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Worldwide
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[[Exxon Mobil|ExxonMobil Main Page]]
Exxon Mobile conducts business in almost 200 countries worldwide [16]. For information on the different ExxonMobil companies and affiliates, see www.exxonmobil.com/affiliate/, or look at the map of worldwide operations divided up into upstream, downstream, chemical and coal & mineral www.exxonmobil.com/opsmap/index.html.
 
  
The corporation’s headquarters is in Irving, Texas, USA.
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==Worldwide==
  
Exxon Mobil Corporation
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[[Exxon Mobil]] conducts business in almost 200 countries worldwide. {{ref|16}} For information on the different ExxonMobil companies and affiliates, see http://www.exxonmobil.com/affiliate/, or look at the map of worldwide operations divided up into upstream, downstream, chemical and coal & mineral http://www.exxonmobil.com/opsmap/index.html.
5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
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Irving, TX 75039-2298
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The corporation's headquarters is in Irving, Texas, USA.
Phone: +1 (0) 972 444 1000
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Fax: +1 (0)972 444 1350
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*'''Exxon Mobil Corporation'''
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::5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
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::Irving
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::Texas 75039-2298
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::Phone: +1 (0) 972 444 1000
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::Fax: +1 (0)972 444 1350
  
 
Other offices include:
 
Other offices include:
  
Exxon Chemical
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*'''Exxon Chemical'''
13501 Katy Fwy
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::13501 Katy Fwy
Houston TX 77079
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::Houston
Phone: +1 (0)800 231 6633
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::Texas 77079
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::Phone: +1 (0)800 231 6633
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*'''Exxon Coal & Minerals'''
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::2401 S. Gessner
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::Houston
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::Texas 77063
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::Postal address: PO Box 1314, Houston, TX 77251-1314
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::Phone: +1 (0)713 978 5333
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::Fax: +1 (0)713 9785404
  
Exxon Coal & Minerals
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*'''Exxon International'''
2401 S. Gessner
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::200 Park Ave
Houston TX 77063
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::Florham Park
Postal address: PO Box 1314, Houston, TX 77251-1314
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::New Jersey 07932
Phone: +1 (0)713 978 5333
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::Phone: +1 (0)201 765 7000
Fax: +1 (0)713 9785404
 
  
Exxon International
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==UK==
200 Park Ave
 
Florham Park NJ 07932
 
Phone: +1 (0)201 765 7000
 
  
UK
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You can find [[Esso]]'s major locations on an interactive map on their web site at http://www.esso.com/eaff/essouk/glance/britain.html. Their main locations are in Leatherhead, West London, Abingdon, Fareham, Fife, Fawley and Purfleet.
You can find Esso’s major locations on an interactive map on their web site www.esso.com/eaff/essouk/glance/britain.html. Their main locations are in Leatherhead, West London, Abingdon, Fareham, Fife, Fawley and Purfleet.
 
  
 
See below for descriptions of some of the places.
 
See below for descriptions of some of the places.
  
Leatherhead
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*'''Leatherhead'''
Leatherhead is the HQ of Esso UK plc, Esso Exploration & Production and Esso Petroleum Company. Up to 1000 staff work there [17]. It is a purpose built complex of offices, used initially for administrative functions when the head office used to be at Victoria Street. Based here are sales & marketing, IT, gas, some of human resources, logistics, some of exploration, some of finance.
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:Leatherhead is the HQ of '''Esso UK plc''', '''Esso Exploration & Production''' and '''Esso Petroleum Company'''. Up to 1,000 staff work there. {{ref|17}} It is a purpose built complex of offices, used initially for administrative functions when the head office used to be at Victoria Street. Based here are sales & marketing, IT, gas, some of human resources, logistics, some of exploration, some of finance.
  
Exxon Mobil House
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*'''Exxon Mobil House'''
Ermyn Way
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::Ermyn Way
Leatherhead
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::Leatherhead
SURREY
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::Surrey
KT22 8UX
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::KT22 8UX
Phone: +44 (0)1372 222 000
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::Phone: +44 (0)1372 222 000
Fax: +44 (0)1372 222 424
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::Fax: +44 (0)1372 222 424
  
London offices
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*'''London offices'''
Mobil Court in London is HQ of UK upstream units (Mobil North Sea, Esso Exploration and Production, Mobil Gas Marketing) and of ExxonMobil International. Trade journal Lloyds List describes its role as a ‘centre of excellence’ responsible for European and African upstream operations [18]. Prior to the merger, Mobil had 900 upstream staff in London [19].
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:Mobil Court in London is HQ of UK upstream units ('''Mobil North Sea''', '''Esso Exploration and Production''', '''Mobil Gas Marketing''') and of '''ExxonMobil International'''. Trade journal [[Lloyds List]] describes its role as a "centre of excellence" responsible for European and African upstream operations. {{ref|18}} Prior to the merger, Mobil had 900 upstream staff in London. {{ref|19}}
  
The London office is described as ‘European upstream headquarters’. The finance division is based there (deals with internal finance) [20].
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:The London office is described as 'European upstream headquarters'. The finance division is based there (deals with internal finance). {{ref|20}}
3 Clements Inn
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::3 Clements Inn
London
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::London
WC2A 2EB
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::WC2A 2EB
  
West London Terminal, Heathrow
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*'''West London Terminal, Heathrow'''
Fuels Customer Service Centre, Central Operations Group and Senior Management are based here.
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:Fuels Customer Service Centre, Central Operations Group and Senior Management are based here.
  
Fareham, Hampshire
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*'''Fareham, Hampshire'''
Exxon Chemical’s Head Office, close to Southampton and the M27.
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:'''Exxon Chemical''''s Head Office, close to Southampton and the M27.
  
