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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K

x    ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005

or

¨    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                to               

Commission File Number 1-2256

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

NEW JERSEY

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

13-5409005

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

5959 LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD, IRVING, TEXAS 75039-2298

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(972) 444-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class


   Name of Each Exchange
on Which Registered


Common Stock, without par value (6,106,332,510 shares
outstanding at January 31, 2006)

   New York Stock Exchange
Registered securities guaranteed by Registrant:     

SeaRiver Maritime Financial Holdings, Inc.

    

Twenty-Five Year Debt Securities due October 1, 2011

   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes   ü    No        

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes         No   ü    

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes   ü    No        

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.   ü   

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

            Large accelerated filer    ü           Accelerated filer                 Non-accelerated filer         

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes         No   ü    

 

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on June 30, 2005, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, based on the closing price on that date of $57.47 on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape, was in excess of $362 billion.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference:

    Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Part III)



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EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

FORM 10-K

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page
Number


PART I
Item 1.   

Business

   1
Item 1A.   

Risk Factors

   2
Item 1B.   

Unresolved Staff Comments

   3
Item 2.   

Properties

   4
Item 3.   

Legal Proceedings

   19
Item 4.   

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   20
Executive Officers of the Registrant [pursuant to Instruction 3 to Regulation S-K, Item 401(b)]    20
PART II
Item 5.   

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

   21
Item 6.   

Selected Financial Data

   22
Item 7.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    22
Item 7A.   

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   22
Item 8.   

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

   23
Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure    23
Item 9A.    Controls and Procedures    23
Item 9B.    Other Information    23
PART III
Item 10.   

Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

   24
Item 11.   

Executive Compensation

   24
Item 12.   

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

   24
Item 13.   

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

   24
Item 14.   

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

   24
PART IV
Item 15.   

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

   24
Financial Section    25
Signatures    87
Index to Exhibits    89
Exhibit 12 — Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges     
Exhibits 31 and 32 — Certifications     


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PART I

 

Item 1.     Business.

 

Exxon Mobil Corporation, formerly named Exxon Corporation, was incorporated in the State of New Jersey in 1882. On November 30, 1999, Mobil Corporation became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exxon Corporation, and Exxon changed its name to Exxon Mobil Corporation.

 

Divisions and affiliated companies of ExxonMobil operate or market products in the United States and about 200 other countries and territories. Their principal business is energy, involving exploration for, and production of, crude oil and natural gas, manufacture of petroleum products and transportation and sale of crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products. ExxonMobil is a major manufacturer and marketer of commodity petrochemicals, including olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene plastics and a wide variety of specialty products. ExxonMobil also has interests in electric power generation facilities. Affiliates of ExxonMobil conduct extensive research programs in support of these businesses.

 

Exxon Mobil Corporation has several divisions and hundreds of affiliates, many with names that include ExxonMobil, Exxon, Esso or Mobil. For convenience and simplicity, in this report the terms ExxonMobil, Exxon, Esso and Mobil, as well as terms like Corporation, Company, our, we and its, are sometimes used as abbreviated references to specific affiliates or groups of affiliates. The precise meaning depends on the context in question.

 

Throughout ExxonMobil’s businesses, new and ongoing measures are taken to prevent and minimize the impact of our operations on the air, water and ground. This includes a significant investment in refining technology to manufacture low-sulfur motor fuels as well as projects to reduce nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide emissions. ExxonMobil’s 2005 worldwide environmental costs for all such preventative and remediation steps were about $3.3 billion, of which $1.2 billion were capital expenditures and $2.1 billion were included in expenses. The total cost for such activities is expected to remain in this range in 2006 and 2007 (with capital expenditures approximately 35 percent of the total).

 

Operating data and industry segment information for the Corporation are contained on pages 30, 73, 74 and 86; information on oil and gas reserves is contained on pages 80 through 83 and information on Company-sponsored research and development activities is contained on page 58 of the Financial Section of this report.

 

The number of regular employees was 83.7 thousand, 85.9 thousand and 88.3 thousand at years ended 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Regular employees are defined as active executive, management, professional, technical and wage employees who work full time or part time for the Corporation and are covered by the Corporation’s benefit plans and programs. Regular employees do not include employees of the company-operated retail sites (CORS). The number of CORS employees was 22.4 thousand, 19.3 thousand and 17.4 thousand at years ended 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

ExxonMobil maintains a website at www.exxonmobil.com. Our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are made available through our website as soon as reasonably practical after we electronically file or furnish the reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Also available on the Corporation’s website are the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, as well as the charters of the audit, compensation and nominating committees of the Board of Directors. All of these documents are available in print without charge to shareholders who request them. Information on our website is not incorporated into this report.

 

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Item 1A.     Risk Factors.

 

ExxonMobil’s financial and operating results are subject to a number of factors, many of which are not within the company’s control. These factors include the following:

 

Industry and Economic Factors:    The oil and gas business is fundamentally a commodity business. This means the operations and earnings of the Corporation and its affiliates throughout the world may be significantly affected by changes in oil, gas and petrochemical prices and by changes in margins on gasoline and other refined products. Oil, gas, petrochemical and product prices and margins in turn depend on local, regional and global events or conditions that affect supply and demand for the relevant commodity. These events or conditions are generally not predictable and include, among other things:

 

    general economic growth rates and the occurrence of economic recessions;

 

    the development of new supply sources;

 

    adherence by countries to OPEC quotas;

 

    supply disruptions;

 

    weather, including seasonal patterns that affect regional energy demand (such as the demand for heating oil or gas in winter) as well as severe weather events (such as hurricanes) that can disrupt supplies or interrupt the operation of ExxonMobil facilities;

 

    technological advances, including advances in exploration, production, refining and petrochemical manufacturing technology and advances in technology relating to energy usage;

 

    changes in demographics, including population growth rates and consumer preferences; and

 

    the competitiveness of alternative hydrocarbon or other energy sources.

 

Under certain market conditions, factors that have a positive impact on one segment of our business may have a negative impact on another segment and vice versa.

 

Competitive Factors:    The energy and petrochemical industries are highly competitive. There is competition within the industries and also with other industries in supplying the energy, fuel and chemical needs of both industrial and individual consumers. The Corporation competes with other firms in the sale or purchase of needed goods and services in many national and international markets and employs all methods of competition which are lawful and appropriate for such purposes.

 

A key component of the Corporation’s competitive position, particularly given the commodity-based nature of many of its businesses, is ExxonMobil’s ability to manage expenses successfully. This requires continuous management focus on reducing unit costs and improving efficiency including through technology improvements, cost control, productivity enhancements and regular reappraisal of our asset portfolio as described elsewhere in this report.

 

Political Factors:    The operations and earnings of the Corporation and its affiliates throughout the world have been, and may in the future be, affected from time to time in varying degree by political factors including:

 

    political instability or lack of well-established and reliable legal systems in areas where the Corporation operates;

 

    other political developments and laws and regulations (such as expropriation or forced divestiture of assets and unilateral cancellation or modification of contract terms, as well as de-regulation of certain energy markets);

 

    environmental regulations;

 

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    restrictions on exploration, production, imports and exports;

 

    restrictions on the Corporation’s ability to do business with certain countries, or to engage in certain areas of business within a country;

 

    price controls;

 

    tax or royalty increases (including retroactive claims);

 

    war or other international conflicts; and

 

    civil unrest.

 

Both the likelihood of these occurrences and their overall effect upon the Corporation vary greatly from country to country and are not predictable. A key component of the Corporation’s strategy for managing political risk is geographic diversification of the Corporation’s assets and operations.

 

Project Factors:    In addition to some of the factors cited above, ExxonMobil’s results depend upon the Corporation’s ability to develop and operate major projects and facilities as planned. The Corporation’s results will therefore be affected by events or conditions that impact the advancement, operation, cost or results of such projects or facilities, including:

 

    the outcome of negotiations with co-venturers, governments, suppliers, customers or others (including, for example, our ability to negotiate favorable long-term contracts with customers, or the development of reliable spot markets, that may be necessary to support the development of particular production projects);

 

    reservoir performance and natural field decline;

 

    changes in operating conditions and costs, including costs of third party equipment or services such as drilling rigs and shipping;

 

    security concerns or acts of terrorism that threaten or disrupt the safe operation of company facilities; and

 

    the occurrence of unforeseen technical difficulties (including technical problems that may delay start-up or interrupt production from an Upstream project or that may lead to unexpected downtime of refineries or petrochemical plants).

 

See section 1 of Item 2 of this report for a discussion of additional factors affecting future capacity growth and the timing and ultimate recovery of reserves.

 

Market Risk Factors:    See pages 40 and 41 of the Financial Section of this report for discussion of the impact of market risks, inflation and other uncertainties.

 

Projections, estimates and descriptions of ExxonMobil’s plans and objectives included or incorporated in Items 1, 2, 7 and 7A of this report are forward-looking statements. Actual future results, including project completion dates, production rates, capital expenditures, costs and business plans could differ materially due to, among other things, the factors discussed above and elsewhere in this report.

