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ExxonMobil Chemical strategies deliver competitive
advantage฀through฀advantaged฀feeds,฀lower-cost฀
manufacturing฀processes,฀and฀premium฀product฀
development. Disciplined execution of our long-term
strategies has translated into strong performance
across the business cycle.
Focus on Businesses
that฀Capitalize฀on฀Core฀Competencies
ExxonMobil has leadership positions in both large-volume,
high-growth commodity businesses as well as less-cyclical
specialty businesses. We use our unique global portfolio
to leverage:
Advantaged฀Feeds฀• Integration with the Upstream and
Downstream gives us access to a wide variety of feedstock,
and our assets have enabling technology that maximizes
feed flexibility.
Lower-Cost฀Manufacturing฀Processes฀•฀ Proprietary
technology, integration, scale, and operational excellence
combine to give us an operating cost advantage.
Premium฀Products฀• Developing products that add
value to our customers translates into value for
the shareholder.
Consistently Deliver Best-in-Class Performance
Our disciplined approach to improve safety, reliability,
productivity, and quality continues to increase the
contribution of existing assets through industry-leading
performance. Structured programs enable identification
of best practices that capture manufacturing efficiencies,
improve operability, and increase capacity at significantly
less than grassroots cost.
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Specialties
Differentiated Business Mix
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Examples of how our performance creates value include:
• Our steam-cracking energy efficiency index achieved
best-ever performance in 2009;
• Our average polyethylene reactor capacity is about
two-thirds larger than industry average, allowing us to
capture unit cost savings; and,
• Our maintenance programs give us a competitive
advantage in cost and reliability.
Build Proprietary Technology Positions
Technology is critical to our strategies as it helps capture
value from advantaged feeds, drives lower-cost manufacturing
processes, and delivers premium products. Development and
deployment of industry-leading chemical technology provide
a competitive advantage for ExxonMobil.
Businesses
Worldwide Rank
Based on Market Position
Commodities
Benzene ..............................................................................#1
Paraxylene ...........................................................................#1
Olefins .................................................................................#2
Polyethylene ........................................................................#2
Polypropylene ......................................................................#5
Specialties
Butyl Polymers ....................................................................#1
Fluids ...................................................................................#1
Plasticizers/Oxo Alcohols.....................................................#1
Synthetics ...........................................................................#1
Oriented Polypropylene Films ..............................................#1
Adhesive Polymers ..............................................................#1
Specialty Elastomers ...........................................................#1
Petroleum Additives .............................................................#2
Metallocene catalyst technology is used to generate many
premium products with high-performance attributes,
including Exact plastomers produced at our plastics plant
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Chemical Strategies
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