Performance data

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

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	2006	2007	2008	2009

Company Profile

Net income, billions of dollars	39.5	40.6	45.2	19.3
Sales and other operating revenue, billions of dollars	365	390	460	302
Net liquids production, millions of barrels per day	2.7	2.6	2.4	2.4
Natural gas production available for sale, billions of cubic feet per day	9.3	9.4	9.1	9.3
¹Oil-equivalent production, millions of oil-equivalent barrels per day	4.2	4.2	3.9	3.9
Refinery throughput, millions of barrels per day	5.6	5.6	5.4	5.4
Petroleum product sales, millions of barrels per day	7.2	7.1	6.8	6.4
Chemical prime product sales, millions of metric tons	27.4	27.5	25.0	24.8
²Taxes to governments, billions of dollars	101	106	116	79
Benefits to employees, billions of dollars (wages, salaries, pensions, and other benefits)	12	13	13	15
Spending with suppliers, billions of dollars	212	231	286	183
Capital and exploration expenditures, billions of dollars	20	21	26	27
Long-term debt at year end, billions of dollars	6.6	7.2	7.0	7.1
Total assets at year end, billions of dollars	219	242	228	233
³Distributions to shareholders, billions of dollars	33	36	40	26

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

²Income, sales-based, and other taxes and duties

³Cash dividends to ExxonMobil shareholders and share purchases to reduce shares outstanding

	2006	2007	2008	2009	INT*

Corporate Governance

Corporate political contributions—U.S. state campaigns and national 527s, millions of dollars

0.41

0.27

0.45

0.49

Safety, Health, and the Workplace

Fatalities—employees	3	0	0	4	•
Fatalities—contractors	7	8	5	4	•
^1,2Lost-time incident rate—employees (per 200,000 work hours)	.049	.031	.049	.036	•
^1,2Lost-time incident rate—contractors (per 200,000 work hours)	.052	.065	.049	.040	•
^1,2Lost-time incident rate—total workforce (per 200,000 work hours)	.051	.047	.049	.038	•
^1,2Total recordable incident rate—employees (per 200,000 work hours)	.33	.33	.36	.30	•
¹Total recordable incident rate—contractors (per 200,000 work hours)	.43	.43	.49	.39	•
^1,2Total recordable incident rate—total workforce (per 200,000 work hours)	.38	.38	.43	.35	•
³Number of regular employees at year end, thousands	82	81	80	81
Percent of workforce—non-U.S.	63	63	63	63
Percent women—global workforce (excluding company-operated retail stores)	24	25	25	26	•
Percent management and professional new hires—women	41	38	39	38	•
Percent management and professional new hires—non-U.S.	72	71	69	63

Environmental Performance*

Marine vessel spills (owned/operated and long-term leased), number of hydrocarbon spills > 1 barrel	0	0	0	0	•
Other spills (not from marine vessels), number of oil, chemical, and drilling fluid spills > 1 barrel	295	252	211	241	•
Hydrocarbons spilled, thousands of barrels	40	8	20	18	•
Controlled hydrocarbon discharges to water, thousands of metric tons	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.4	•
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emitted, millions of metric tons	.24	.21	.19	.16	•
²Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emitted, millions of metric tons	.18	.16	.15	.13	•
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted, millions of metric tons	.31	.29	.26	.22	•
VOCs emitted, metric tons per 100 metric tons of throughput or production
Upstream	.071	.073	.071	.069	•
Refining	.016	.015	.013	.011	•
Chemical	.043	.039	.043	.036	•
²Total hazardous waste disposed from operations, thousands of metric tons	122	117	386	816	•
Environmental expenditures, billions of dollars	3.2	3.8	5.2	5.1

Managing Climate Change Risks*

Greenhouse gas emissions, absolute (direct equity, CO2-equivalent emissions), millions of metric tons	146	141	131	128	•
Greenhouse gas emissions, normalized (direct equity, CO2-equivalent emissions, excluding cogeneration and Hong Kong power), metric tons per 100 metric tons of throughput or production
Upstream	22.5	21.3	19.0	18.2	•
Downstream	17.6	17.4	17.0	16.8	•
Chemical	43.9	41.6	42.2	40.4	•
Energy intensity, normalized versus Global Energy Management System (GEMS) base year (2000)—refining	93.9	93.2	93.4	92.6	•
Energy intensity, normalized versus GEMS base year (2001)—chemical steam cracking	91.6	90.6	91.3	90.3	•
Cogeneration capacity in which we have interest, gigawatts	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.9	•
Hydrocarbon flaring (worldwide activities), millions of metric tons	8.2	8.1	5.7	4.5	•

Economic Development

Number of employee participants in corporate and technical training (thousands)	52	35	48	52
Total corporate and technical training expenditures, millions of dollars	60	61	69	71
U.S. spending with minority- and women-owned businesses, millions of dollars	592	583	603	863	•
Community investments, millions of dollars	170.0	206.6	225.2	235.0	•
United States	109.1	124.1	144.6	143.0
Rest of world	60.9	82.5	80.6	92.0
⁴Number of EITI-participating countries	6	6	8	8	•

Human Rights and Security

⁵Number of countries in which affiliates received dedicated human rights awareness training	N/A	N/A	7	8	•
⁵Percent of private security contracts with enhanced language	N/A	N/A	50+	60	•

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

¹Incidents include injuries and illnesses.

²Historical data was updated to reflect improved information.

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

⁴In countries where ExxonMobil has an upstream business presence.

⁵Data first reported in 2008.

* Some uncertainty exists in environmental data depending on measurement methods.
Data represents best available information at the time of publication.

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