
    10,665       10,628       12,034       11,907       11,523  
Europe/Middle East/Africa
    6,433       6,635       7,463       7,497       7,310  
Asia Pacific
    7,727       7,719       7,983       7,946       7,944  
         
Total worldwide
    24,825       24,982       27,480       27,350       26,777  
       
 
                                       
Prime Product Sales Volumes(1) by Business (thousands of tonnes)
Less-cyclical specialty businesses
    5,183       5,618       6,237       6,228       6,083  
Olefins/polyolefins/aromatics/other
    19,642       19,364       21,243       21,122       20,694  
         
Total
    24,825       24,982       27,480       27,350       26,777  
       
 
(1)   Prime product sales include ExxonMobil’s share of equity-company volumes and finished product transfers to the Downstream.
 
(2)   Includes North America and Latin America.
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Frequently Used Terms
Listed below are definitions of several of ExxonMobil’s key business and financial performance measures and other terms. These definitions are provided to facilitate understanding of the terms and their calculation. In the case of financial measures that we believe constitute “non-GAAP financial measures” under Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation G, we provide a reconciliation to the most comparable Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) measure and other information required by that rule.
EARNINGS EXCLUDING SPECIAL ITEMS
In addition to reporting U.S. GAAP defined net income, ExxonMobil also presents a measure of earnings that excludes earnings from special items quantified and described in our quarterly and annual earnings press releases. Earnings excluding special items is a non-GAAP financial measure, and is included to facilitate comparisons of base business performance across periods. A reconciliation to net income attributable to ExxonMobil is shown on page 22. We also refer to earnings excluding special items as normalized earnings. Earnings per share amounts use the same average common shares outstanding as used for the calculation of earnings per common share and earnings per common share – assuming dilution.
OPERATING COSTS
Operating costs are the combined total of production, manufacturing, selling, general, administrative, exploration, depreciation, and depletion expenses from the Consolidated Statement of Income and ExxonMobil’s share of similar costs for equity companies. Operating costs are the costs during the period to produce, manufacture, and otherwise prepare the company’s products for sale – including energy costs, staffing, maintenance, and other costs to explore for and produce oil and gas, and operate refining and chemical plants. Distribution and marketing expenses are also included. Operating costs exclude the cost of raw materials, taxes, and interest expense. These expenses are on a before-tax basis. While ExxonMobil’s management is responsible for all revenue and expense elements of net income, operating costs, as defined below, represent the expenses most directly under management’s control. Information regarding these costs is therefore useful for investors and ExxonMobil management in evaluating management’s performance.
                                       
 
  (millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005
 
 
                                     
Reconciliation of Operating Costs
                                     
From ExxonMobil’s Consolidated Statement of Income
                                     
Total costs and other deductions
    275,809       393,962       333,073       309,182       310,449
Less:
                                     
Crude oil and product purchases
    152,806       249,454       199,498       182,546       185,219
Interest expense
    548       673       400       654       496
Sales-based taxes
    25,936       34,508       31,728       30,381       30,742
Other taxes and duties
    34,819       41,719       40,953       39,203       41,554
       
Subtotal
    61,700       67,608       60,494       56,398       52,438
ExxonMobil’s share of equity-company expenses
    6,670       7,204       5,619       4,947       4,520
       
Total operating costs
    68,370       74,812       66,113       61,345       56,958
       
                                       
 
  (millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005
 
 
                                     
Components of Operating Costs
                                     
From ExxonMobil’s Consolidated Statement of Income
                                     
Production and manufacturing expenses
    33,027       37,905       31,885       29,528       26,819
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
    14,735       15,873       14,890       14,273       14,402
Depreciation and depletion
    11,917       12,379       12,250       11,416       10,253
Exploration expenses, including dry holes
    2,021       1,451       1,469       1,181       964
       
Subtotal
    61,700       67,608       60,494       56,398       52,438
ExxonMobil’s share of equity-company expenses
    6,670       7,204       5,619       4,947       4,520
       