ExxonMobil Chemical ltd
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*'''ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd'''
P.O. box 122
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::PO Box 122
4600 Parkway
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::4600 Parkway
Solent Business Park
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::Solent Business Park
Whitley
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::Whitley
Fareham
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::Fareham
Hampshire
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::Hampshire
PO15 7AP
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::PO15 7AP
  
Fawley
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*'''Fawley'''
Situated on the Solent near Southampton is Fawley, Britain’s largest refinery (uses as much electricity as Southampton does) [21].
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:Situated on the Solent near Southampton is Fawley, Britain's largest refinery (which uses as much electricity as Southampton does). {{ref|21}}
  
Major process units at Fawley include: 3 atmospheric + 3 vacuum distillation units, a fluid catalytic cracking unit, a resid finer, a polymerisation plant, 2 powerformers, 5 hydrofiners, 2 sulphur extraction units, a lubricating oil manufacturing complex, an isomerisation unit and a bitumen plant [22].
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:Major process units at Fawley include: 3 atmospheric + 3 vacuum distillation units, a fluid catalytic cracking unit, a resid finer, a polymerisation plant, 2 powerformers, 5 hydrofiners, 2 sulphur extraction units, a lubricating oil manufacturing complex, an isomerisation unit and a bitumen plant. {{ref|22}}
  
Crude oil arrives in 80,000 tonne tanker ships [23]. The Marine Terminal has 5 deep-sea berths and 4 inshore berths. 2,500 ship movements per year (most of these taking products away) [24]. More than 25 million tonnes of oil and oil products pass through Southampton port per year, mostly for or from Fawley [25]. About half of the inputs are from the North Sea (sweet – low sulphur), half from the Middle East (sour) [26].
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:Crude oil arrives in 80,000 tonne tanker ships. {{ref|23}} The Marine Terminal has 5 deep-sea berths and 4 inshore berths. There are 2,500 ship movements per year (most of these taking products away). {{ref|24}} More than 25 million tonnes of oil and oil products pass through Southampton port per year, mostly for or from Fawley. {{ref|25}} About half of the inputs are from the North Sea (sweet – low sulphur), half from the Middle East (sour). {{ref|26}}
  
Exxon Chemical has a chemical manufacturing complex at Fawley, producing 700,000 tonnes of chemicals per year [27]. It produces ethylene, butylenes, butadiene, solvents, butyl and halobutyl rubber, lubricating oil, fuel oil additives, higher olefins for internediaries for the vinyl and plastics industries. It also produces speciality chemicals for oil exploration, extraction and refining industries [28]. About 80% is exported – many to Exxon Chemical plants in Europe. Chemical products for UK markets go first by ship to two terminals at Purfleet or one at Immingham [29]. About 600 work at Fawley for Exxon Chemical [30].
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:Exxon Chemical has a chemical manufacturing complex at Fawley, producing 700,000 tonnes of chemicals per year. {{ref|27}} It produces ethylene, butylenes, butadiene, solvents, butyl and halobutyl rubber, lubricating oil, fuel oil additives, higher olefins for internediaries for the vinyl and plastics industries. It also produces speciality chemicals for oil exploration, extraction and refining industries. {{ref|28}} About 80% is exported – many to Exxon Chemical plants in Europe. Chemical products for UK markets go first by ship to two terminals at Purfleet or one at Immingham. {{ref|29}} About 600 work at Fawley for Exxon Chemical. {{ref|30}}
  
Last year a combined heat and power plant (CHP) was set up at Fawley. It produces 135MW of electricity, and 150 tonnes of steam per hour, which is fed back into the refinery. The site is on Esso land, but the plant is owned by Cogen, National Power’s CHP subsidiary, and is operated by Esso employees [31].
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:Last year a combined heat and power plant (CHP) was set up at Fawley. It produces 135MW of electricity, and 150 tonnes of steam per hour, which is fed back into the refinery. The site is on [[Esso]] land, but the plant is owned by [[Cogen]], [[National Power]]’s CHP subsidiary, and is operated by Esso employees. {{ref|31}}
  
Fawley
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::Fawley
Southampton
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::Southampton
SO45 1TX
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::SO45 1TX
Phone: +44 (0)1703 896712
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::Phone: +44 (0)1703 896712
  
Mossmoran plant
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*'''Mossmoran plant'''
Mossmoran is fed directly from the North Sea, via St Fergus terminal. Its products are distributed by pipeline to UK markets or by ship to Europe. 250 employees on Mossmoran site [32]. 50% owned by Shell Chemicals UK [33].
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:Mossmoran is fed directly from the North Sea, via St Fergus terminal. Its products are distributed by pipeline to UK markets or by ship to Europe. 250 employees on Mossmoran site. {{ref|32}} 50% owned by [[Shell]] Chemicals UK. {{ref|33}}
  
Purfleet Lubricants Plant
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*'''Purfleet Lubricants Plant'''
Responsible for manufacture, packing & distribution. Blends base stocks, which come by ship from Fawley. It is also a major distribution terminal for fuels and other products. Leading brands are Mobil 1 and Esso Ultron. Over 400 different types of lubricants are blended at Purfleet for industry [34].
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:Responsible for manufacture, packing & distribution. Blends base stocks, which come by ship from Fawley. It is also a major distribution terminal for fuels and other products. Leading brands are Mobil 1 and Esso Ultron. Over 400 different types of lubricants are blended at Purfleet for industry. {{ref|34}}
  
Call centre, Manchester
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*'''Call centre, Manchester'''
Due to open in the summer, at Salford Quays, with 300 staff. Dealing with enquiries from retail, wholesale and industrial customers across Europe [35].
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:Due to open in the summer, at Salford Quays, with 300 staff. Dealing with enquiries from retail, wholesale and industrial customers across Europe. {{ref|35}}
  
Aberdeen office
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*'''Aberdeen office'''
The Mobil North Sea office in Aberdeen has been kept after the merger, but with a reduction in staff numbers from the former 400 [36].
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:The Mobil North Sea office in Aberdeen has been kept after the merger, but with a reduction in staff numbers from the former 400. {{ref|36}}
  
The Distribution network
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===The Distribution network===
ExxonMobil claims to operate the largest underground pipeline network in the UK [37] : 00 km in total. 85% of Fawley’s products leave by pipeline to distribution terminals or airports (including Heathrow + Gatwick). Short pipelines feed local power stations and petrochemical works [38]. 10% leaves by ship, taking products to terminals in UK and Europe, and just 5% by road.
 
  
There are distribution terminals at West London (near Heathrow), Purfleet, Avonmouth, Birmingham, Nottingham, Hythe (near Fawley) and Manchester. West London is the biggest terminal [39].
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ExxonMobil claims to operate the largest underground pipeline network in the UK. {{ref|37}} 85% of Fawley's products leave by pipeline to distribution terminals or airports (including Heathrow and Gatwick). Short pipelines feed local power stations and petrochemical works. {{ref|38}} 10% leaves by ship, taking products to terminals in UK and Europe, and just 5% by road.
  
