as referenced in the 2008 Corporate Citizenship Report

Performance data

To ensure that the data provided in our performance data table is relevant, we selected indicators based on guidance provided by the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association and cross-referenced against the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Guidelines.

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	2005	2006	2007	2008
Company profile
Net income, billions of dollars	36.1	39.5	40.6	45.2
¹Sales and other operating revenue, billions of dollars	359	365	390	460
Net liquids production, millions of barrels per day	2.5	2.7	2.6	2.4
Natural gas production available for sale, billions of cubic feet per day	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.1
²Oil-equivalent production, millions of oil-equivalent barrels per day	4.1	4.2	4.2	3.9
Refinery throughput, millions of barrels per day	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.4
Petroleum product sales, millions of barrels per day	7.5	7.2	7.1	6.8
Chemical prime product sales, millions of metric tons	26.8	27.4	27.5	25.0
³Taxes to governments, billions of dollars	99	101	106	116
Benefits to employees, billions of dollars (wages, salaries, pensions, and other benefits)	12	12	13	13
Spending with suppliers, billions of dollars	211	212	230	286
Long-term debt at year end, billions of dollars	6.2	6.6	7.2	7.0
Total assets at year end, billions of dollars	208	219	242	228

¹Sales and other operating revenue includes purchases/sales contracts with the same counterparty in 2005.

²Gas converted to oil-equivalent at 6 billion cubic feet = 1 million barrels.

³Income, sales-based, and other taxes and duties.

	2005	2006	2007	2008	INT*

Corporate governance

Capital and exploration expenditures, billions of dollars	18	20	21	26
⁴Distributions to shareholders, billions of dollars	23	33	36	40
⁵Corporate political contributions—U.S. state campaigns and national 527s, millions of dollars	.34	.41	.27	.45
⁶Number of regular employees at year end, thousands	84	82	81	80
Percent women—global workforce (excluding company-operated retail stores)	23	24	25	25	•

⁴Cash dividends to ExxonMobil shareholders and share purchases to reduce shares outstanding.

⁵2007 data was corrected to reflect contributions to both U.S. state campaigns and national 527s.

⁶Regular employees are defined as active executive, management, professional, technical, and wage employees who work full-time or part-time for ExxonMobil, and are covered by ExxonMobil’s benefit plans and programs.

Safety and health

Fatalities—employees	3	3	0	0	•
Fatalities—contractors	5	7	8	5	•
⁷Lost-time incident rate—employees (per 200,000 work hours)	.069	.049	.031	.047	•
⁷Lost-time incident rate—contractors (per 200,000 work hours)	.054	.052	.065	.050	•
⁷Lost-time incident rate—total workforce (per 200,000 work hours)	.061	.051	.047	.048	•
⁷Total recordable incident rate—employees (per 200,000 work hours)	.39	.33	.33	.35	•
Total recordable incident rate—contractors (per 200,000 work hours)	.45	.43	.43	.49	•
⁷Total recordable incident rate—total workforce (per 200,000 work hours)	.42	.38	.38	.42	•

⁷Historical data was updated to reflect improved information.

Environmental performance

Marine vessel spills (owned/operated and long-term leased), number of hydrocarbon spills > 1 barrel	0	0	0	0	•
Other spills (not from marine vessels), number of oil, chemical, and drilling fluid spills > 1 barrel	370	295	252	211	•
Hydrocarbons spilled, thousands of barrels	12	40	8	20	•
Controlled hydrocarbon discharges to water, thousands of metric tons	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.8	•
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emitted, millions of metric tons	.25	.24	.21	.19	•
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emitted, millions of metric tons	.16	.16	.15	.14	•
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted, millions of metric tons	.36	.31	.29	.26	•
VOCs emitted, metric tons per 100 metric tons of throughput or production
Upstream	.084	.071	.073	.071	•
Refining	.018	.016	.015	.013	•
Chemical	.049	.043	.039	.043	•
⁸Total hazardous waste disposed, thousands of metric tons	297	246	168	339	•
Environmental expenditures, billions of dollars	3.3	3.2	3.8	5.2

⁸For a description of changes in hazardous waste classification, click here.

Managing climate change risks

Greenhouse gas emissions, absolute (direct equity, CO2-equivalent emissions), millions of metric tons	138	146	141	131	•
Greenhouse gas emissions, normalized (direct equity, CO2-equivalent emissions, excluding cogeneration and Hong Kong power), metric tons per 100 metric tons of throughput or production
Upstream	21.2	22.5	21.3	19.0	•
Downstream	17.3	17.6	17.4	17.0	•
Chemical	44.3	43.9	41.6	42.2	•
Energy intensity, normalized versus Global Energy Management System (GEMS) base year (2000)—refining	93.8	93.9	93.2	93.4	•
Energy intensity, normalized versus GEMS base year (2001)—chemical steam cracking	92.2	91.6	90.6	91.3	•
Cogeneration capacity in which we have interest, gigawatts	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.6	•
Hydrocarbon flaring (worldwide activities), millions of metric tons	7.7	8.2	8.1	5.7	•

Economic development

Percent of workforce—non-U.S.	63	63	63	63
Percent new professional hires—non-U.S.	73	72	71	69
Community investments, millions of dollars	167.6	170.0	206.6	225.2	•
United States	112.7	109.1	124.1	144.6
Rest of world	54.9	60.9	82.5	80.6
^7,9Number of countries with transparency agreements	4	6	6	8	•

⁷Historical data was updated to reflect improved information.

⁹In countries where ExxonMobil has an Upstream business presence.

Human rights and security

* Interpretation: An interpretation indication (INT) is provided where we consider the performance trend to be generally desirable ( • ), undesirable ( • ), or mixed ( • ) by ExxonMobil. No interpretation is provided if not applicable.

¹⁰Percent of private security contracts with enhanced language	N/A	N/A	N/A	50+	•
¹⁰Number of affiliates receiving dedicated human rights awareness training	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	•

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