Total operating costs
    68,370       74,812       66,113       61,345       56,958
       
TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN
Shareholder return measures the change in value of an investment in stock over a specified period of time, assuming dividend reinvestment. We calculate shareholder return over a particular measurement period by: dividing (1) the sum of (a) the cumulative value of dividends received during the measurement period, assuming reinvestment, plus (b) the difference between the stock price at the end and at the beginning of the measurement period; by (2) the stock price at the beginning of the measurement period. For this purpose, we assume dividends are reinvested in stock at market prices at approximately the same time actual dividends are paid. Shareholder return is usually quoted on an annualized basis.


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CAPITAL AND EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES (Capex)
Capital and exploration expenditures are the combined total of additions at cost to property, plant and equipment and exploration expenses on a before-tax basis from the Summary Statement of Income. ExxonMobil’s Capex includes its share of similar costs for equity companies. Capex excludes depreciation on the cost of exploration support equipment and facilities recorded to property, plant and equipment when acquired. While ExxonMobil’s management is responsible for all investments and elements of net income, particular focus is placed on managing the controllable aspects of this group of expenditures.
CAPITAL EMPLOYED
Capital employed is a measure of net investment. When viewed from the perspective of how the capital is used by the businesses, it includes ExxonMobil’s net share of property, plant and equipment and other assets less liabilities, excluding both short-term and long-term debt. When viewed from the perspective of the sources of capital employed in total for the Corporation, it includes ExxonMobil’s share of total debt and equity. Both of these views include ExxonMobil’s share of amounts applicable to equity companies, which the Corporation believes should be included to provide a more comprehensive measure of capital employed.
                                         
 
  (millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
Business Uses: Asset and Liability Perspective
                                       
Total assets
    233,323       228,052       242,082       219,015       208,335  
Less liabilities and noncontrolling interests
                                       
share of assets and liabilities
                                       
Total current liabilities excluding notes and loans payable
    (49,585 )     (46,700 )     (55,929 )     (47,115 )     (44,536 )
Total long-term liabilities excluding long-term debt
    (58,741 )     (54,404 )     (50,543 )     (45,905 )     (41,095 )
Noncontrolling interests share of assets and liabilities
    (5,642 )     (6,044 )     (5,332 )     (4,948 )     (4,863 )
Add ExxonMobil share of debt-financed equity-company net assets
    5,043       4,798       3,386       2,808       3,450  
         
Total capital employed
    124,398       125,702       133,664       123,855       121,291  
         
 
                                       
Total Corporate Sources: Debt and Equity Perspective
                                       
Notes and loans payable
    2,476       2,400       2,383       1,702       1,771  
Long-term debt
    7,129       7,025       7,183       6,645       6,220  
ExxonMobil share of equity
    110,569       112,965       121,762       113,844       111,186  
Less noncontrolling interests share of total debt
    (819 )     (1,486 )     (1,050 )     (1,144 )     (1,336 )
Add ExxonMobil share of equity-company debt
    5,043       4,798       3,386       2,808       3,450  
       
Total capital employed
    124,398       125,702       133,664       123,855       121,291  
         
RETURN ON AVERAGE CAPITAL EMPLOYED (ROCE)
Return on average capital employed is a performance measure ratio. From the perspective of the business segments, ROCE is annual business segment earnings divided by average business segment capital employed (average of beginning- and end-of-year amounts). These segment earnings include ExxonMobil’s share of segment earnings of equity companies, consistent with our capital employed definition, and exclude the cost of financing. The Corporation’s total ROCE is net income attributable to ExxonMobil excluding the after-tax cost of financing, divided by total corporate average capital employed. The Corporation has consistently applied its ROCE definition for many years and views it as the best measure of historical capital productivity in our capital-intensive, long-term industry, both to evaluate management’s performance and to demonstrate to shareholders that capital has been used wisely over the long term. Additional measures, which are more cash-flow based, are used to make investment decisions.
                                         