Esso also shares a terminal in Plymouth with Conoco (Mayflower Distribution Terminal) and one in Belfast with BP (Belfast Fuels Terminal) [40].
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There are distribution terminals at West London (near Heathrow), Purfleet, Avonmouth, Birmingham, Nottingham, Hythe (near Fawley) and Manchester. West London is the biggest terminal. {{ref|39}}
  
Esso has its own fleet of 100 road tankers [41], which take the products from terminals to petrol stations and to industrial customers. Esso also uses contractors for this.
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Esso also shares a terminal in Plymouth with [[Conoco]] (Mayflower Distribution Terminal) and one in Belfast with [[BP]] (Belfast Fuels Terminal). {{ref|40}}
  
Garages get their fuel from the nearest refinery – whichever company owns it, so if you watch tankers coming out of Fawley, you will see all company liveries. When Fawley was blockaded last year, The Automobil Association said half the petrol stations on the south coast could be affected [42]. But a report in Octane Week confirms the assertion on Esso’s website that 80% are supplied from Fawley – noting that the new ultra low sulphur gasoline from Fawley was being sold at 80% of Esso’s petrol stations, and the remaining 20% weren’t supplied from there [43].
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Esso has its own fleet of 100 road tankers, {{ref|41}} which take the products from terminals to petrol stations and to industrial customers. Esso also uses contractors for this.
  
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Garages get their fuel from the nearest refinery – whichever company owns it, so if you watch tankers coming out of Fawley, you will see all company liveries. When Fawley was blockaded last year, The [[Automobile Association]] said half the petrol stations on the south coast could be affected. {{ref|42}} But a report in ''Octane Week'' confirms the assertion on Esso's website that 80% are supplied from Fawley – noting that the new ultra-low sulphur gasoline from Fawley was being sold at 80% of Esso's petrol stations, and the remaining 20% weren't supplied from there. {{ref|43}}
Structure / Ownership
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==Structure/Ownership==
  
 
ExxonMobil is structured and managed by business activity, on a global basis, rather than by country. New ExxonMobil structure, following merger, organises into 11 separate global businesses:
 
ExxonMobil is structured and managed by business activity, on a global basis, rather than by country. New ExxonMobil structure, following merger, organises into 11 separate global businesses:
  
five upstream: exploration, development, production, gas marketing, upstream research
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*five upstream: exploration, development, production, gas marketing, upstream research
four downstream: refining & supply, fuels marketing, lubricants & petroleum specialities, technology
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*four downstream: refining & supply, fuels marketing, lubricants & petroleum specialities, technology
chemicals
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*chemicals
coal & minerals
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*coal & minerals
  
 
While the move is to global organisation, there are practical (geographical) limits to the ability to do this. For example, upstream and downstream operations in the UK both have the same chairman, and are based in the same office. But the move is new, so it remains to be seen to what extent the globalisation policy is implemented.
 
While the move is to global organisation, there are practical (geographical) limits to the ability to do this. For example, upstream and downstream operations in the UK both have the same chairman, and are based in the same office. But the move is new, so it remains to be seen to what extent the globalisation policy is implemented.
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Relative size of these areas in ExxonMobil globally according to Exxon-Mobil Financial & Operating Review (average capital employed, 2000):
 
Relative size of these areas in ExxonMobil globally according to Exxon-Mobil Financial & Operating Review (average capital employed, 2000):
  
Upstream 44.6%
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<table
Downstream 31.7%
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cellpadding="10">
Chemicals 15.8%
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<tr>
Other + corporate 7.9%
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  <td>'''Upstream'''</td>
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  <td>44.6%</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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  <td>'''Downstream'''</td>
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  <td>31.7%</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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  <td>'''Chemicals'''</td>
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  <td>15.8%</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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  <td>'''Other & corporate'''</td>
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  <td>7.9%</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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===Major shareholders===
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Top Institutional Holders of Exxon Mobil: {{ref|44}}
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*[[Fidelty Management and Research]]  Corporation (FMR Corp)
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*[[Barclays]] Bank
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*[[JP Morgan Chase]] & Company
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*[[State Street]] Corporation
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*[[Mellon Bank]], NA
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*[[Vanguard]] Group, Inc.
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*[[Putman Investment Management]], Inc.
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*[[Taunus]] Corporation
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*[[TIAA Cref Investment Management]], LLC
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*[[Citigroup]] Inc.
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Top Mutual Fund Holders: {{ref|45}}
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*[[College Retirement Equities Fund-Stock Account]]
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*[[Fidelity Magellan Fund]] Inc.
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*[[Vanguard Index 500 Fund]]
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*[[Fidelity Growth And Income Portfolio]]
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*[[Putnam Fund For Growth and Income]]
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*[[AXP New Dimensions Fund]]
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*[[Fidelity Contrafund]] Inc.
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*[[Vanguard Institutional Index Fund]]
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*[[Fidelity Puritan Fund]] Inc.
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*[[Washington Mutual Investors Fund]]
  
Major shareholders
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===Exxon Mobil Board of Directors===
  
Top Institutional Holders of Exxon Mobil [44]:
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The board currently is comprised of fifteen directors, eleven of which are non-employees. {{ref|46}}
FMR Corporation (Fidelty Management & Research Corp)
 
Barcleys Bank Plc
 
Morgan (J.P.) Chase & Company
 
State Street Corporation
 
Mellon Bank, N.A.
 
Vanguard Group, Inc.
 
Putman Investment Management, Inc.
 
Taunus Corporation
 
TIAA Cref Investment Management, LLC
 
Citigroup Inc.
 
  
Top Mutual Fund Holders [45]:
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*[[Lee R Raymond]]
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:Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
  
College Retirement Equities Fund-Stock Account
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*[[Eugene A Renna]]
Fidelity Magellan Fund Inc
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:Senior Vice President
Vanguard Index 500 Fund
 
Fidelity Growth And Income Portfolio
 
Putnam Fund For Growth And Income
 
AXP New Dimensions Fund
 
Fidelity Contrafund Inc
 
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund
 
Fidelity Puritan Fund Inc
 
Washington Mutual Investors Fund
 
  
Board of Directors Exxon Mobil [46]
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*[[René Dahan]]
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:Senior Vice President
  
The board currently is comprised of fifteen directors, eleven of which are non-employees.
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*[[Harry J Longwell]]
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:Senior Vice President
  
Lee R. Raymond
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*[[Michael J Boskin]]
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
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:TM Friedman Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow, [[Hoover Institution]], Stanford University
  
Eugene A. Renna
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*[[William T Esrey]]
Senior Vice President
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:Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, [[Sprint Corporation]] (a global communications company integrating long distance, local and wireless communications services and one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic)
  
René Dahan
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*[[Donald V Fites]]
Senior Vice President
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:Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, [[Caterpillar]] Inc. (manufacturer of construction, mining, and agricultural machinery and engines)
  
Harry J. Longwell
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*[[Charles A Heimbold, Jr]]
Senior Vice President
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:Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] Company (manufacturer of consumer products and pharmaceuticals)
  
Michael J. Boskin
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*[[James R Houghton]]
T.M. Friedman Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
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:Chairman of the Board Emeritus, [[Corning Incorporated]] (communications, advanced materials and display products)
  