 

 

Item 1B.     Unresolved Staff Comments.

 

None.

 

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Item 2.    Properties.

 

Part of the information in response to this item and to the Securities Exchange Act Industry Guide 2 is contained in the Financial Section of this report in note 8, which note appears on page 60, and on pages 76 through 85.

 

Information with regard to oil and gas producing activities follows:

 

1.    Net Reserves of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Liquids and Natural Gas at Year-End 2005

 

Estimated proved reserves are shown on pages 80 through 83 of the Financial Section of this report. No major discovery or other favorable or adverse event has occurred since December 31, 2005, that would cause a significant change in the estimated proved reserves as of that date. For information on the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows relating to proved oil and gas reserves, see pages 84 and 85 of the Financial Section of this report.

 

The table below summarizes the oil-equivalent proved reserves in each geographic area for consolidated subsidiaries as detailed on pages 80 through 83 of the Financial Section of this report for the year ended December 31, 2005. The Corporation has reported 2004 and 2005 proved reserves on the basis of December 31 prices and costs. Gas is converted to an oil-equivalent basis at six million cubic feet per one thousand barrels.

 

     United
States


   Canada

   Europe

   Africa

  

Asia

Pacific/

Middle

East


  

Russia/

Caspian


  

South

America


  

Total

Consolidated


     (millions of barrels)

Liquids

   2,113    832    883    2,312    515    707    451    7,813
     (billions of cubic feet)

Natural gas

   13,692    1,705    8,398    841    7,279    821    619    33,355
     (millions of oil-equivalent barrels)

Oil-equivalent basis

   4,395    1,116    2,283    2,452    1,728    844    554    13,372

 

Additional detail on developed and undeveloped oil-equivalent proved reserves is shown in the table below.

 

     Year-End 2005

   Year-End 2004

     Developed

   Undeveloped

   Developed

   Undeveloped

     (millions of oil-equivalent barrels)

Consolidated Subsidiaries

                   

United States

   3,411    984    3,726    922

Canada

   862    254    836    105

Europe

   1,711    572    1,942    603

Africa

   1,281    1,171    1,164    1,408

Asia Pacific/Middle East

   1,475    253    1,143    437

Russia/Caspian

   93    751    34    776

South America

   279    275    176    430
    
  
  
  

Total

   9,112    4,260    9,021    4,681
    
  
  
  

Equity Companies

                   

United States

   345    91    367    59

Europe

   1,713    468    1,649    627

Asia Pacific/Middle East

   1,938    2,629    1,404    2,007

Russia/Caspian

   713    373    740    399
    
  
  
  

Total

   4,709    3,561    4,160    3,092
    
  
  
  

 

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In the preceding reserves information, and in the reserves tables on pages 80 through 83 of the Financial Section of this report, consolidated subsidiary and equity company reserves are reported separately. However, the Corporation operates its business with the same views of equity company reserves as it has for reserves from consolidated subsidiaries.

 

The Corporation’s overall volume capacity outlook, based on projects coming on stream as anticipated, is for production capacity to grow over the period 2006-2010. However, actual volumes will vary from year to year due to the timing of individual project start-ups, operational outages, reservoir performance, regulatory changes, asset sales, severe weather events, price effects on production sharing contracts and other factors as described in Item 1A—Risk Factors of this report.

 

The estimation of proved reserves, which is based on the requirement of reasonable certainty, is an ongoing process based on rigorous technical evaluations, commercial and market assessments and detailed analysis of well information such as flow rates and reservoir pressure declines. Furthermore, the Corporation only records proved reserves for projects which have received significant funding commitments by management made toward the development of the reserves. Although the Corporation is reasonably certain that proved reserves will be produced, the timing and ultimate recovery can be affected by a number of factors including completion of development projects, reservoir performance, regulatory approvals and significant changes in projections of long term oil and gas price levels.

 

2.    Estimates of Total Net Proved Oil and Gas Reserves Filed with Other Federal Agencies

 

During 2005, ExxonMobil filed proved reserves estimates with the U.S. Department of Energy on Forms EIA-23 and EIA-28. The information on Form EIA-28 is presented on the same basis as the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2004, which shows ExxonMobil’s net interests in all liquids and gas reserve volumes and changes thereto from both ExxonMobil-operated properties and properties operated by others. The data on Form EIA-23, although consistent with the data on Form EIA-28, is presented on a different basis, and includes 100 percent of the oil and gas volumes from ExxonMobil-operated properties only, regardless of the company’s net interest. In addition, Form EIA-23 information does not include gas plant liquids. The difference between the oil reserves and gas reserves reported on EIA-23 and those reported in the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2004 exceeds five percent.

 

3.    Average Sales Prices and Production Costs per Unit of Production

 

Reference is made to pages 76 and 77 of the Financial Section of this report. Average sales prices have been calculated by using sales quantities from the Corporation’s own production as the divisor. Average production costs have been computed by using net production quantities for the divisor. The volumes of crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) production used for this computation are shown in the reserves table on page 81 of the Financial Section of this report. The volumes of natural gas used in the calculation are the production volumes of natural gas available for sale and thus are different from those shown in the reserves table on page 82 of the Financial Section of this report due to volumes consumed or flared. The volumes of natural gas were converted to oil-equivalent barrels based on a conversion factor of six thousand cubic feet per barrel.

 

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4.    Gross and Net Productive Wells

 

     Year-End 2005

   Year-End 2004

     Oil

   Gas

   Oil

   Gas

     Gross

   Net

   Gross

   Net

   Gross

   Net

   Gross

   Net

United States

   28,288    10,865    9,187    5,441    30,702    11,949    9,335    5,577

Canada

   5,967    5,214    6,115    2,991    7,156    5,890    5,663    2,752

Europe

   1,872    590    1,294    512    1,872    594    1,304    520

Africa

   674    277    14    6    562    235    18    7

Asia Pacific/Middle East

   1,991    532    259    180    2,078    577    235    172

Russia/Caspian

   77    16    2    1    63    13      

South America

   154    64    89    30    177    65    67    25
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Total

   39,023    17,558    16,960    9,161    42,610    19,323    16,622    9,053
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

The numbers of wells operated at year-end 2005 were 17,351 gross wells and 14,028 net wells. At year-end 2004, the numbers of operated wells were 18,427 gross wells and 15,216 net wells.

 

5.    Gross and Net Developed Acreage

 

     Year-End 2005

   Year-End 2004

     Gross

   Net

   Gross

   Net

     (thousands of acres)

United States

   9,194    5,260    9,017    5,480

Canada

   5,615    2,238    5,535    2,499

Europe

   11,303    4,687    11,345    4,715

Africa

   1,497    545    1,179    475

Asia Pacific/Middle East

   7,876    1,570    10,116    2,436

Russia/Caspian

   531    116    487    103

South America

   690    232    1,331    388
    
  
  
  

Total

   36,706    14,648    39,010    16,096
    
  
  
  

 

Note: Separate acreage data for oil and gas are not maintained because, in many instances, both are produced from the same acreage.

 

6.    Gross and Net Undeveloped Acreage

 

     Year-End 2005

   Year-End 2004

     Gross

   Net

   Gross

   Net

     (thousands of acres)

United States

   10,388    6,413    10,913    7,055

Canada

   10,070    4,822    10,440    5,997

Europe

   8,782    2,778    8,418    2,245

Africa

   49,328    29,048    41,380    21,797

Asia Pacific/Middle East

   7,114    3,797    7,806    4,180

Russia/Caspian

   2,561    569    2,605    561

South America

   26,552    19,513    27,020    19,688
    
  
  
  

Total

   114,795    66,940    108,582    61,523
    
  
  
  

 

        ExxonMobil’s investment in developed and undeveloped acreage is comprised of numerous concessions, blocks and leases. The terms and conditions under which the Corporation maintains exploration and/or production rights to the acreage are property-specific, contractually defined and vary significantly from property to property. Work programs are designed to ensure that the exploration potential of any property is fully evaluated before expiration. In some instances, the Corporation may elect to relinquish acreage in advance of the contractual expiration date if the evaluation process is complete and there is not a business basis for extension. In cases where additional time may be required to fully evaluate acreage, the Corporation has generally been successful in obtaining extensions.

 

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7.     Summary of Acreage Terms in Key Areas

 

UNITED STATES

 

Oil and gas leases have an exploration period ranging from one to ten years, and a production period that normally remains in effect until production ceases. In some instances, a “fee interest” is acquired where both the surface and the underlying mineral interests are owned outright.

 

CANADA

 

Exploration permits are granted for varying periods of time with renewals possible. Production leases are held as long as there is production on the lease. The majority of Cold Lake leases were taken for an initial 21-year term in 1968-1969 and renewed for a second 21-year term in 1989-1990. The exploration acreage in eastern Canada is currently held by work commitments of various amounts.