 
  (millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
 
                                       
Return on Average Capital Employed
                                       
Net income attributable to ExxonMobil
    19,280       45,220       40,610       39,500       36,130  
Financing costs (after tax)
                                       
Gross third-party debt
    (303 )     (343 )     (339 )     (264 )     (261 )
ExxonMobil share of equity companies
    (285 )     (325 )     (204 )     (156 )     (144 )
All other financing costs – net
    (483 )     1,485       268       499       (35 )
       
Total financing costs
    (1,071 )     817       (275 )     79       (440 )
       
Earnings excluding financing costs
    20,351       44,403       40,885       39,421       36,570  
       
Average capital employed
    125,050       129,683       128,760       122,573       116,961  
Return on average capital employed – corporate total
    16.3%     34.2%     31.8%     32.2%     31.3%


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ENTITLEMENT VOLUME EFFECTS
Production Sharing Contract Net Interest Reductions Production Sharing Contract (PSC) net interest reductions are contractual reductions in ExxonMobil’s share of production volumes covered by PSCs. These reductions typically occur when cumulative investment returns or production volumes achieve thresholds as specified in the PSCs. Once a net interest reduction has occurred, it typically will not be reversed by subsequent events, such as lower crude oil prices.
Price and Spend Impacts on Volumes Price and spend impacts on volumes are fluctuations in ExxonMobil’s share of production volumes caused by changes in oil and gas prices or spending levels from one period to another. For example, at higher prices fewer barrels are required for ExxonMobil to recover its costs. According to the terms of contractual arrangements or government royalty regimes, price or spending variability can increase or decrease royalty burdens and/or volumes attributable to ExxonMobil. These effects generally vary from period to period with field spending patterns or market prices for crude oil or natural gas.
FINDING AND RESOURCE-ACQUISITION COSTS
Finding and resource-acquisition costs per oil-equivalent barrel is a performance measure that is calculated using the Exploration portion of Upstream capital and exploration expenditures and proved property acquisition costs divided by resource additions (in oil-equivalent barrels). ExxonMobil refers to new discoveries and acquisitions of discovered resources as resource additions. In addition to proved reserves, resource additions include quantities of oil and gas that are not yet classified as proved reserves, but which ExxonMobil believes will likely be moved into the proved reserves category and produced in the future.
                                         
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
                                         
Exploration portion of Upstream capital and exploration expenditures (millions of dollars)
    3,718       2,871       1,909       2,044       1,693  
Proved property acquisition costs (millions of dollars)
    676       61       37       234       174  
Total exploration and proved property acquisition costs (millions of dollars)
    4,394       2,932       1,946       2,278       1,867  
Resource additions (millions of oil-equivalent barrels)
    2,860       2,230       2,010       4,270       4,365  
Finding and resource-acquisition costs per oil-equivalent barrel (dollars)
    1.54       1.32       0.97       0.53       0.43  
PROVED RESERVES
Proved reserves of oil and gas in this report are determined on the basis that ExxonMobil uses to manage its business. On this basis, “proved reserves” means quantities of oil and gas that ExxonMobil has determined to be reasonably certain of recovery under existing economic and operating conditions under our long-standing, rigorous management review process. We only book proved reserves when we have made significant funding commitments for the related projects. ExxonMobil’s reserves are different from proved reserves as defined by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Proxy Statement.
A principal difference between the ExxonMobil and SEC definitions is the price assumption used. Proved reserves in this report are based on the same price and cost assumptions we use to make investment decisions. Proved reserves as defined by the SEC are based on historical market prices: beginning in 2009, the average of the market prices on the first day of each calendar month during the year; for prior years, the market price on December 31. References to “price/cost effects” mean the effect of using SEC historical prices and costs.
For years prior to 2009, another key difference was the treatment of oil sands reserves extracted in mining operations, as well as reserves attributable to equity companies. In this report, oil sands reserves and our share of equity company reserves are included in ExxonMobil’s proved reserves for all periods. Under SEC definitions applicable to the prior years, these volumes were separately reported.
The table below shows year-end proved reserves on these different bases:
                                         
(billions of oil-equivalent barrels)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
                                         
Basis
                                       
ExxonMobil
    23.3       22.8       22.7       22.7       22.4  
SEC
    23.0       23.0       22.5       22.8       22.4  
RESOURCES, RESOURCE BASE, AND RECOVERABLE RESOURCES
Resources, resource base, recoverable resources, recoverable oil, recoverable hydrocarbons, and similar terms used in this report are the total remaining estimated quantities of oil and gas that are expected to be ultimately recoverable. The resource base includes quantities of oil and gas that are not yet classified as proved reserves, but which ExxonMobil believes will likely be moved into the proved reserves category and produced in the future. The term “resource base” is not intended to correspond to SEC definitions such as “probable” or “possible” reserves.
PROVED RESERVES REPLACEMENT RATIO
Proved reserves replacement ratio is a performance measure that is calculated using proved oil-equivalent reserves additions divided by oil-equivalent production. Both proved reserves additions and production include amounts applicable to equity companies. Unless otherwise specified, ExxonMobil reports this ratio on the basis of the company’s definition of proved reserves. See “Proved Reserves” above.


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PROVED RESERVES REPLACEMENT COSTS
Proved reserves replacement costs per oil-equivalent barrel is a performance measure ratio. Proved reserves replacement costs per barrel are costs incurred in property acquisition and exploration, plus costs incurred in development activities, divided by proved oil-equivalent reserves additions, excluding sales. Unless otherwise specified, ExxonMobil reports these costs on the basis of ExxonMobil’s definition of proved reserves. See “Proved Reserves” on previous page.
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
                                         
Costs incurred
                                       
Property acquisition costs
    1,285       663       194       597       453  
Exploration costs
    3,111       2,272       1,762       1,685       1,420  
Development costs
    17,130       14,633       11,570       12,103       10,561  
         
Total costs incurred
    21,526       17,568       13,526       14,385       12,434  
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
                                         
Proved oil-equivalent reserves additions
                                       
Revisions
    853       211       1,793       390       377  
Improved recovery
    15       8       35       29       31  
Extensions/discoveries
    1,118       1,413       251       881       1,461  
Purchases
    1             2       755       122  
         
Total oil-equivalent reserves additions
    1,987       1,632       2,081       2,055       1,991  
Proved reserves replacement costs (dollars per barrel)
    10.83       10.76       6.50       7.00       6.25  
         
HEAVY OIL AND OIL SANDS
Heavy oil, for the purpose of this report, includes heavy oil, extra heavy oil, and bitumen, as defined by the World Petroleum Congress in 1987 based on American Petroleum Institute (API) gravity and viscosity at reservoir conditions. Heavy oil has an API gravity between 10 and 22.3 degrees. The API gravity of extra heavy oil and bitumen is less than 10 degrees. Extra heavy oil has a viscosity less than 10 thousand centipoise, whereas the viscosity of bitumen is greater than 10 thousand centipoise. The term “oil sands” is used to indicate heavy oil (generally bitumen) that is recovered in a mining operation.
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS AND ASSET SALES
Cash flow from operations and asset sales is the sum of the net cash provided by operating activities and proceeds from sales of subsidiaries, investments, and property, plant and equipment from the Summary Statement of Cash Flows. This cash flow is the total sources of cash from both operating the Corporation’s assets and from the divesting of assets. The Corporation employs a long-standing and regular disciplined review process to ensure that all assets are contributing to the Corporation’s strategic objectives. Assets are divested when they are no longer meeting these objectives or are worth considerably more to others. Because of the regular nature of this activity, we believe it is useful for investors to consider sales proceeds together with cash provided by operating activities when evaluating cash available for investment in the business and financing activities, including shareholder distributions.
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
                                         
