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Chemical
CHEMICAL STATISTICAL RECAP 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Earnings (millions of dollars) 3,828 3,898 4,383 4,913 2,309
Prime product sales
(1)
(thousands of tonnes) 24,063 24,157 25,006 25,891 24,825
Average capital employed
(1)
(millions of dollars) 20,665 20,148 19,798 18,680 16,560
Return on average capital employed
(1)
(percent) 18.5 19.3 22.1 26.3 13.9
Capital expenditures
(1)
(millions of dollars) 1,832 1,418 1,450 2,215 3,148
(1) See Frequently Used Terms on pages 44 and 45.
ExxonMobil Chemical has highly competitive assets, proprietary
technologies, and a unique and balanced global business
portfolio. Additionally, integration with ExxonMobil’s Upstream
and Downstream businesses is a key differentiator that allows
us to consistently outperform competition, as demonstrated by
our 2013 results.
STRATEGIES
• Consistently deliver best-in-class
operational performance
• Focus on businesses that capitalize
on core competencies
• Build proprietary technology positions
• Capture full benefits of integration
across ExxonMobil operations
• Selectively invest in advantaged projects
RESULTS & HIGHLIGHTS
•   Industry-leading safety performance, including 
an exemplary record at our Singapore Chemical Expansion project
•   Earnings of $3.8 billion, supported by our capacity to capture low-cost feedstock and energy 
in North America, Middle East assets, and strong contributions from premium product assets
around the world
•   Return on average capital employed of 18.5 percent, averaging 24 percent over the last 10 years, 
and outperforming competition throughout the business cycle
•   Prime product sales of 24.1 million tonnes, including record sales of metallocene products that 
provide value-added performance advantages for our customers in target applications
•   Capital expenditures of $1.8 billion, with selective investments in specialty business growth, 
advantaged feedstocks, high-return efficiency projects, and low-cost capacity debottlenecks
•   Started up our Singapore Chemical Expansion project, more than doubling steam-cracking capacity 
at the site and significantly increasing premium and specialty capacity, making it the largest chemical
expansion in our history
•   Progressed construction of a 400,000-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
•   Advanced plans for a major expansion at our Texas facilities, including a new world-scale ethane 
cracker and polyethylene trains to meet rapidly growing global demand for premium polymers
EXXONMOBIL 2013 SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT
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