William T. Esrey
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*[[William R Howell]]
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sprint Corporation (a global communications company integrating long distance, local and wireless communications services and one of the world’s largest carriers of Internet traffic)
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:Chairman Emeritus, [[JC Penney]] Company, Inc. (department store and catalogue chain)
  
Donald V. Fites
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*[[Helene L Kaplan]]
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar Inc. (manufacturer of construction, mining, and agricultural machinery and engines)
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:Of Counsel, [[Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom]] LLP (law firm)
  
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr
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*[[Reatha Clark King]]
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (manufacturer of consumer products and pharmaceuticals)
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:President and Executive Director, [[General Mills Foundation]]; Vice President, [[General Mills]], Inc. (manufacturer and marketer of consumer food products)
  
James R. Houghton
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*[[Philip E Lippincott]]
Chairman of the Board Emeritus, Corning Incorporated (communications, advanced materials and display products)
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:Chairman of the Board, [[Campbell Soup Company]] (global manufacturer and marketer of high quality, branded convenience food products); Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, [[Scott Paper Company]] (sanitary paper, printing and publishing papers and forestry operations)
  
William R. Howell
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*[[Marilyn Carlson Nelson]]
Chairman Emeritus, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (department store and catalogue chain)
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:Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, [[Carlson Companies]], Inc.; Co-Chair, [[Carlson Holdings]], Inc. (travel, hotels, restaurants and marketing services)
  
Helene L. Kaplan
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*[[Walter V Shipley]]
Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (law firm)
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:Retired Chairman of the Board, The [[Chase Manhattan]] Corporation and The [[Chase Manhattan Bank]] (banking and finance)
  
Reatha Clark King
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===Executives===
President and Executive Director, General Mills Foundation; Vice President, General Mills, Inc. (manufacturer and marketer of consumer food products)
 
  
Philip E. Lippincott
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*[[Lee R Raymond]] Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Board, Campbell Soup Company (global manufacturer and marketer of high quality, branded convenience food products); Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Scott Paper Company (sanitary paper, printing and publishing papers and forestry operations)
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*[[E G Galante]] Senior Vice President
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*[[R W Tillerson]] Senior Vice President
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*[[H J Longwell]] Executive Vice President, Director
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*[[E A Renna]] Executive Vice President, Director
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*[[R Dahan]] Executive Vice President, Director
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*[[M E Foster]] President, ExxonMobil Development Company
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*[[F A Risch]] Vice President, Treasurer
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*[[D D Humphreys]] Vice President, Controller
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*[[C W Matthews]] Vice President, General Counsel
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*[[T P Townsend]] Vice President of Investor Relations, Secretary
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*[[P E Sullivan]] Vice President and General Tax Counsel
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*[[H R Cramer]] Vice President
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*[[K T Koonce]] Vice President
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*[[S R McGill]] Vice President
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*[[S D Pryor]] Vice President
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*[[D S Sanders]] Vice President
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*[[J S Simon]] Vice President
  
Marilyn Carlson Nelson
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The two Senior Vice Presidents, the three Executive Vice Presidents and the Chairman and CEO, L R Raymond, constitute the Corporation's Management Committee.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Carlson Companies, Inc.; Co-Chair, Carlson Holdings, Inc. (travel, hotels, restaurants and marketing services)
 
  
Walter V. Shipley
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===Principal directors in the UK===
Retired Chairman of the Board, The Chase Manhattan Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (banking and finance)
 
  
Executives
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'''Esso UK plc''' {{ref|47}}
  
Lee R. Raymond Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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*[[Ansel Condray]] (Chairman)
E. G. Galante Senior Vice President
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:Ansel Condray helped Bush to draft the voluntary Clean Air Programme for Texas when Bush was governor there in 1997 (see also [[Exxon Mobil: Influence / Lobbying#Links with government|Links with Government]]). {{ref|48}}
R. W. Tillerson Senior Vice President
 
H. J. Longwell Executive Vice President, Director
 
E. A. Renna Executive Vice President, Director
 
R. Dahan Executive Vice President, Director
 
M. E. Foster President, ExxonMobil Development Company
 
F. A. Risch Vice President, Treasurer
 
D. D. Humphreys Vice President, Controller
 
C. W. Matthews Vice President, General Counsel
 
T. P. Townsend Vice President of Investor Relations, Secretary
 
P. E. Sullivan Vice President and General Tax Counsel
 
H. R. Cramer Vice President
 
K. T. Koonce Vice President
 
S. R. McGill Vice President
 
S. D. Pryor Vice President
 
D. S. Sanders Vice President
 
J. S. Simon Vice President
 
The two Senior Vice Presidents, the three Executive Vice Presidents and the Chairman and CEO, L. R. Raymond, constitute the Corporation's Management Committee.
 
  
Principal directors in the UK
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:Took over from [[Keith Taylor]], 26/2/00. Taylor was a very public figure, both in the industry and outside it – President of the [[Institute of Chemical Engineers]], vice president of the [[Institute of Petroleum]], council member of [[CBI]], [[Business in the Community]] and the [[Institute of Business Ethics]]. He died of cancer in September 2000. {{ref|49}}
Esso UK plc [47]:
 
  
Ansel Condray (Chairman)
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*[[SC Spancake]] (Finance Director)
Ansel Condray helped Bush to draft the voluntary Clean Act Programme for Texas when Bush was governor there in 1997 (see also Links with Government) [48].
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*[[SC Polkey]] (Fuels Marketing)
Took over from Keith Taylor, 26/2/00. Taylor was a very public figure, both in the industry and outside it – President of Institute of Chemical Engineers, vice president of the Institute of Petroleum, council member of CBI, Business in the Community and the Institute of Business Ethics. He died of cancer in September 2000 [49].
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*[[D Carr]] (Logistics & Refining)
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*[[JV Genova]] (International Gas Marketing)
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*[[RG Bellis]] (Exploration)
  
SC Spancake (Finance Director)
 
SC Polkey (Fuels Marketing)
 
D Carr (Logistics & Refining)
 
JV Genova (International Gas Marketing)
 
RG Bellis (Exploration)
 
 
All executive directors of Esso UK plc (all male).
 
All executive directors of Esso UK plc (all male).
  
