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Chemical Statistical Recap 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Earnings (millions of dollars) 4,315 3,828 3,898 4,383 4,913
Prime product sales
(1)
(thousands of tonnes) 24,235 24,063 24,157 25,006 25,891
Average capital employed
(1)
(millions of dollars) 22,197 20,665 20,148 19,798 18,680
Return on average capital employed
(1)
(percent) 19.4 18.5 19.3 22.1 26.3
Capital expenditures
(1)
(millions of dollars) 2,741 1,832 1,418 1,450 2,215
(1) See Frequently Used Terms on pages 44 and 45.
Chemical
Strategies
• Consistently deliver best-in-class
operational performance
• Focus on commodity and specialty businesses
that capitalize on our core competencies
• Build proprietary technology positions
• Capture full benefits of integration across
ExxonMobil operations
• Selectively invest in advantaged projects
2014 Results & Highlights
•   Achieved best-ever safety performance
•   Delivered earnings of $4.3 billion and return on 
average capital employed of 19.4 percent, averaging
23.5 percent over the past 10 years
•   Sold 24.2 million tonnes of prime products, including 
record sales of metallocene products that provide
value-added performance advantages for our customers
•   Invested $2.7 billion, with selective investments in 
specialty business growth, advantaged feedstock capture, high-return efficiency projects, and low-cost
capacity debottlenecks
•   Started construction of a major expansion at our Texas facilities, including a new world-scale ethane steam 
cracker and polyethylene lines to meet rapidly growing demand for premium polymers
•   Progressed construction of a 400-thousand-tonnes-per-year specialty elastomers project in 
Saudi Arabia with our joint venture partner to supply a broad range of synthetic rubber and related products
to meet growing demand in the Middle East and Asia
•   Started construction on a new 230-thousand-tonnes-per-year specialty polymers plant in Singapore 
to meet growing demand for synthetic rubber and adhesives in Asia
•   Commissioned a world-scale manufacturing facility in Baytown, Texas, to produce synthetic basestocks 
for automotive and industrial applications
34 EXXONMOBIL 2014 SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT
34 EXXONMOBIL 2014 SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT