Exxon 2007 Annual Report Download - page 34

Download and view the complete annual report

Please find page 34 of the 2007 Exxon annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.

Page out of 52

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52

Implementation of global best practices for steam cracker operations at the Baytown Olefins Plant contributed
to ExxonMobil Chemical’s record operating reliability and energy efficiency performance in 2007.
Chemical
C H E M I CAL STAT I S T I CAL RECA P
2007
2006
2005 2004 2003
Earnings (millions of dollars) 4,563 4,382 3,943 3,428 1,432
Prime product sales(1) (thousands of metric tons) 27,480 27,350 26,777 27,788 26,567
Average capital employed(2) (millions of dollars) 13,430 13,183 14,064 14,608 14,099
Return on average capital employed(2) (percent) 34.0 33.2 28.0 23.5 10.2
Capital expenditures (millions of dollars) 1,782 756 654 690 692
(1) Prime product sales include ExxonMobil’s share of equity-company volumes and finished-product transfers to the Downstream. Carbon-black oil volumes are excluded.
(2) See Frequently Used Terms on pages 44 through 45.
32