Condray, Genova and Bellis all have Europe-wide roles in ExxonMobil International [50].
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Condray, Genova and Bellis all have Europe-wide roles in ExxonMobil International. {{ref|50}}
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===Other directors===
  
Other directors:
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*[[SBL Penrose]] (Finance Director, '''Esso Petroleum Co Ltd''', '''Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd''', '''Mobil Gas Marketing Ltd''') {{ref|51}}
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*[[ME Clifton]] ('''Mobil Gas Marketing''') {{ref|52}}
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*[[John Cousins]] (Executive vice president, '''ExxonMobil International Ltd''') {{ref|53}}
  
SBL Penrose (Finance Director, Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd, Mobil Gas Marketing Ltd) [51]
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'''ExxonMobil Chemical''' {{ref|54}}
ME Clifton (Mobil Gas Marketing) [52]
 
John Cousins (Executive vice president, ExxonMobil International Ltd). [53]
 
  
ExxonMobil Chemical [54]
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*[[MJ Lane]] (Chairman)
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*[[RH Coleman]]
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*[[DJ Hartgerink]]
  
MJ Lane (Chairman)
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'''ExxonMobil Aviation International''' {{ref|55}}
RH Coleman
 
DJ Hartgerink
 
  
ExxonMobil Aviation International [55]
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*[[JAC Bell]]
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*[[E Biriotti]]
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*[[RM Cooper]]
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*[[IC Downie]]
  
JAC Bell
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==Subsidiaries==
E Biriotti
 
RM Cooper
 
IC Downie
 
  
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===Worldwide===
Subsidiaries
 
  
Worldwide
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ExxonMobil has numerous functional and service organisations. One example is '''ExxonMobil Development Company''', responsible for overall stewardship of project development and drilling activities for the Corporation's worldwide upstream operations. There is a whole range of other companies recognisable by Exxon, Mobil and/or Esso name. Some of the companies are not so easily recognisable by name, like [[Imperial Oil]] Limited, [[Monetary Coal]] Company, [[Compania Minera Disputada de Las Condes Limitada]] (Chile), [[International Colombia Resources]] Corporation LLC (intercor) (Colombia) etc.
  
ExxonMobil has numerous functional and service organisations. One example is ExxonMobil Development Company, responsible for overall stewardship of project development and drilling activities for the Corporation's worldwide upstream operations. There is a whole range of other companies recognisable by Exxon, Mobil and / or Esso name. Some of the companies are not so easily recognisable by name, like Imperial Oil Limited, Monetary Coal Company, Compania Minera Disputada de Las Condes Limitada (Chile), International Colombia Resources Corporation LLC (intercor) (Colombia) etc.
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To get an overview of some of ExxonMobil's different companies, check out 'Our Activities' at http://www.exxonmobil.com/opsmap/index.html. The most comprehensive overview can be obtained by looking in the 'Who Owns Who' directory of North America (can be found in most libraries).
  
To get an overview of some of ExxonMobil’s different companies, check out ‘Our Activities’ at www.exxonmobil.com/opsmap/index.html. The most comprehensive overview can be obtained by looking in the Who Owns Who directory of North America (can be found in most libraries).
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===UK===
  
UK
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In the UK, the [[Esso]] business consists of the holding company '''Esso UK plc''' and two operating businesses – '''Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited''', and '''Esso Petroleum Company Limited'''.
In the UK, the Esso business consists of the holding company Esso UK plc and two operating businesses – Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited, and Esso Petroleum Company Limited.
 
  
ExxonMobil has 6 main UK operating companies
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ExxonMobil has 6 main UK operating companies:
  
Upstream:
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'''Upstream:'''
Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd
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*Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd
Mobile North Sea Ltd
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*Mobile North Sea Ltd
Mobil Gas Marketing (U.K) Ltd
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*Mobil Gas Marketing (UK) Ltd
  
Downstream:
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'''Downstream:'''
Esso Petroleum Company, Ltd
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*Esso Petroleum Company, Ltd
Mobil Lubricants UK Ltd
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*Mobil Lubricants UK Ltd
Chemicals:
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ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd
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'''Chemicals:'''
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*ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd
  
 
There are also a number of ExxonMobil international business areas which are co-ordinated from the UK, by the following subsidiaries:
 
There are also a number of ExxonMobil international business areas which are co-ordinated from the UK, by the following subsidiaries:
  
ExxonMobil Aviation International Ltd
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*[[ExxonMobil Aviation International]] Ltd
ExxonMobil Marine Fuels Ltd
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*[[ExxonMobil Marine Fuels]] Ltd
International Marine Transportation Ltd
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*[[International Marine Transportation]] Ltd
Mobil Marine Lubricants
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*[[Mobil Marine Lubricants]]
ExxonMobil International Ltd (oversees the upstream operations within Europe and West Africa)
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*[[ExxonMobil International]] Ltd (oversees the upstream operations within Europe and West Africa)
ExxonMobil Sales and Supply Corporation
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*[[ExxonMobil Sales and Supply]] Corporation
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Esso Petroleum Company owns (100%) the following: [[Cleveland Petroleum Company]] Ltd, [[Comma Oil and Chemicals]] Ltd, [[Dart Oil Company]] Ltd, [[Redline Oil Services]] Ltd and [[Retail Petroleum Services]] Ltd. Also owns 74.9% of [[Mode Wheel Property]] Ltd {{ref|56}} and 65% of [[Mainline Pipelines]] Ltd. {{ref|57}}
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==Resources==
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*[[Exxon Mobil]]
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*[[Exxon Mobil: Influence / Lobbying]]
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*[[Exxon Mobil: Corporate Crimes]]
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*[[Exxon Mobil: Links, contacts & resources]]
  
Esso Petroleum Company owns (100%) the following: Cleveland Petroleum Company Ltd, Comma Oil & Chemicals Ltd, Dart Oil Company Ltd, Redline Oil Services Ltd and Retail Petroleum Services Ltd. Also owns 74.9% of Mode Wheel Property Ltd [56] and 65% of Mainline Pipelines Ltd [57].
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==References==
  