Net cash provided by operating activities
    28,438       59,725       52,002       49,286       48,138  
Sales of subsidiaries, investments and property, plant and equipment
    1,545       5,985       4,204       3,080       6,036  
         
Cash flow from operations and asset sales
    29,983       65,710       56,206       52,366       54,174  
         
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The Corporation distributes cash to shareholders in the form of both dividends and share purchases. Shares are purchased both to reduce shares outstanding and to offset shares issued in conjunction with company benefit plans and programs. For purposes of calculating distributions to shareholders, the Corporation only includes the cost of those shares purchased to reduce shares outstanding.
                                         
(millions of dollars)   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
                                         
Dividends paid to ExxonMobil shareholders
    8,023       8,058       7,621       7,628       7,185  
Cost of shares purchased to reduce shares outstanding
    18,000       32,000       28,000       25,000       16,000  
         
Distributions to ExxonMobil shareholders
    26,023       40,058       35,621       32,628       23,185  
         
Memo: Gross cost of shares purchased to offset shares issued under benefit plans and programs
    1,703       3,734       3,822       4,558       2,221  


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Index
 
         
Acreage
    32, 33, 68  
Africa
    41, 42, 43, 45, 56-59  
Asia Pacific
    38, 39, 41, 42, 45, 60-61, 79, 85, 86, 96  
 
Balance Sheet
    27  
Business strategies
    4-5, 30, 76, 92  
 
Canada
    16, 17, 33, 38, 39, 41, 42-44, 49-51, 80  
Capital and exploration expenditures
    24-25, 101  
Capital employed
    23, 101  
Cash flow
    2, 5, 21, 29, 103  
Cash Flow Statement
    29  
Chemical capacity
    98  
Chemical products
    94, 97  
Chemical projects
    86, 96  
Chemical results
    92-93  
Chemical volumes
    99  
 
Depreciation and depletion
    26, 74-75  
Dividend and shareholder
21  
distributions
       
Downstream results
    76-77  
 
Earnings
    2, 22, 74-75, 100  
Earnings, oil and gas
    74-75  
Earnings per barrel
    31, 37  
Energy management
    81, 95  
Energy Outlook
    10-13  
Entitlement volumes
    35, 102  
Europe
    33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 52-55, 91  
Exploration captures
    33  
 
       
Financial highlights
    2, 3  
Finding and resource-acquisition costs
    31, 34, 102  
Frequently Used Terms
    100-103  
Fuels Marketing
    82-83, 86  
Fujian Joint Venture
    77, 86, 93  
Heavy oil
    19, 34, 44, 50, 51, 80, 103  
Income Statement
    28  
Integration
    5, 31, 38, 76, 77, 78, 79, 83, 85, 92, 93, 95  
Key financial ratios
    2  
LNG
    12, 13, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42, 60-63  
Lubricants and Specialties
    84-85, 86  
Middle East
    38, 39-41, 60, 62-63, 96  
Molecule Management
    18, 77, 80  
 
         
National Content
    45  
Natural gas and power markets
    38, 42  
Operating costs
    26, 81, 100  
Petroleum product sales
    77, 90-91  
Price and spend impacts
    102  
Project execution
    4, 36, 80  
Production sharing contract
    33, 61, 65, 102  
Production volumes
    31, 35, 37, 41, 66-67, 102  
Property, plant and equipment
    26, 101, 103  
Qatar
    38, 39, 41, 42, 62-63, 79, 96  
Refinery utilization
    87  
Refining and Supply
    78-81, 86  
Refining capacity
    87-89  
Reserves and resources
    31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 69-73, 102-103  
Reserves replacement costs
    73, 103  
Reserves replacement ratio
    31, 35, 70-73, 102  
Retail sites
    82, 91  
Return on average capital employed
    2, 23, 31, 77, 93, 101  
Russia/Caspian
    39, 41, 42, 45, 64-65  
Safety, Security, Health, and Environment
    6-9  
Share purchases
    21, 103  
Shareholder return
    2, 21, 100  
South America
    51  
 
