hurricane preparedness

Our top priority is to protect the safety of our personnel and maintain reliable supply of our products to our customers.

All ExxonMobil operating facilities have extensive hurricane preparedness plans in place and we update and practice these plans to ensure readiness.  These plans provide for coordination among all business units in key locations, including the U.S. Gulf Coast. 

Tropical Storm Gustav

Update 10.30am - 29 August 2008

• ExxonMobil is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Gustav.
• ExxonMobil continues preparations for heavy weather associated with Tropical Storm Gustav along its Gulf Coast oil and gas production operations.  ExxonMobil is completing storm preparations for those structures potentially in the path of TS Gustav. With the safety of our workforce as our first priority, we have finalized transportation plans for the staged evacuation of personnel to shore. We have initiated evacuation of nonessential personnel from those offshore facilities expected to be in the path of the storm. We are prepared to evacuate remaining personnel from offshore facilities safely in advance of the storm. There has been some minimal production shut-in due to third party impacts at this time.
• In anticipation of the storm, ExxonMobil chemical plants and refineries along the Gulf Coast have also initiated preliminary safety procedures for weather related situations.  At this time, normal operations continue. ExxonMobil has activated its emergency response teams as part of their preparations in advance of the storm's expected landfall.