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#{{note|16}} ExxonMobil website http://www.exxonmobil.com/opsmap/
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#{{note|17}} Aberdeen ''Press & Journal'', 2/12/98, 'Jobs fears as oil firms get hitched up' gives 2,500 between Leatherhead and Fawley. Esso video, 'Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look', 2000, says 1,500 staff at Fawley.
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#{{note|18}} Lloyd's List 4/12/99, 'Oil – Exxon Mobil predicts big savings', by Helen Carr
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#{{note|19}} Aberdeen ''Press & Journal'', 2/12/98, 'Jobs fears as oil firms get hitched up'
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#{{note|20}} ExxonMobil, 'We cover a lot of ground', recruitment brochure, 2000
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#{{note|21}} Esso – 'Refining', Dec 1996
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#{{note|22}} Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p.6
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#{{note|23}} from refinery delivery updates, Lloyds List – always 80,000t
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#{{note|24}} Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p.6
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#{{note|25}} Lloyds List, 27/1/97, Special report on Southampton: 'Dredging programme the key to the future'
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#{{note|26}} Esso – 'Refining', Dec 1996
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#{{note|27}} Esso video, 'Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look', 2000
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#{{note|28}} Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p.6
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#{{note|29}} Esso – 'Refining', Dec 1996
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#{{note|30}} 'Esso in the UK', Dec 1996
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#{{note|31}} Hart's European Fuel News, 8/12/99, 'Esso Fawley refinery gets new Cogen plant'
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#{{note|32}} Esso video, 'Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look', 2000
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#{{note|33}} Esso – 'Refining', Dec 1996
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#{{note|34}} ExxonMobil, 'Activities in the United Kingdom', pamphlet, April 2001
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#{{note|35}} Lloyd's List 4/12/99, 'Oil – Exxon Mobil predicts big savings', by Helen Carr
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#{{note|36}} Manchester ''Evening News'' 1/3/01, 'Jobs bonanza - but mind your language'
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#{{note|37}} ExxonMobil, 'Activities in the United Kingdom', pamphlet, April 2001
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#{{note|38}} Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p.6
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#{{note|39}} Esso/Exxon Chemical – 'Forward focus – Graduate opportunities', summer 1998
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#{{note|40}} Esso Newsline, Feb 1998, p.5
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#{{note|41}} Esso video, 'Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look', 2000
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#{{note|42}} ''Evening Express'', Aberdeen, 12/9/00, 'UK in gridlock'
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#{{note|43}} ''Octane Week'', 4/12/00, 'UK weighs more tax cuts to spark sales of ultra low-sulfur gasoline'
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#{{note|44}} Yahoo Finance web site, http://biz.yahoo.com/hd/x/xom.html, viewed 1/9/01
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#{{note|45}} Yahoo Finance web site, http://biz.yahoo.com/hd/mf/x/xom.html, viewed 1/9/01
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#{{note|46}} ExxonMobil annual report 2000
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#{{note|47}} Esso UK plc, interim accounts, 15/3/01, from Companies House
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#{{note|48}} ''A Decade of Dirty Tricks: ExxonMobil's attempts to stop the world tackling climate change'', a briefing by Greenpeace (July 2001), online at http://www.stopesso.com/pdf/Dirty%20Tricks.pdf
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#{{note|49}} The ''Times'', 16/10/00, Keith Taylor Obituary
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#{{note|50}} Hart's European Offshore Petroleum Newsletter, 26/1/00, 'Europe: Oil & gas people'
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#{{note|51}} Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 12/4/00; Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 9/5/00; Mobil North Sea Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 2/11/00
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#{{note|52}} RS Franklin (Mobil Gas Marketing) Hart's European Offshore Petroleum Newsletter, 26/1/00, 'Europe: Oil & gas people'
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#{{note|53}} Mobil North Sea Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 2/11/00
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#{{note|54}} Exxon Chemical Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 13/6/00
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#{{note|55}} ExxonMobil Aviation International Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 23/10/00
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#{{note|56}} Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 12/4/00
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#{{note|57}} Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 12/4/00
  
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[[Category:Transnational Corporations]][[Category:Oil Industry]]
[16] ExxonMobil’s web site, www.exxonmobil.com/opsmap/
 
[17] Aberdeen Press & Journal, 2/12/98, ‘Jobs fears as oil firms get hitched up’ gives 2,500 between Leatherhead and Fawley. Esso video, ‘Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look’, 2000, says 1,500 staff at Fawley.
 
[18] Lloyd’s List 4/12/99, ‘Oil – Exxon Mobil predicts big savings’, by Helen Carr
 
[19] London Aberdeen Press & Journal, 2/12/98, ‘Jobs fears as oil firms get hitched up’
 
[20] ExxonMobil, ‘We cover a lot of ground’, recruitment brochure, 2000
 
[21] Esso – ‘Refining’, Dec ‘96
 
[22] Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p.6
 
[23] from refinery delivery updates, Lloyds List – always 80,000t
 
[24] Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p.6
 
[25] Lloyds List, 27/1/97, Special report on Southampton: ‘Dredging programme the key to the future’
 
[26] Esso – ‘Refining’, Dec ‘96
 
[27] Esso video, ‘Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look’, 2000
 
[28] Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p. 6
 
[29] Esso – ‘Refining’, Dec ‘96
 
[30] ‘Esso in the UK’, Dec ‘96
 
[31] Hart’s European Fuel News, 8/12/99, ‘Esso Fawley refinery gets new Cogen plant
 
[32] Esso video, ‘Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look’, 2000
 
[33] Esso – ‘Refining’, Dec ‘96
 
[34] ExxonMobil, ‘Activities in the United Kingdom’, pamphlet, April 2001
 
[35] Lloyd’s List 4/12/99, ‘Oil – Exxon Mobil predicts big savings’, by Helen Carr
 
[36] Manchester Evening News 1/3/01, ‘Jobs bonanza - but mind your language’
 
[37] ExxonMobil, ‘Activities in the United Kingdom’, pamphlet, April 2001
 
[38] Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p. 6
 
[39] Esso / Exxon Chemical – ‘Forward focus – Graduate opportunities’, summer 1998.
 
[40] Esso Newsline, Feb ’98, p.5
 
[41] Esso video, ‘Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look’, 2000
 
[42] Evening Express, Aberdeen, 12/9/00, ‘UK in gridlock’
 
[43] Octane Week, 4/12/00, ‘UK weighs more tax cuts to spark sales of ultra low-sulfur gasoline’
 
[44] Yahoo Finance web site, http://biz.yahoo.com/hd/x/xom.html, viewed 1/9/01
 
[45] Yahoo Finance web site, http://biz.yahoo.com/hd/mf/x/xom.html, viewed 1/9/01
 
[46] ExxonMobil annual report 2000
 
[47] Esso UK plc, interim accounts, 15/3/01, from Companies House
 
[48] A Decade of Dirty Tricks, ExxonMobil’s attempts to stop the world tackling climate change, a briefing by Greenpeace (July 2001), online at www.stopesso.com/pdf/Dirty%20Tricks.pdf
 
[49] The Times, 16/10/00, ‘Keith Taylor – obituary’
 
[50] Hart’s European Offshore Petroleum Newsletter, 26/1/00, ‘Europe: Oil & gas people’
 
[51] Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 12/4/00; Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 9/5/00; Mobil North Sea Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 2/11/00
 
[52] RS Franklin (Mobil Gas Marketing) Hart’s European Offshore Petroleum Newsletter, 26/1/00, ‘Europe: Oil & gas people’
 
[53] Mobil North Sea Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 2/11/00
 
[54] Exxon Chemical Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 13/6/00
 
[55] ExxonMobil Aviation International Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 23/10/00
 
[56] Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 12/4/00
 
[57] Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, annual accounts for year ending 31/12/99, filed at Companies House 12/4/00
 

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ExxonMobil Main Page

Worldwide

Exxon Mobil conducts business in almost 200 countries worldwide. [1] For information on the different ExxonMobil companies and affiliates, see http://www.exxonmobil.com/affiliate/, or look at the map of worldwide operations divided up into upstream, downstream, chemical and coal & mineral http://www.exxonmobil.com/opsmap/index.html.