 

EUROPE

 

France

 

Exploration permits are granted for periods of three to five years, and are renewable up to two times accompanied by substantial acreage relinquishments: 50 percent of the acreage at first renewal; 25 percent of the remaining acreage at second renewal. A 1994 law requires a bidding process prior to granting of an exploration permit. Upon discovery of commercial hydrocarbons, a production concession is granted for up to 50 years, renewable in periods of 25 years each.

 

Germany

 

Exploration concessions are granted for an initial maximum period of five years with possible extensions of up to three years for an indefinite period. Extensions are subject to specific, minimum work commitments. Production licenses are normally granted for 20 to 25 years with multiple possible extensions as long as there is production on the license.

 

Netherlands

 

Under the new Mining Law, effective January 1, 2003, exploration and production licenses for both onshore and offshore areas are issued for a period of time necessary to perform the activities for which the license is issued. License conditions are stipulated in the Mining Law.

 

Exploration and production rights granted prior to January 1, 2003 remain subject to their existing terms, and differ slightly for onshore and offshore areas.

 

Onshore:  Exploration licenses were issued for a period of time necessary to perform the activities for which the license was issued. Production concessions are granted after discoveries have been made, under conditions that are negotiated with the government. Normally, they are field-life concessions covering an area defined by hydrocarbon occurrences.

 

Offshore:  Exploration licenses issued between 1976 and 1996 were for a ten-year period, with relinquishment of about 50 percent of the original area required at the end of six years. Exploration licenses granted after that time were for a period of time necessary to perform the activities for which the permit was issued. Production licenses are normally issued for a 40-year period.

 

Norway

 

Licenses issued prior to 1972 were for an initial period of six years and an extension period of 40 years, with relinquishment of at least one-fourth of the original area required at the end of the sixth

 

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year and another one-fourth at the end of the ninth year. Licenses issued between 1972 and 1997 were for an initial period of up to six years (with extension of the initial period of one year at a time up to ten years after 1985), and an extension period of up to 30 years, with relinquishment of at least one-half of the original area required at the end of the initial period. Licenses issued after July 1, 1997 have an initial period of up to ten years and a normal extension period of up to 30 years or in special cases of up to 50 years, and with relinquishment of at least one-half of the original area required at the end of the initial period.

 

United Kingdom

 

Acreage terms are fixed by the government and are periodically changed. For example, many of the early licenses issued under the first four licensing rounds, provided for an initial term of six years with relinquishment of at least one-half of the original area at the end of the initial term, subject to extension for a further 40 years. ExxonMobil’s licenses issued in 2005 as part of the 23rd licensing round have an initial term of four years with a second term extension of four years and final term of 18 years. There is a mandatory relinquishment of 50-percent of acreage after the initial term and of all acreage that is not covered by a development plan at the end of the second term.

 

AFRICA

 

Angola

 

Exploration and production activities are governed by production sharing agreements with an initial exploration term of four years and an optional second phase of two to three years. The production period is for 25 years, and agreements generally provide for a negotiated extension.

 

Cameroon

 

Exploration and production activities are governed by various agreements negotiated with the national oil company and the government of Cameroon. Exploration permits are granted for terms from four to 16 years and are generally renewable for multiple periods up to four years each. Upon commercial discovery, mining concessions are issued for a period of 25 years with one 25-year extension.

 

Chad

 

Exploration permits are issued for a period of five years, and are renewable for one or two further five-year periods. The terms and conditions of the permits, including relinquishment obligations, are specified in a negotiated convention. The production term is for 30 years and may be extended at the discretion of the government.

 

Equatorial Guinea

 

Exploration and production activities are governed by production sharing contracts negotiated with the State Ministry of Mines and Energy. The exploration periods are for ten to 15 years with limited relinquishments in the absence of commercial discoveries. The production period for crude oil is 30 years while the production period for gas is 50 years.

 

Nigeria

 

Exploration and production activities in the deepwater offshore areas are typically governed by production sharing contracts (PSCs) with the national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). NNPC holds the underlying Oil Prospecting License (OPL) and any resulting Oil Mining Lease (OML). The terms of the PSCs are generally 30 years, including a ten-year exploration period (an initial exploration phase plus one or two optional periods) covered by an OPL.

 

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Upon commercial discovery, an OPL may be converted to an OML. Partial relinquishment is required under the PSC at the end of the ten-year exploration period, and OMLs have a 20-year production period that may be extended.

 

Some exploration activities are carried out in deepwater by joint ventures with local companies holding interests in an OPL. OPLs in deepwater offshore areas are valid for ten years and are non-renewable, while in all other areas the licenses are for five years and also are non-renewable. Demonstrating a commercial discovery is the basis for conversion of an OPL to an OML.

 

OMLs granted prior to the 1969 Petroleum Act (i.e., under the Mineral Oils Act 1914, repealed by the 1969 Petroleum Act) were for 30 years onshore and 40 years in offshore areas and are renewable upon 12 months’ written notice, for further periods of 30 and 40 years, respectively. Operations under these pre-1969 OMLs are conducted under a joint venture agreement with NNPC rather than a PSC.

 

OMLs granted under the 1969 Petroleum Act, which include all deepwater OMLs, have a maximum term of 20 years without distinction for onshore or offshore location and are renewable, upon 12 months’ written notice, for another period of 20 years. OMLs not held by NNPC are also subject to a mandatory 50 percent relinquishment after the first ten years of their duration.

 

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) defining commercial terms applicable to existing joint venture oil production was renegotiated and executed in 2000. The MOU is effective for a minimum of three years with possible extensions on mutual agreement and is terminable on one calendar year’s notice.

 

ASIA PACIFIC / MIDDLE EAST

 

Australia

 

Exploration and production activities are conducted offshore and are governed by Federal legislation. Exploration permits granted before January 1, 2003, were issued for six years with three possible five-year renewal periods. Exploration permits granted after that date are issued for six years with two possible five-year renewal periods. A 50-percent relinquishment of remaining area is mandatory at the end of each renewal period. Retention leases may be granted for resources that are not commercially viable at the time of application, but are expected to become commercially viable within 15 years. These are granted for periods of five years and renewals may be requested. Prior to September 1998, production licenses were granted initially for 21 years, with a further renewal of 21 years and thereafter renewals at the discretion of the Joint Authority, comprising Federal and State Ministers. Effective from September 1998, new production licenses are granted “indefinitely”, i.e., for the life of the field (if no operations for the recovery of petroleum have been carried on for five years, the license may be terminated).

 

Indonesia

 

Exploration and production activities in Indonesia are generally governed by cooperation contracts, usually in the form of a production sharing contract, negotiated with BPMIGAS, a government agency established in 2002 to manage upstream oil and gas activities. Formerly this activity was carried out by Pertamina, the government owned oil company, which is now a competing limited liability company.

 

Japan

 

The Mining Law provides for the granting of concessions that convey exploration and production rights. Exploration rights are granted for an initial two-year period, and may be extended for two two-year periods for gas and three two-year periods for oil. Production rights have no fixed term and continue until abandonment so long as the rights holder is fulfilling its obligations.

 

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Malaysia

 

Exploration and production activities are governed by production sharing contracts negotiated with the national oil company. The more recent contracts have an overall term of 24 to 38 years, depending on whether deep water areas or otherwise, with possible extensions to the exploration and/or development periods. The exploration period is five to seven years with the possibility of extensions, after which time areas with no commercial discoveries will be deemed relinquished. The development period is from four to six years from commercial discovery, with the possibility of extensions under special circumstances. Areas from which commercial production has not started by the end of the development period will be deemed relinquished if no extension is granted. All extensions are subject to the national oil company’s prior written approval. The total production period is 15 to 25 years from first commercial lifting, not to exceed the overall term of the contract.

 

Papua New Guinea

 

Exploration and production activities are governed by the Oil and Gas Act. Petroleum Prospecting licenses are granted for an initial term of six years with a five-year extension possible (an additional extension of three years is possible in certain circumstances). Generally, a 50-percent relinquishment of the license area is required at the end of the initial six-year term, if extended. Petroleum Development licenses are granted for an initial 25-year period. An extension of up to 20 years may be granted at the Minister’s discretion. Petroleum Retention licenses may be granted for gas resources that are not commercially viable at the time of application, but may become commercially viable. Petroleum Retention licenses are granted for five-year terms, and may be extended twice for a maximum retention time of 15 years.

 

Qatar

 

The State of Qatar grants gas production development project rights to develop and supply gas from the offshore North Field to permit the economic development and production of gas reserves sufficient to satisfy the gas and LNG sales obligations of these projects.

 

Republic of Yemen

 

Production sharing agreements (PSAs) negotiated with the government entitle the company to participate in exploration operations within a designated area during the exploration period. In the event of a commercial oil discovery, the company is entitled to proceed with development and production operations during the development period. The length of these periods and other specific terms are negotiated prior to executing the PSA. Existing production operations have a development period extending 20 years from first commercial declaration made in November 1985 for the Marib PSA and June 1995 for the Jannah PSA. The Government of Yemen awarded a five-year extension of the Marib PSA, but later repudiated the extension and expelled the concession holders. The parties are now in arbitration over the validity of the extension.