       
Technology
    9, 14-20  
 
       
Unconventional gas
    34, 38, 43, 48, 51, 54  
United States
    7, 16, 17, 33, 38, 44, 46-48, 79, 80, 82  
Upstream development project summary
    39-41  
Upstream production profile
    35, 41  
Upstream results
    30-31  
Wells, net drilled
    68  
         
Data Tables
       
Corporate Financial Tables
       
Capital and Exploration Expenditures
    24-25  
Capital Employed/ROCE
    23  
Financial Statements
    27-29  
Functional Earnings
    22  
 
       
Business Tables
       
Upstream
    66-75  
Downstream
    87-91  
Chemical
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Exxon Mobil Corporation has numerous affiliates, many with names that include ExxonMobil, Exxon, Mobil, and Esso. For convenience and simplicity, those terms and terms such as Corporation, company, our, we, and its are sometimes used as abbreviated references to specific affiliates or affiliate groups. Abbreviated references describing global or regional operational organizations, and global or regional business lines are also sometimes used for convenience and simplicity. Similarly, ExxonMobil has business relationships with thousands of customers, suppliers, governments, and others. For convenience and simplicity, words such as venture, joint venture, partnership, co-venturer, and partner are used to indicate business and other relationships involving common activities and interests, and those words may not indicate precise legal relationships.
The following are trademarks, service marks, or proprietary process names of Exxon Mobil Corporation or one of its affiliates: Esso, Exxon, Mobil, Mobil 1, Mobil SHC, Taking on the World’s Toughest Energy Challenges, Electrofrac, ColdFlow, Controlled Freeze Zone and CFZ, R3M, MIDW, Exceed, Enable, Vistamaxx, Achieve, Exxcore, Escaid, Exxsol, Mobilgear SHC XMP, ESP, and Environmental Logo (with sun, mountains and water). The following third-party trademarks or service marks, referenced in the text of the report are owned by the entities indicated: NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Racing, Inc.), Formula 1 (Formula One Licensing B.V.), Aston Martin (Aston Martin Lagonda Limited), Bentley (Bentley Motors Limited), Mercedes (Daimler AG), Porsche and Panamera (Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche AG), Cadillac, Corvette and Escalade (General Motors LLC), Lexus (Toyota Jidosha KK, trading as Toyota Motor Corporation), Loss Prevention System and LPS (Loss Prevention Systems, Inc.).



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  General Information
 
   
 
  Corporate Headquarters
 
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
 
  5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
 
  Irving, TX 75039-2298
 
   
 
  Additional copies may be
 
  obtained by writing or phoning:
 
  Phone: 972-444-1000
 
  Fax: 972-444-1505
 
   
 
  Shareholder Relations
 
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
 
  P.O. Box 140369
 
  Irving, TX 75014-0369
 
   
 
  Market Information
 
  The New York Stock Exchange is the principal exchange
 
  on which Exxon Mobil Corporation common stock
 
  (symbol XOM) is traded.
 
   
 
  Annual Meeting
 
  The 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at
 
  9:00 a.m. Central Time on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at:
 
   
 
  The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
 
  2301 Flora Street
 
  Dallas, Texas 75201
 
   
 
  The meeting will be audiocast live on the Internet.
 
  Instructions for listening to this audiocast will be
 
  available on the Internet at exxonmobil.com
 
  approximately one week prior to the event.
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
  (ExxonMobil LOGO)
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
  EXXONMOBIL ON THE INTERNET
 
  A quick, easy way to get information about ExxonMobil
 
  ExxonMobil publications and important shareholder
 
  information are available on the Internet at exxonmobil.com:
 
   
 
  Publications
 
   
 
  Stock Quote
 
   
 
  Dividend Information
 
   
 
  Contact Information
 
   
 
  Speeches
 
   
 
  News Releases
 
   
 
  Investor Presentations
 
   
 
  Corporate Governance


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