The corporation's headquarters is in Irving, Texas, USA.

  • Exxon Mobil Corporation
5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
Irving
Texas 75039-2298
Phone: +1 (0) 972 444 1000
Fax: +1 (0)972 444 1350

Other offices include:

  • Exxon Chemical
13501 Katy Fwy
Houston
Texas 77079
Phone: +1 (0)800 231 6633
  • Exxon Coal & Minerals
2401 S. Gessner
Houston
Texas 77063
Postal address: PO Box 1314, Houston, TX 77251-1314
Phone: +1 (0)713 978 5333
Fax: +1 (0)713 9785404
  • Exxon International
200 Park Ave
Florham Park
New Jersey 07932
Phone: +1 (0)201 765 7000

UK

You can find Esso's major locations on an interactive map on their web site at http://www.esso.com/eaff/essouk/glance/britain.html. Their main locations are in Leatherhead, West London, Abingdon, Fareham, Fife, Fawley and Purfleet.

See below for descriptions of some of the places.

  • Leatherhead
Leatherhead is the HQ of Esso UK plc, Esso Exploration & Production and Esso Petroleum Company. Up to 1,000 staff work there. [2] It is a purpose built complex of offices, used initially for administrative functions when the head office used to be at Victoria Street. Based here are sales & marketing, IT, gas, some of human resources, logistics, some of exploration, some of finance.
  • Exxon Mobil House
Ermyn Way
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 8UX
Phone: +44 (0)1372 222 000
Fax: +44 (0)1372 222 424
  • London offices
Mobil Court in London is HQ of UK upstream units (Mobil North Sea, Esso Exploration and Production, Mobil Gas Marketing) and of ExxonMobil International. Trade journal Lloyds List describes its role as a "centre of excellence" responsible for European and African upstream operations. [3] Prior to the merger, Mobil had 900 upstream staff in London. [4]
The London office is described as 'European upstream headquarters'. The finance division is based there (deals with internal finance). [5]
3 Clements Inn
London
WC2A 2EB
  • West London Terminal, Heathrow
Fuels Customer Service Centre, Central Operations Group and Senior Management are based here.
  • Fareham, Hampshire
Exxon Chemical's Head Office, close to Southampton and the M27.
  • ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd
PO Box 122
4600 Parkway
Solent Business Park
Whitley
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 7AP
  • Fawley
Situated on the Solent near Southampton is Fawley, Britain's largest refinery (which uses as much electricity as Southampton does). [6]
Major process units at Fawley include: 3 atmospheric + 3 vacuum distillation units, a fluid catalytic cracking unit, a resid finer, a polymerisation plant, 2 powerformers, 5 hydrofiners, 2 sulphur extraction units, a lubricating oil manufacturing complex, an isomerisation unit and a bitumen plant. [7]
Crude oil arrives in 80,000 tonne tanker ships. [8] The Marine Terminal has 5 deep-sea berths and 4 inshore berths. There are 2,500 ship movements per year (most of these taking products away). [9] More than 25 million tonnes of oil and oil products pass through Southampton port per year, mostly for or from Fawley. [10] About half of the inputs are from the North Sea (sweet – low sulphur), half from the Middle East (sour). [11]
Exxon Chemical has a chemical manufacturing complex at Fawley, producing 700,000 tonnes of chemicals per year. [12] It produces ethylene, butylenes, butadiene, solvents, butyl and halobutyl rubber, lubricating oil, fuel oil additives, higher olefins for internediaries for the vinyl and plastics industries. It also produces speciality chemicals for oil exploration, extraction and refining industries. [13] About 80% is exported – many to Exxon Chemical plants in Europe. Chemical products for UK markets go first by ship to two terminals at Purfleet or one at Immingham. [14] About 600 work at Fawley for Exxon Chemical. [15]
Last year a combined heat and power plant (CHP) was set up at Fawley. It produces 135MW of electricity, and 150 tonnes of steam per hour, which is fed back into the refinery. The site is on Esso land, but the plant is owned by Cogen, National Power’s CHP subsidiary, and is operated by Esso employees. [16]
Fawley
Southampton
SO45 1TX
Phone: +44 (0)1703 896712
  • Mossmoran plant
Mossmoran is fed directly from the North Sea, via St Fergus terminal. Its products are distributed by pipeline to UK markets or by ship to Europe. 250 employees on Mossmoran site. [17] 50% owned by Shell Chemicals UK. [18]
  • Purfleet Lubricants Plant
Responsible for manufacture, packing & distribution. Blends base stocks, which come by ship from Fawley. It is also a major distribution terminal for fuels and other products. Leading brands are Mobil 1 and Esso Ultron. Over 400 different types of lubricants are blended at Purfleet for industry. [19]
  • Call centre, Manchester
Due to open in the summer, at Salford Quays, with 300 staff. Dealing with enquiries from retail, wholesale and industrial customers across Europe. [20]
  • Aberdeen office
The Mobil North Sea office in Aberdeen has been kept after the merger, but with a reduction in staff numbers from the former 400. [21]

The Distribution network

ExxonMobil claims to operate the largest underground pipeline network in the UK. [22] 85% of Fawley's products leave by pipeline to distribution terminals or airports (including Heathrow and Gatwick). Short pipelines feed local power stations and petrochemical works. [23] 10% leaves by ship, taking products to terminals in UK and Europe, and just 5% by road.

There are distribution terminals at West London (near Heathrow), Purfleet, Avonmouth, Birmingham, Nottingham, Hythe (near Fawley) and Manchester. West London is the biggest terminal. [24]

Esso also shares a terminal in Plymouth with Conoco (Mayflower Distribution Terminal) and one in Belfast with BP (Belfast Fuels Terminal). [25]

Esso has its own fleet of 100 road tankers, [26] which take the products from terminals to petrol stations and to industrial customers. Esso also uses contractors for this.

Garages get their fuel from the nearest refinery – whichever company owns it, so if you watch tankers coming out of Fawley, you will see all company liveries. When Fawley was blockaded last year, The Automobile Association said half the petrol stations on the south coast could be affected. [27] But a report in Octane Week confirms the assertion on Esso's website that 80% are supplied from Fawley – noting that the new ultra-low sulphur gasoline from Fawley was being sold at 80% of Esso's petrol stations, and the remaining 20% weren't supplied from there. [28]

Structure/Ownership

ExxonMobil is structured and managed by business activity, on a global basis, rather than by country. New ExxonMobil structure, following merger, organises into 11 separate global businesses:

  • five upstream: exploration, development, production, gas marketing, upstream research
  • four downstream: refining & supply, fuels marketing, lubricants & petroleum specialities, technology
  • chemicals
  • coal & minerals

While the move is to global organisation, there are practical (geographical) limits to the ability to do this. For example, upstream and downstream operations in the UK both have the same chairman, and are based in the same office. But the move is new, so it remains to be seen to what extent the globalisation policy is implemented.