 

Thailand

 

The Petroleum Act of 1971 allows production under ExxonMobil’s concession for 30 years with a possible ten-year extension at terms generally prevalent at the time.

 

United Arab Emirates

 

Exploration and production activities in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi are governed by a 75-year oil concession agreement executed in 1939 and subsequently amended through various agreements with the government of Abu Dhabi.

 

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RUSSIA/CASPIAN

 

Azerbaijan

 

The production sharing agreement (PSA) for the development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli field is established for an initial period of 30 years starting from the PSA execution date in 1994.

 

Other exploration and production activities are governed by PSAs negotiated with the national oil company of Azerbaijan. The exploration period consists of three or four years with the possibility of a one to three-year extension. The production period, which includes development, is for 25 years or 35 years with the possibility of one or two five-year extensions.

 

Kazakhstan

 

Onshore:  Exploration and production activities are governed by the production license, exploration license and joint venture agreements negotiated with the Republic of Kazakhstan. Existing production operations have a 40-year production period that commenced in 1993.

 

Offshore:  Exploration and production activities are governed by a production sharing agreement negotiated with the Republic of Kazakhstan. The exploration period is six years with possible extensions. The production period, which includes development, is for 20 years with the possibility of two ten-year extensions.

 

Russia

 

Terms for ExxonMobil’s acreage are fixed by the production sharing agreement (PSA) that became effective in 1996 between the Russian government and the Sakhalin-1 consortium, of which ExxonMobil is the operator. The term of the PSA is 20 years from the Declaration of Commerciality, which would be 2021. The term may be extended thereafter in 10-year increments as specified in the PSA.

 

SOUTH AMERICA

 

Argentina

 

The onshore concession terms in Argentina are up to four years for the initial exploration period, up to three years for the second exploration period and up to two years for the third exploration period. A 50-percent relinquishment is required after each exploration period. An extension after the third exploration period is possible for up to five years. The total production term is 25 years with a ten-year extension possible, once a field has been developed.

 

Venezuela

 

Exploration and production activities are governed by Association Agreements containing risk/profit provisions negotiated with the national oil company or its affiliates. Association Agreements are awarded for a term not to exceed 39 years. These agreements have an exploration and a production phase. The term of production begins after the exploration phase and runs for 20 years with the possibility of an extension, so long as the total contract term does not exceed 39 years.

 

Strategic association agreements (such as the Cerro Negro project) are typically limited to those projects that require vertical integration for extra heavy crude oil. Contracts are awarded for 35 years. Significant amendments to the contract terms require Venezuelan congressional approval.

 

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8.    Number of Net Productive and Dry Wells Drilled

 

     2005

   2004

   2003

A. Net Productive Exploratory Wells Drilled

              

United States

   13    11    13

Canada

   1    2    13

Europe

   4    3    4

Africa

   5    2    4

Asia Pacific/Middle East

   1    2    2

Russia/Caspian

      1   

South America

         2
    
  
  

Total

   24    21    38
    
  
  

B. Net Dry Exploratory Wells Drilled

              

United States

   5    6    10

Canada

      4    9

Europe

   1    1    3

Africa

   5    4    3

Asia Pacific/Middle East

   1       3

Russia/Caspian

   1      

South America

        
    
  
  

Total

   13    15    28
    
  
  

C. Net Productive Development Wells Drilled

              

United States

   537    568    598

Canada

   263    466    297

Europe

   19    24    36

Africa

   61    64    59

Asia Pacific/Middle East

   50    35    68

Russia/Caspian

   7    4    2

South America

   9    3   
    
  
  

Total

   946    1,164    1,060
    
  
  

D. Net Dry Development Wells Drilled

              

United States

   8    13    14

Canada

   2    2    16

Europe

   2    2    2

Africa

         1

Asia Pacific/Middle East

   2    1    1

Russia/Caspian

        

South America

        
    
  
  

Total

   14    18    34
    
  
  

Total number of net wells drilled

   997    1,218    1,160
    
  
  

 

9.    Present Activities

 

A. Wells Drilling

 

     Year-End 2005

   Year-End 2004

     Gross

   Net

   Gross

   Net

United States

   148    84    179    81

Canada

   148    94    31    17

Europe

   46    12    32    8

Africa

   53    21    80    33

Asia Pacific/Middle East

   70    24    52    25

Russia/Caspian

   38    8    31    5

South America

   3    1    3    1
    
  
  
  

Total

   506    244    408    170
    
  
  
  

 

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B. Review of Principal Ongoing Activities in Key Areas

 

During 2005, ExxonMobil’s activities were conducted, either directly or through affiliated companies, by ExxonMobil Exploration Company (for exploration), by ExxonMobil Development Company (for large development activities), by ExxonMobil Production Company (for producing and smaller development activities) and by ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Company (for gas marketing). During this same period, some of ExxonMobil’s exploration, development, production and gas marketing activities were also conducted in Canada by the Resources Division of Imperial Oil Limited, which is 69.6 percent owned by ExxonMobil.

 

Some of the more significant ongoing activities are set forth below:

 

UNITED STATES

 

Exploration and delineation of additional hydrocarbon resources continued in 2005. At year-end 2005, ExxonMobil’s acreage totaled 11.7 million net acres, of which 3.0 million net acres were offshore. ExxonMobil was active in areas onshore and offshore in the lower 48 states and in Alaska.

 

During 2005, 514.3 net exploration and development wells were completed in the inland lower 48 states and 9.0 net development wells were completed offshore in the Pacific. An acid gas injection project was started up to increase existing plant capacity at the Shute Creek treating facility in La Barge, Wyoming, and tight gas development continues in the Piceance Basin of Colorado. Participation in Alaska production and development continued and a total of 23.7 net exploration and development wells were drilled. On Alaska’s North Slope, activity continued on the Western Region Development Project (primarily the Orion field) with development drilling and engineering design for facility expansions.

 

ExxonMobil’s net acreage in the Gulf of Mexico at year-end 2005 was 2.8 million acres. A total of 16.2 net exploration and development wells were completed during the year. Installation of the semi-submersible production and drilling vessel, along with infrastructure to transport future oil and gas production onshore, continued for the Thunder Horse development in 2005. Startup, delayed due to a listing incident, is anticipated to occur in 2006.

 

CANADA

 

ExxonMobil’s year-end 2005 acreage holdings totaled 7.1 million net acres, of which 3.1 million net acres were offshore. A total of 266.7 net exploration and development wells were completed during the year. In eastern Canada, work continued on the Sable Compression project.

 

EUROPE

 

France

 

ExxonMobil’s acreage at year-end 2005 was 0.1 million net onshore acres.

 

Germany

 

A total of 2.3 million net onshore acres and 0.1 million net offshore acres were held by ExxonMobil at year-end 2005, with 7.6 net exploration and development wells drilled during the year.

 

Netherlands

 

ExxonMobil’s interest in licenses totaled 1.9 million net acres at year-end 2005, 1.5 million acres onshore and 0.4 million acres offshore. During 2005, 1.8 net exploration and development wells were

 

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drilled. Offshore, the first unmanned minimum facility monotower platform was successfully located on the K17-FA field. Onshore, a multi-year project is underway to renovate production clusters and install new compression to maintain capacity and extend field life.

 

Norway

 

ExxonMobil’s net interest in licenses at year-end 2005 totaled approximately 1.0 million acres, all offshore. ExxonMobil participated in 7.7 net exploration and development well completions in 2005. Production was initiated at the Oseberg J field in June, the Aasgard Q field in August and the Kristin field in November 2005. The Sleipner A low pressure project and Ringhorne East, Oseberg Vestflanken, Fram East and Ormen Lange field developments are in progress.

 

United Kingdom

 

ExxonMobil’s net interest in licenses at year-end 2005 totaled approximately 2.1 million acres, all offshore. A total of 9.4 net exploration and development wells were completed during the year. The Arthur project commenced production in early 2005. Other projects progressed in 2005 include Caravel, Cutter, Merganser and Starling.

 

AFRICA

 

Angola

 

ExxonMobil’s year-end 2005 acreage holdings totaled 0.7 million net offshore acres and 12.0 net exploration and development wells were completed during the year. On Block 15, production began in July from the Kizomba B development and design work is complete on the Marimba development, which will tie-back to the Kizomba A Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. Planning for the Kizomba C development is ongoing. A block-wide 4D seismic acquisition program started late in the year. On Block 17, construction is underway on the Dalia and Rosa developments.

 

Cameroon

 

ExxonMobil’s acreage totaled 0.3 million net offshore acres at year-end 2005.

 

Chad

 

ExxonMobil’s net year-end 2005 acreage holdings consisted of 3.3 million onshore acres, with 35.6 net exploration and development wells completed during the year. Development of the Moundouli field is in progress.

 

Equatorial Guinea

 

ExxonMobil’s acreage totaled 0.4 million net offshore acres at year-end 2005, with 4.5 net development wells completed during the year.

