Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces 2007 Reserves Replacement



    Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that it
    replaced more than 100 percent of its production in 2007.

    Additions to the Corporation´s worldwide proved oil and gas
    reserves totaled 1.6 billion oil-equivalent barrels in 2007 or 101
    percent of production. Reserves replacement totaled 132 percent
    excluding the effects of the expropriation of Venezuelan assets and
    property sales. These additions assume the pricing basis the
    Corporation uses to make investment decisions consistent with
    long-standing practice, rather than single-day, year-end pricing.

    "With a 10-year average replacement ratio of 112 percent,
    ExxonMobil has continued to replace annual production with new,
    quality reserves additions," said Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil
    Corporation´s chairman and chief executive officer. "This performance
    is a reflection of our disciplined investment strategy, world-class
    resource base and outstanding execution capabilities, which enable the
    Corporation to continue to develop new production capacity to help
    meet the world´s growing energy needs."

    "The annual reporting of proved reserves is the product of our
    long-standing, rigorous process that ensures consistency and
    management accountability with respect to all reserves bookings."

    Key 2007 proved reserve additions were made from new developments
    and established operations in North America, the Middle East, Europe
    and West Africa. These additions reflect developments with significant
    funding commitments as well as revisions or extensions to existing
    fields based on routine reservoir studies and field evaluations. The
    Venezuelan expropriation and asset sales reduced proved reserves by
    0.5 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

    Effect of Single-Day, Year-End Pricing Calculation

    ExxonMobil also states proved reserves utilizing December 31
    liquids and natural gas prices. On this basis, the total proved
    reserves additions in 2007 were 1.2 billion oil-equivalent barrels,
    resulting in a reserves replacement ratio of 76 percent. Excluding the
    effects of the Venezuelan expropriation and property sales, reserves
    replacement was 107 percent, using the year-end pricing basis. The use
    of prices from a single date is not relevant to investment decisions
    made by the Corporation, and annual variations in reserves based on
    such year-end prices are not of consequence in how the business is
    actually managed.

    Long-Term View

    Given the long-term nature of the industry and the large size of
    the discrete projects that provide a significant portion of the
    Corporation´s reserves additions, it is appropriate to consider a time
    horizon longer than a single year. Excluding the effects of using
    single-day, year-end pricing, the Corporation´s ten-year average
    reserves replacement is 112 percent, with liquids replacement at 104
    percent, and gas at 124 percent.

    The reserve additions made during this period comprise a diversity
    of resource types and have broad geographical representation. With
    22.7 billion barrels of proved oil and gas reserves at year-end 2007,
    split about evenly between liquids and gas, ExxonMobil´s reserves life
    at current production rates is more than 14 years. The portion of
    proved reserves already developed is 62 percent.

    Industry-Leading Resource Base

    The Corporation´s total oil and gas resource base stands at 72
    billion oil-equivalent barrels at year-end 2007.

    During 2007, ExxonMobil added 2.0 billion oil-equivalent barrels
    of total resources, which more than replaced production. Significant
    resource additions were made from successful drilling programs in the
    United States, West Africa and the Asia Pacific region.

    Overall, the resource base was reduced by 1.8 billion
    oil-equivalent barrels in 2007, primarily driven by the effects of the
    Venezuelan expropriation of 1.6 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

    The Corporation´s resource base of 72 billion oil-equivalent
    barrels includes proved and probable reserves, plus other discovered
    resources that are expected to be ultimately recovered.

    CAUTIONARY NOTE: The terms "resources" and "resource base" include
    quantities of discovered oil and gas that are not yet classified as
    proved reserves but that are expected to be ultimately recovered in
    the future. The term "reserves," as used in this release, includes
    proved reserves from Syncrude oil sands operations in Canada which are
    treated as mining operations in our SEC reports. The proved reserves
    in this release are the combined total from both consolidated
    subsidiaries and our interest in equity companies. The Corporation
    operates its business with the same views of equity company reserves
    as it has for reserves from consolidated subsidiaries.