To give an idea of their grouping, one senior manager of ExxonMobil board is responsible for all upstream divisions, another for all downstream, and another for the chemicals and coal & minerals divisions.

Relative size of these areas in ExxonMobil globally according to Exxon-Mobil Financial & Operating Review (average capital employed, 2000):

Upstream 44.6%
Downstream 31.7%
Chemicals 15.8%
Other & corporate 7.9%

Major shareholders

Top Institutional Holders of Exxon Mobil: [29]

Top Mutual Fund Holders: [30]

Exxon Mobil Board of Directors

The board currently is comprised of fifteen directors, eleven of which are non-employees. [31]

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President
TM Friedman Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sprint Corporation (a global communications company integrating long distance, local and wireless communications services and one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic)
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar Inc. (manufacturer of construction, mining, and agricultural machinery and engines)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (manufacturer of consumer products and pharmaceuticals)
Chairman of the Board Emeritus, Corning Incorporated (communications, advanced materials and display products)
Chairman Emeritus, JC Penney Company, Inc. (department store and catalogue chain)
Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (law firm)
President and Executive Director, General Mills Foundation; Vice President, General Mills, Inc. (manufacturer and marketer of consumer food products)
Chairman of the Board, Campbell Soup Company (global manufacturer and marketer of high quality, branded convenience food products); Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Scott Paper Company (sanitary paper, printing and publishing papers and forestry operations)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Carlson Companies, Inc.; Co-Chair, Carlson Holdings, Inc. (travel, hotels, restaurants and marketing services)
Retired Chairman of the Board, The Chase Manhattan Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (banking and finance)

Executives

The two Senior Vice Presidents, the three Executive Vice Presidents and the Chairman and CEO, L R Raymond, constitute the Corporation's Management Committee.

Principal directors in the UK

Esso UK plc [32]

Ansel Condray helped Bush to draft the voluntary Clean Air Programme for Texas when Bush was governor there in 1997 (see also Links with Government). [33]
Took over from Keith Taylor, 26/2/00. Taylor was a very public figure, both in the industry and outside it – President of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, vice president of the Institute of Petroleum, council member of CBI, Business in the Community and the Institute of Business Ethics. He died of cancer in September 2000. [34]

All executive directors of Esso UK plc (all male).

Condray, Genova and Bellis all have Europe-wide roles in ExxonMobil International. [35]

Other directors

  • SBL Penrose (Finance Director, Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd, Mobil Gas Marketing Ltd) [36]
  • ME Clifton (Mobil Gas Marketing) [37]
  • John Cousins (Executive vice president, ExxonMobil International Ltd) [38]

ExxonMobil Chemical [39]

ExxonMobil Aviation International [40]

Subsidiaries

Worldwide

ExxonMobil has numerous functional and service organisations. One example is ExxonMobil Development Company, responsible for overall stewardship of project development and drilling activities for the Corporation's worldwide upstream operations. There is a whole range of other companies recognisable by Exxon, Mobil and/or Esso name. Some of the companies are not so easily recognisable by name, like Imperial Oil Limited, Monetary Coal Company, Compania Minera Disputada de Las Condes Limitada (Chile), International Colombia Resources Corporation LLC (intercor) (Colombia) etc.

To get an overview of some of ExxonMobil's different companies, check out 'Our Activities' at http://www.exxonmobil.com/opsmap/index.html. The most comprehensive overview can be obtained by looking in the 'Who Owns Who' directory of North America (can be found in most libraries).

UK

In the UK, the Esso business consists of the holding company Esso UK plc and two operating businesses – Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited, and Esso Petroleum Company Limited.

ExxonMobil has 6 main UK operating companies:

Upstream:

  • Esso Exploration & Production UK Ltd
  • Mobile North Sea Ltd
  • Mobil Gas Marketing (UK) Ltd

Downstream:

  • Esso Petroleum Company, Ltd
  • Mobil Lubricants UK Ltd

Chemicals:

  • ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd

There are also a number of ExxonMobil international business areas which are co-ordinated from the UK, by the following subsidiaries:

Esso Petroleum Company owns (100%) the following: Cleveland Petroleum Company Ltd, Comma Oil and Chemicals Ltd, Dart Oil Company Ltd, Redline Oil Services Ltd and Retail Petroleum Services Ltd. Also owns 74.9% of Mode Wheel Property Ltd [41] and 65% of Mainline Pipelines Ltd. [42]

Resources

References

  1. ^ ExxonMobil website http://www.exxonmobil.com/opsmap/
  2. ^ Aberdeen Press & Journal, 2/12/98, 'Jobs fears as oil firms get hitched up' gives 2,500 between Leatherhead and Fawley. Esso video, 'Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look', 2000, says 1,500 staff at Fawley.
  3. ^ Lloyd's List 4/12/99, 'Oil – Exxon Mobil predicts big savings', by Helen Carr
  4. ^ Aberdeen Press & Journal, 2/12/98, 'Jobs fears as oil firms get hitched up'
  5. ^ ExxonMobil, 'We cover a lot of ground', recruitment brochure, 2000
  6. ^ Esso – 'Refining', Dec 1996
  7. ^ Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p.6
  8. ^ from refinery delivery updates, Lloyds List – always 80,000t
  9. ^ Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p.6
  10. ^ Lloyds List, 27/1/97, Special report on Southampton: 'Dredging programme the key to the future'
  11. ^ Esso – 'Refining', Dec 1996
  12. ^ Esso video, 'Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look', 2000
  13. ^ Institute of Petroleum, Annual statistics, 1998/99, p.6
  14. ^ Esso – 'Refining', Dec 1996
  15. ^ 'Esso in the UK', Dec 1996
  16. ^ Hart's European Fuel News, 8/12/99, 'Esso Fawley refinery gets new Cogen plant'
  17. ^ Esso video, 'Graduate opportunities in Esso – a closer look', 2000
  18. ^ Esso – 'Refining', Dec 1996
  19. ^ ExxonMobil, 'Activities in the United Kingdom', pamphlet, April 2001
  20. ^ Lloyd's List 4/12/99, 'Oil – Exxon Mobil predicts big savings', by Helen Carr
  21. ^ Manchester Evening News 1/3/01, 'Jobs bonanza - but mind your language'
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