 

Nigeria

 

ExxonMobil’s net acreage totaled 1.6 million offshore acres at year-end 2005, with 17.3 net exploration and development wells completed during the year. The ExxonMobil-operated Yoho field (OML 104) early production system was expanded, and the full field production platform was installed. The ExxonMobil-operated East Area Additional Oil Recovery platform was also installed, and detailed design and construction began on the ExxonMobil-operated East Area NGL II project. Production began in 2005 at the deepwater Bonga field (OML 118). Drilling continued at the ExxonMobil-operated deepwater Erha field (OPL 209), and the Erha FPSO vessel arrived. Construction continued on the

 

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Amenam-Kpono Phase 2 Gas project and Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) work was initiated on the deepwater Usan field (OPL 222).

 

ASIA PACIFIC / MIDDLE EAST

 

Australia

 

ExxonMobil’s net year-end 2005 acreage holdings totaled 1.2 million acres, all offshore. ExxonMobil drilled a total of 11.4 net exploration and development wells in 2005.

 

Indonesia

 

ExxonMobil had acreage of 2.5 million net acres at year-end 2005, 1.7 million acres offshore and 0.8 million acres onshore.

 

The production sharing contract for the Cepu Contract Area was signed in September 2005 by PT Pertamina (Persero) and ExxonMobil and approved by the Government of Indonesia. The term of the contract is 30 years. PT Pertamina (Persero) and ExxonMobil are currently working on the Joint Operation Agreement (JOA).

 

Japan

 

ExxonMobil’s net offshore acreage was 36 thousand acres at year-end 2005.

 

Malaysia

 

ExxonMobil has interests in production sharing contracts covering 0.5 million net acres offshore Malaysia at year-end 2005. During the year, a total of 25.6 net development wells were completed. Development and infill drilling wells were successfully completed at six platforms: Guntong-F, Irong Barat-C, Tapis-C, Semangkok-B, Angsi-A and Tiong-A. First oil was produced from the Guntong-F and Irong Barat-C platforms in 2005. Drilling activities are currently ongoing at Jerneh-A.

 

Papua New Guinea

 

A total of 0.5 million net onshore acres were held by ExxonMobil at year-end 2005, with 0.6 net development wells completed during the year.

 

Qatar

 

Production and development activities continued on natural gas projects in Qatar. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) operating companies include:

 

Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited — (QG I)

Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited (II) — (QG II)

Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited — (RL I)

Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (II) — (RL II)

Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (3) — (RL 3)

 

In addition, production commenced in 2005 for ExxonMobil’s Al Khaleej Gas (AKG) project which supplies pipeline gas to domestic industrial customers. The AKG project will have a target peak production rate of 675 million of cubic feet per day (gross) and produce associated condensate, and commencing in early 2006 will produce LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas).

 

At the end of 2005, 54 (gross) wells supplied natural gas to currently producing LNG and pipeline gas sales facilities and drilling is underway to complete wells that will supply the new QG II, RL II and RL 3 projects. A total of 9.1 net exploration and development wells were completed in 2005.

 

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Qatar LNG capacity volumes at year-end included 9.7 MTA (millions of metric tons per annum) in QG I Trains 1-3 and a combined 16.0 MTA in RL I Trains 1-2 and RL II Trains 3-4. During 2005, production commenced at RL II Train 4, and an expansion project was completed to increase the capacity of QG I Trains 1-3 to 9.7 MTA. Construction of QG II Trains 4-5 will add planned capacity of 15.6 MTA when complete. In addition, construction of RL II Train 5 and RL 3 Trains 6-7 will add planned capacity of 4.7 MTA and 15.6 MTA, respectively, when complete.

 

The conversion factor to translate Qatar LNG volumes (millions of metric tons - MT) into gas volumes (billions of cubic feet - BCF) is dependent on the gas quality and the quality of the LNG produced. The conversion factors are approximately 46 BCF/MT for QG I Trains 1-3, RL I Trains 1-2, RL II Trains 3 and 5, and approximately 49 BCF/MT for QG II Trains 4-5, RL II Train 4, and RL 3 Trains 6-7.

 

Republic of Yemen

 

ExxonMobil’s net acreage in the Republic of Yemen production sharing areas totaled 9.5 thousand acres onshore at year-end. During the year, 1.1 net development wells were drilled and completed.

 

Thailand

 

ExxonMobil’s net onshore acreage in Thailand concessions totaled 21 thousand acres at year-end 2005.

 

United Arab Emirates

 

ExxonMobil’s net acreage in the Abu Dhabi oil concession was 0.5 million acres at year-end 2005, 0.4 million acres onshore and 0.1 million acres offshore. During the year, 6.7 net development wells were completed. The Bab Facility expansion project was completed and commissioning activities were begun for the Northeast Bab Phase I development project.

 

RUSSIA/CASPIAN

 

Azerbaijan

 

At year-end 2005, ExxonMobil’s net acreage, located in the Caspian Sea offshore of Azerbaijan, totaled 0.1 million acres. During the year, 0.7 net development wells were completed. At the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) development, the first phase of full-field development at Central Azeri came online in March 2005 and full-field oil production increased to 400 thousand barrels of oil per day (gross) by year-end. Commissioning of the second phase at West Azeri was in-progress at year-end, and construction is under way on the third phase at Deep Water Gunashli.

 

Kazakhstan

 

ExxonMobil’s net acreage totaled 0.3 million acres onshore and 0.2 million acres offshore at year-end 2005, with 3.2 net exploration and development wells completed during 2005. At Tengiz, construction of the 300 thousand barrels of oil per day (gross) expansion project continued through 2005. Engineering and construction of the initial phase of the Kashagan field continued during 2005.

 

Russia

 

ExxonMobil’s net acreage holdings at year-end 2005 were 85 thousand acres, all offshore. A total of 3.6 net development wells were completed in the Chayvo field during the year. Production from the

 

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field began in October 2005 through an early production system for domestic Russian oil and gas sales. Construction and drilling activities are progressing on Phase 1 full-field production and export systems. Phase 1 facilities include an offshore platform, onshore drill site for extended-reach drilling to offshore oil zones, an onshore processing plant, an oil pipeline from Sakhalin Island to the Russian mainland and a mainland terminal for shipment of oil by tanker.

 

SOUTH AMERICA

 

Argentina

 

ExxonMobil’s net acreage totaled 0.2 million onshore acres at year-end 2005, and there were 1.5 net development wells completed during the year.

 

Venezuela

 

ExxonMobil’s net year-end 2005 acreage holdings totaled 0.1 million onshore acres, with 7.1 net development wells completed during the year.

 

WORLDWIDE EXPLORATION

 

At year-end 2005, exploration activities were underway in several areas in which ExxonMobil has no established production operations and thus are not included above. A total of 42.8 net million acres were held at year-end 2005, and 0.8 net exploration wells were completed during the year in these countries.

 

Information with regard to mining activities follows:

 

Syncrude Operations

 

Syncrude is a joint-venture established to recover shallow deposits of tar sands using open-pit mining methods, to extract the crude bitumen, and to produce a high-quality, light (32 degree API), sweet, synthetic crude oil. The Syncrude operation, located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, exploits a portion of the Athabasca Oil Sands Deposit. The location is readily accessible by public road. The produced synthetic crude oil is shipped from the Syncrude site to Edmonton, Alberta by Alberta Oil Sands Pipeline Ltd. Since start-up in 1978, Syncrude has produced about 1.6 billion barrels of synthetic crude oil. Imperial Oil Limited is the owner of a 25 percent interest in the joint-venture. Exxon Mobil Corporation has a 69.6 percent interest in Imperial Oil Limited.

 

Operating License and Leases

 

Syncrude has an operating license issued by the Province of Alberta which is effective until 2035. This license permits Syncrude to mine tar sands and produce synthetic crude oil from approved development areas on tar sands leases. Syncrude holds eight tar sands leases covering approximately 252,000 acres in the Athabasca Oil Sands Deposit which were issued by the Province of Alberta. The leases are automatically renewable as long as tar sands operations are ongoing or the leases are part of an approved development plan. Syncrude leases 10, 12, 17, 22 and 34 (containing proven reserves) and leases 29, 30 and 31 (containing no proven reserves) are included within a development plan approved by the Province of Alberta. There were no known previous commercial operations on these leases prior to the start-up of operations in 1978.

 

Operations, Plant and Equipment

 

Operations at Syncrude involve three main processes: open pit mining, extraction of crude bitumen and upgrading of crude bitumen into synthetic crude oil. In the Base mine (lease 17), the mining and transportation system uses draglines, bucketwheel reclaimers and belt conveyors. In the

 

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North mine (leases 17 and 22) and in the Aurora mine (leases 10, 12 and 34), truck, shovel and hydrotransport systems are used. Production from the Aurora mine commenced in 2000. The extraction facilities, which separate crude bitumen from sand, are capable of processing approximately 545,000 tons of tar sands a day, producing 110 million barrels of crude bitumen a year. This represents recovery capability of about 92 percent of the crude bitumen contained in the mined tar sands.

 

Crude bitumen extracted from tar sands is refined to a marketable hydrocarbon product through a combination of carbon removal in two large, high-temperature, fluid-coking vessels and by hydrogen addition in high-temperature, high-pressure, hydrocracking vessels. These processes remove carbon and sulfur and reformulate the crude into a low viscosity, low sulfur, high-quality synthetic crude oil product. In 2005, this upgrading process yielded 0.853 barrels of synthetic crude oil per barrel of crude bitumen. In 2005 about 49 percent of the synthetic crude oil was processed by Edmonton area refineries and the remaining 51 percent was pipelined to refineries in eastern Canada and exported, primarily to the United States. Electricity is provided to Syncrude by a 270 megawatt electricity generating plant and an 80 megawatt electricity generating plant, both located at Syncrude. The generating plants are owned by the Syncrude participants. Imperial Oil Limited’s 25 percent share of net investment in plant, property and equipment, including surface mining facilities, transportation equipment and upgrading facilities was about $2.8 billion at year end 2005.

 

Synthetic Crude Oil Reserves

 

The crude bitumen is contained within the unconsolidated sands of the McMurray Formation. Ore bodies are buried beneath 50 to 150 feet of overburden, have bitumen grades ranging from 4 to 14 weight percent and ore thickness of 115 to 160 feet. Estimates of synthetic crude oil reserves are based on detailed geological and engineering assessments of in-place crude bitumen volume, the mining plan, historical extraction recovery and upgrading yield factors, installed plant operating capacity and operating approval limits. The in-place volume, depth and grade are established through extensive and closely spaced core drilling. Proven reserves include the operating Base and North mines and the Aurora mine. In accordance with the approved mining plan, there are an estimated 1,890 million tons of extractable tar sands in the Base and North mines, with an average bitumen grade of 10.6 weight percent. In addition, at the Aurora mine, there are an estimated 4,485 million tons of extractable tar sands at an average bitumen grade of 11.2 weight percent. After deducting royalties payable to the Province of Alberta, Imperial Oil Limited estimates that its 25 percent net share of proven reserves at year end 2005 was equivalent to 738 million barrels of synthetic crude oil.

 

In 2001, the Syncrude owners endorsed a further development of the Syncrude resource in the area and expansion of the upgrading facilities. The Syncrude Aurora 2 and Upgrader Expansion 1 project adds a remote mining train and expands the central processing and upgrading plant. The Aurora 2 mining and extraction development became fully operational in 2004. The Upgrader Expansion will be completed in 2006. When completed, this project will increase production capacity to 350 thousand barrels of synthetic crude oil per day (gross).

 

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ExxonMobil Share of Net Proven Syncrude Reserves(1)

 

     Synthetic Crude Oil

 
     Base Mine and
North Mine


    Aurora Mine

    Total

 
     (millions of barrels)  

January 1, 2005

   217     540     757  

Revision of previous estimate

            

Production

   (9 )   (10 )   (19 )
    

 

 

December 31, 2005

   208     530     738  
    

 

 


(1)   Net reserves are the company’s share of reserves after deducting royalties payable to the Province of Alberta.

 

Syncrude Operating Statistics (total operation)

 

     2005

   2004

   2003

   2002

    2001

 

Operating Statistics

                           

Total mined volume (millions of cubic yards)(1)

   97.1    100.3    109.2    102.0     118.3  

Mined volume to tar sands ratio(1)

   1.02    0.94    1.15    1.05     1.15  

Tar sands mined (millions of tons)

   168.0    188.0    168.0    172.1     181.2  

Average bitumen grade (weight percent)

   11.1    11.1    11.0    11.2     11.0  
    
  
  
  

 

Crude bitumen in mined tar sands (millions of tons)

   18.6    20.9    18.5    19.2     19.9  

Average extraction recovery (percent)

   89.1    87.3    88.6    89.9     87.0  
    
  
  
  

 

Crude bitumen production (millions of barrels)(2)

   94.2    103.3    92.3    97.8     97.6  

Average upgrading yield (percent)

   85.3    85.5    86.0    86.3     84.5  
    
  
  
  

 

Gross synthetic crude oil produced (millions of barrels)

   79.3    88.4    78.4    84.8     82.4  

ExxonMobil net share (millions of barrels)(3)

   19    22    19    21     19  

(1)   Includes pre-stripping of mine areas and reclamation volumes.
(2)   Crude bitumen production is equal to crude bitumen in mined tar sands multiplied by the average extraction recovery and the appropriate conversion factor.
(3)   Reflects ExxonMobil’s 25 percent interest in production less applicable royalties payable to the Province of Alberta.

 

Item 3.    Legal Proceedings.

 

Regarding a previously reported matter, the Corporation and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) have agreed to settle a Notice of Enforcement issued on August 29, 2003, alleging leak detection and repair violations and inadequate notifications of several emissions events as required by air quality regulations at ExxonMobil Oil Corporation’s (“EMOC”) Beaumont, Texas refinery. Under the terms of the settlement, EMOC has agreed to pay a civil penalty totaling $80,444, half of which will be paid through a supplemental environmental project involving county vehicle retrofits. The parties expect to execute an Agreed Order by the end of March 2006.

 

Regarding a previously reported matter, the Corporation signed an Administrative Consent Agreement in December 2005 setting forth the terms of settlement of an Administrative Consent Agreement and Enforcement Order regarding underground oil storage tank and air activities received from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (“MDEP”) in March 2005. The MDEP alleged violations at 12 service stations of regulations under the state’s Stage II vapor

 

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recovery program and underground storage tank program, including those relating to record-keeping, monitoring, equipment, clean-up and testing. The Corporation paid a civil penalty of $269,400 for settlement of the alleged violations. The Agreement is awaiting final execution by the State of Maine.

 

In another previously reported matter, the Corporation and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order with the Administrative Law Judge on January 9, 2006, reflecting the parties’ agreement to settle an Administrative Complaint captioned “In the Matter of ExxonMobil Production Company”. The EPA had alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at the Hawkins Field (in Wood County, Texas) related to 13 spills of produced water into potential waters of the United States occurring from June 2000 to August 2004. The Corporation has agreed to pay a $31,000 civil penalty and to perform a supplemental environmental project valued at $91,000 relating to enhanced detection of upset conditions at the Hawkins Field.

 

Refer to the relevant portions of note 14 beginning on page 68 of the Financial Section of this report for additional information on legal proceedings.

 

Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

None.

 


 

Executive Officers of the Registrant [pursuant to Instruction 3 to Regulation S-K, Item 401(b)].

 

Name


  Age as of
March 16,
2006


  Title (Held Office Since)

R. W. Tillerson

  53   Chairman of the Board (2006)

D. D. Humphreys

  58   Senior Vice President (2006) and Treasurer (2004)

S. R. McGill

  63   Senior Vice President (2004)

J. S. Simon

  62   Senior Vice President (2004)

M. W. Albers

  49   President, ExxonMobil Development Company (2004)

A. T. Cejka

  54   Vice President (2004)

H. R. Cramer

  55   Vice President (1999)

P. J. Dingle

  57   Vice President (2003)

M. J. Dolan

  52   Vice President (2004)

M. E. Foster

  62   Vice President (2004)

H. H. Hubble

  53   Vice President—Investor Relations and Secretary (2004)

G. L. Kohlenberger

  53   Vice President (2002)

C. W. Matthews

  61   Vice President and General Counsel (1995)

P. T. Mulva

  54   Vice President and Controller (2004)

S. D. Pryor

  56   Vice President (2004)

P. E. Sullivan

  62   Vice President and General Tax Counsel (1995)

 

For at least the past five years, Messrs. Cramer, Humphreys, Matthews, McGill, Simon and Sullivan have been employed as executives of the registrant. Mr. Tillerson was a Senior Vice President and then President, a title he continues to hold, before becoming Chairman of the Board. Mr. Humphreys was Vice President and Controller and then Vice President and Treasurer before becoming Senior Vice President and Treasurer. Mr. McGill was President of ExxonMobil Production Company before becoming Senior Vice President. Mr. Simon was President of ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company before becoming Senior Vice President. Mr. Mulva was Vice President—Investor Relations and Secretary before becoming Vice President and Controller.

 

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The following executive officers of the registrant have also served as executives of the subsidiaries, affiliates or divisions of the registrant shown opposite their names during the five years preceding December 31, 2005.

 

Esso Exploration and Production Chad Inc.

   Albers

Esso Malaysia Berhad

   Dingle

Esso Production Malaysia Inc.

   Dingle

Exxon Neftegas Limited

   Tillerson

Exxon Ventures (CIS) Inc. 

   Tillerson

ExxonMobil Chemical Company

   Dolan and Pryor

ExxonMobil Development Company

   Albers, Foster and Tillerson

ExxonMobil Exploration Company

   Cejka

ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing Company

   Cramer

ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Company

   Dingle

ExxonMobil Global Services Company

   Kohlenberger

ExxonMobil Lubricants & Petroleum Specialties Company

   Kohlenberger and Pryor

ExxonMobil Production Company

   Albers and Foster

ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company

   Dolan, Hubble and Pryor

Imperial Oil Limited

   Mulva

Mobil Business Resources Corporation

   Kohlenberger

 

Officers are generally elected by the Board of Directors at its meeting on the day of each annual election of directors, with each such officer serving until a successor has been elected and qualified.

 

PART II

 

Item 5.    Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

 

Reference is made to the quarterly information which appears on page 30 of the Financial Section of this report.

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities for Quarter Ended December 31, 2005


 

Period


   Total Number of
Shares
Purchased


   Average Price
Paid per
Share


   Total Number of
Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs


   Maximum Number
of Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased Under
the Plans or
Programs


 

October, 2005

   31,108,634    57.96    31,108,634       

November, 2005

   30,576,300    57.83    30,576,300       

December, 2005

   30,481,964    58.32    30,481,964       
    
       
      

Total

   92,166,898    58.04    92,166,898    (See note 1 )

 

Note 1—On August 1, 2000, the Corporation announced its intention to resume purchases of shares of its common stock for the treasury both to offset shares issued in conjunction with company benefit plans and programs and to gradually reduce the number of shares outstanding. The announcement did not specify an amount or expiration date. The Corporation has continued to purchase shares since this announcement and to report purchased volumes in its quarterly earnings releases. Purchases may be made in both the open market and through negotiated transactions, and purchases may be increased, decreased or discontinued at any time without prior notice.

 

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Item 6.    Selected Financial Data.

 

    Years Ended December 31,

    2005

  2004

    2003  

    2002  

  2001

    (millions of dollars, except per share amounts)

Sales and other operating revenue(1)(2)

  $ 358,955   $ 291,252   $ 237,054   $ 200,949   $ 208,715

(1) Excise taxes included

  $ 30,742   $ 27,263   $ 23,855   $ 22,040   $ 21,907

(2) Includes amounts for purchases/sales contracts with the same counterparty.

Net income

                             

Income from continuing operations

  $ 36,130   $ 25,330   $ 20,960   $ 11,011   $ 15,003

Discontinued operations, net of income tax

                449     102

Extraordinary gain, net of income tax

                    215

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of income tax

            550        
   

 

 

 

 

Net income

  $ 36,130   $ 25,330   $ 21,510   $ 11,460   $ 15,320

Net income per common share

                             

Income from continuing operations

  $ 5.76   $ 3.91   $ 3.16   $ 1.62   $ 2.19

Discontinued operations, net of income tax

                0.07     0.01

Extraordinary gain, net of income tax

                    0.03

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of income tax

            0.08        
   

 

 

 

 

Net income

  $ 5.76   $ 3.91   $ 3.24   $ 1.69   $ 2.23

Net income per common share - assuming dilution

                             

Income from continuing operations

  $ 5.71   $ 3.89   $ 3.15   $ 1.61   $ 2.17

Discontinued operations, net of income tax

                0.07     0.01

Extraordinary gain, net of income tax

                    0.03

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of income tax

            0.08        
   

 

 

 

 

Net income

  $ 5.71   $ 3.89   $ 3.23   $ 1.68   $ 2.21
Cash dividends per common share   $ 1.14   $ 1.06   $ 0.98   $ 0.92   $ 0.91
Total assets   $ 208,335   $ 195,256   $ 174,278   $ 152,644   $ 143,174
Long-term debt   $ 6,220   $ 5,013   $ 4,756   $ 6,655   $ 7,099

 

Item 7.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

Reference is made to the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” beginning on page 31 of the Financial Section of this report.

 

Item 7A.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

Reference is made to the section entitled “Market Risks, Inflation and Other Uncertainties” beginning on page 40, excluding the part entitled “Inflation and Other Uncertainties,” of the Financial Section of this report. All statements other than historical information incorporated in this Item 7A are forward-looking statements. The actual impact of future market changes could differ materially due to, among other things, factors discussed in this report.

 

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Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

Reference is made to the following in the Financial Section of this report:

 

    Consolidated financial statements, together with the report thereon of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP dated February 28, 2006, beginning on page 46 with the section entitled “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” and continuing to page 75;
    Quarterly Information (unaudited) appearing on page 30;
    Supplemental Information on Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Activities (unaudited) appearing on pages 76 through 85; and
    Frequently Used Terms (unaudited) on pages 28 and 29.

 

Financial Statement Schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

 

Item  9.     Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.                      

 

None.

 

Item  9A.    Controls and Procedures.

 

Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As indicated in the certifications in Exhibit 31 of this report, the Corporation’s chief executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer have evaluated the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2005. Based on that evaluation, these officers have concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that material information required to be in this annual report is made known to them on a timely basis.

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Management, including the Corporation’s chief executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over the Corporation’s financial reporting. Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting based on the Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that Exxon Mobil Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2005.

 

Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, was audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report beginning on page 46 of the Financial Section of this report.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes during the Corporation’s last fiscal quarter that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item  9B.    Other Information.

 

None.

 

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PART III

 

Item 10.    Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.

 

Incorporated by reference to the following from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for the 2006 annual meeting of shareholders (the “2006 Proxy Statement”):

 

    The section entitled “Election of Directors”;
    The portion entitled “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” of the section entitled “Executive Compensation Tables”;
    The portion entitled “Code of Ethics and Business Conduct” of the section entitled “Corporate Governance Guidelines”; and
    The “Audit Committee” portion and the membership table of the section entitled “Board Committees”.

 

Item 11.    Executive Compensation.

 

Incorporated by reference to the section entitled “Director Compensation” and the section entitled “Executive Compensation Tables” of the registrant’s 2006 Proxy Statement.

 

Item 12.    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

 

Incorporated by reference to the section entitled “Director and Executive Officer Stock Ownership” and the portion entitled “Equity Compensation Plan Information” of the section entitled “Executive Compensation Tables” of the registrant’s 2006 Proxy Statement.

 

Item 13.    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

 

The Registrant has concluded that it has no disclosable matters under this item. Additional information regarding this determination is incorporated by reference to the portion entitled “Director and Officer Relationships” of the section entitled “Election of Directors” in the registrant’s 2006 Proxy Statement.

 

Item 14.    Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

 

Incorporated by reference to the section entitled “Ratification of Independent Auditors” of the registrant’s 2006 Proxy Statement.

 

PART IV

 

Item 15.    Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

 

  (a) (1) and (2) Financial Statements:

See Table of Contents on page 25 of the Financial Section of this report.

 

  (a) (3) Exhibits:

See Index to Exhibits beginning on page 89 of this report.

 

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FINANCIAL SECTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Business Profile

   26

Financial Summary

   27

Frequently Used Terms

   28

Quarterly Information

   30

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

  

Functional Earnings

   31

Forward-Looking Statements

   32

Overview

   32

Business Environment and Risk Assessment

   32

Review of 2005 and 2004 Results

   33

Liquidity and Capital Resources

   35

Capital and Exploration Expenditures

   39

Taxes

   39

Asset Retirement Obligations and Environmental Costs

   40

Market Risks, Inflation and Other Uncertainties

   40

Recently Issued Statements of Financial Accounting Standards

   41

Critical Accounting Policies

   42
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting    46
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    46

Consolidated Financial Statements

  

Statement of Income

   48

Balance Sheet

   49

Statement of Shareholders’ Equity

   50

Statement of Cash Flows

   51
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements   

  1. Summary of Accounting Policies

   52

  2. Accounting for Suspended Exploratory Well Costs

   55

  3. Miscellaneous Financial Information

   58

  4. Cash Flow Information

   58

  5. Additional Working Capital Information

   58

  6. Equity Company Information

   59

  7. Investments and Advances

   60

  8. Property, Plant and Equipment and Asset Retirement Obligations

   60

  9. Leased Facilities

   61

10. Earnings Per Share

   61

11. Financial Instruments and Derivatives

   62

12. Long-Term Debt

   62

13. Incentive Program

   67

14. Litigation and Other Contingencies

   68

15. Annuity Benefits and Other Postretirement Benefits

   70

16. Disclosures about Segments and Related Information

   73

17. Income, Excise and Other Taxes

   75
Supplemental Information on Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Activities    76

Operating Summary

   86

 

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BUSINESS PROFILE

 

     Earnings After
Income Taxes
    Average Capital
Employed
   Return on
Average
Capital
Employed
   Capital and
Exploration
Expenditures

Financial

   2005     2004     2005    2004    2005    2004    2005    2004
     (millions of dollars)    (percent)    (millions of dollars)

Upstream

                     

United States

   $ 6,200     $ 4,948     $ 13,491    $ 13,355    46.0    37.0    $ 2,142    $ 1,922

Non-U.S.

     18,149       11,727       39,770      37,287    45.6    31.5      12,328      9,793
                                                 

Total

   $ 24,349     $ 16,675     $ 53,261    $ 50,642    45.7    32.9    $ 14,470    $ 11,715
                                                 

Downstream

                     

United States

   $ 3,911     $ 2,186     $ 6,650    $ 7,632    58.8    28.6    $ 753    $ 775

Non-U.S.

     4,081       3,520       18,030      19,541    22.6    18.0      1,742      1,630
                                                 

Total

   $ 7,992     $ 5,706     $ 24,680    $ 27,173    32.4    21.0    $ 2,495    $ 2,405
                                                 

Chemical

                     

United States

   $ 1,186     $ 1,020     $ 5,145    $ 5,246    23.1    19.4    $ 243    $ 262

Non-U.S.

     2,757       2,408       8,919      9,362    30.9    25.7      411      428
                                                 

Total

   $ 3,943     $ 3,428     $ 14,064    $ 14,608    28.0    23.5    $ 654    $ 690
                                                 

Corporate and financing

     (154 )     (479 )     24,956      14,916    —      —        80      75
                                                 

Total

   $ 36,130     $ 25,330     $ 116,961    $ 107,339    31.3    23.8    $ 17,699    $ 14,885
                                                 

See Frequently Used Terms on pages 28 and 29 for a definition and calculation of capital employed and return on average capital employed.

 

Operating

   2005    2004
     (thousands of barrels daily)

Net liquids production

     

United States

   477    557

Non-U.S.

   2,046    2,014
         

Total

   2,523    2,571
         
     (millions of cubic feet daily)

Natural gas production available for sale

     

United States

   1,739    1,947

Non-U.S.

   7,512    7,917
         

Total

   9,251    9,864
         
     (thousands of oil-equivalent
barrels daily)

Oil-equivalent production (1)

   4,065    4,215

 

(1) Gas converted to oil-equivalent at 6 million cubic feet = 1 thousand barrels.

 

     2005    2004
     (thousands of barrels daily)

Petroleum product sales

     

United States

   2,915    2,872

Non-U.S.

   5,342    5,338
         

Total

   8,257    8,210
         
     (thousands of barrels daily)

Refinery throughput

     

United States

   1,794    1,850

Non-U.S.

   3,929    3,863
         

Total

   5,723    5,713
         
     (thousands of metric tons)

Chemical prime product sales

     

United States

   10,369    11,521

Non-U.S.

   16,408    16,267
         

Total

   26,777    27,788
         

 

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FINANCIAL SUMMARY

 

     2005     2004     2003     2002     2001  
     (millions of dollars, except per share amounts)  

Sales and other operating revenue (1)

   $ 358,955     $ 291,252     $ 237,054     $ 200,949     $ 208,715  

Earnings

          

Upstream

   $ 24,349     $ 16,675     $ 14,502     $ 9,598     $ 10,736  

Downstream

     7,992       5,706       3,516       1,300       4,227  

Chemical

     3,943       3,428       1,432       830       707  

Corporate and financing

     (154 )     (479 )     1,510       (442 )     (142 )

Merger-related expenses

     —         —         —         (275 )     (525 )
                                        

Income from continuing operations

   $ 36,130     $ 25,330     $ 20,960     $ 11,011     $ 15,003  

Discontinued operations

     —         —         —         449       102  

Extraordinary gain

     —         —         —         —         215  

Accounting change

     —         —         550       —         —    
                                        

Net income

   $ 36,130     $ 25,330     $ 21,510     $ 11,460     $ 15,320  
                                        

Net income per common share

          

Income from continuing operations

   $ 5.76     $ 3.91     $ 3.16     $ 1.62     $ 2.19  

Net income per common share – assuming dilution

          

Income from continuing operations

   $ 5.71     $ 3.89     $ 3.15     $ 1.61     $ 2.17  

Discontinued operations, net of income tax

     —         —         —         0.07       0.01  

Extraordinary gain, net of income tax

     —         —         —         —         0.03  

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of income tax

     —         —         0.08       —         —    
                                        

Net income

   $ 5.71     $ 3.89     $ 3.23     $ 1.68     $ 2.21  
                                        

Cash dividends per common share

   $ 1.14     $ 1.06     $ 0.98     $ 0.92     $ 0.91  

Net income to average shareholders’ equity (percent)

     33.9       26.4       26.2       15.5       21.3  

Working capital

   $ 27,035     $ 17,396     $ 7,574     $ 5,116     $ 5,567  

Ratio of current assets to current liabilities

     1.58       1.40       1.20       1.15       1.18  

Additions to property, plant and equipment

   $ 13,839     $ 11,986     $ 12,859     $ 11,437     $ 9,989  

Property, plant and equipment, less allowances

   $ 107,010     $ 108,639     $ 104,965     $ 94,940     $ 89,602  

Total assets

   $ 208,335     $ 195,256     $ 174,278     $ 152,644     $ 143,174  

Exploration expenses, including dry holes

   $ 964     $ 1,098     $ 1,010     $ 920     $ 1,175  

Research and development costs

   $ 712     $ 649     $ 618     $ 631     $ 603  

Long-term debt

   $ 6,220     $ 5,013     $ 4,756     $ 6,655     $ 7,099  

Total debt

   $ 7,991     $ 8,293     $ 9,545     $ 10,748     $ 10,802  

Fixed-charge coverage ratio (times)

     50.2       36.1       30.8       13.8       17.7  

Debt to capital (percent)

     6.5       7.3       9.3       12.2       12.4  

Net debt to capital (percent) (2)

     (22.0 )     (10.7 )     (1.2 )     4.4       5.3  

Shareholders’ equity at year end

   $ 111,186     $ 101,756     $ 89,915     $ 74,597     $ 73,161  

Shareholders’ equity per common share

   $ 18.13     $ 15.90     $ 13.69     $ 11.13     $ 10.74  

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (millions)

     6,266       6,482       6,634       6,753       6,868  

Number of regular employees at year end (thousands) (3)

     83.7       85.9       88.3       92.5       97.9  

CORS employees not included above (thousands) (4)

     22.4       19.3       17.4       16.8       19.9  

 

(1) Sales and other operating revenue includes excise taxes of $30,742 million for 2005, $27,263 million for 2004, $23,855 million for 2003, $22,040 million for 2002 and $21,907 million for 2001. Includes amounts for purchases/sales contracts with the same counterparty.

 

(2) Debt net of cash, excluding restricted cash. The ratio of net debt to capital including restricted cash is (28.3) percent for 2005.

 

(3) Regular employees are defined as active executive, management, professional, technical and wage employees who work full time or part time for the Corporation and are covered by the Corporation’s benefit plans and programs.

 

(4) CORS employees are employees of company-operated retail sites.

 

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FREQUENTLY USED TERMS

Listed below are definitions of several of ExxonMobil’s key business and financial performance measures. These definitions are provided to facilitate understanding of the terms and their calculation.

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 Consolidated 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 and financial 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.

 

Cash flow from operations and asset sales    

   2005    2004    2003
     (millions of dollars)

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 48,138    $ 40,551    $ 28,498

Sales of subsidiaries, investments and property, plant and equipment

     6,036      2,754      2,290
                    

Cash flow from operations and asset sales

   $ 54,174    $ 43,305    $ 30,788
                    

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 shareholders’ 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.

 

Capital employed    

   2005     2004     2003  
     (millions of dollars)  

Business uses: asset and liability perspective

      

Total assets

   $ 208,335     $ 195,256     $ 174,278  

Less liabilities and minority share of assets and liabilities

      

Total current liabilities excluding notes and loans payable

     (44,536 )     (39,701 )     (33,597 )

Total long-term liabilities excluding long-term debt and equity of minority and preferred shareholders in affiliated companies

     (41,095 )     (41,554 )     (37,839 )

Minority share of assets and liabilities

     (4,863 )     (5,285 )     (4,945 )

Add ExxonMobil share of debt-financed equity company net assets

     3,450       3,914       4,151  
                        

Total capital employed

   $ 121,291     $ 112,630     $ 102,048  
                        

Total corporate sources: debt and equity perspective

      

Notes and loans payable

   $ 1,771     $ 3,280     $ 4,789  

Long-term debt

     6,220       5,013       4,756  

Shareholders’ equity

     111,186       101,756       89,915  

Less minority share of total debt

     (1,336 )     (1,333 )     (1,563 )

Add ExxonMobil share of equity company debt

     3,450       3,914       4,151  
                        

Total capital employed

   $ 121,291     $ 112,630     $ 102,048  
                        

 

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RETURN ON AVERAGE CAPITAL EMPLOYED

Return on average capital employed (ROCE) 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 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 tend to be more cash flow based, are used for future investment decisions.

 

Return on average capital employed    

   2005     2004     2003  
     (millions of dollars)  

Net income

   $ 36,130     $ 25,330     $ 21,510  

Financing costs (after tax)

      

Third-party debt

     (1 )     (137 )     (69 )

ExxonMobil share of equity companies

     (144 )     (185 )     (172 )

All other financing costs – net (1)

     (295 )     54       1,775  
                        

Total financing costs

     (440 )     (268 )     1,534  
                        

Earnings excluding financing costs

   $ 36,570     $ 25,598