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ExxonMobil in Norway


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The company has its headquarters at Forus in Sandnesmunicipality, where all oshore exploration and productionactivities are coordinated. ExxonMobils marketing activitiesare operated rom the Skyen oice in Oslo, while the reineryis located at Slagentangen near Tnsberg. The total numbero employees in the company is around 900.ExxonMobil is the second largest oil and gas producer on theNorwegian Continental Shel, holding ownership interests in

more than 20 producing gas and oil ields, and approx. 10%interest in Norwegian gas transportation and processing inra-structure. Our company is the largest international producerand investor on the Norwegian shel and operates the Balder,Jotun, Ringhorne, and Sigyn ields. Total production in 2008reached around 422,000 barrels o oil equivalents per day which corresponds to about 10% o the total Norwegianproduction, and 10% o ExxonMobils production worldwide.

The reinery at Slagentangen has a production capacity o 6million tons o oil products per year, and its production isbased on crude oil rom the North Sea. ExxonMobil has amarket share o 20% o total sales o oil products in Norway.

The company markets both Esso and Mobil branded products.The number o gas stations is 311.

ExxonMobil in Norway

1) Key fgures in million NOK 2008 2007 2006

Outline o proft

Sales income incl. excise taxes 90 143 77 505 74 678

Operating prot 44 799 48 395 47 254

Financial items -322 1 851 829

Pre-tax prots 54 726 50 246 48 083

Prots o the year 13 013 15 240 12 093

Outline o balance

Fixed assets 63 404 46 026 46 773

Current assets 13 848 34 588 27 498

Equity 3 061 9 457 17 687

Provisions or liabilities 16 581 23 925 24 530

Long-term debt 29 529 7 516 10 281

Short-term debt 28 081 39 716 21 773

Other main fgures

Investments 5 592 6 812 5 997

Ordinary depreciation 8 749 7 047 6 620

Company capital (capital stock) 921 921 1 921

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Average number o employees 887 898 925

Wages and social costs 1 019 1 030 924

1) The main gures are a direct summation o items in the accounts oExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS, ExxonMobil Production

Norway Inc., Mobil Oil AS, and Esso Norge AS. Internal sales between thecompanies have been eliminated. Short-term liabilities and debt between thecompanies have been eliminated.

ExxonMobil in Norway includes several companies i.e. Esso Norge AS, Mobil Oil AS,ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS, and ExxonMobil Production NorwayInc. all o which are aliates o ExxonMobil Corporation in the USA.

In this brochure we use the term ExxonMobil when reerringto the companies activities in Norway.

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Financially strong long-term perspectiveExxonMobils net income in 2008 reached 45 billion dollars,with a 34 percent return on capital employed. The companystotal gas and oil production was around 3.9 million barrelso.e. per day. ExxonMobils leading position in the energymarket is based on its long term-outlook o worldwideeconomic growth and energy. The company is continuallymaking large investments, independent o the ups anddowns in the industry. ExxonMobil is to invest between $25

and $30 billion annually over the next 5 years and a record$29 billion in 2009.

Future Energy OutlookIn concert with economic growth and expanding population,energy demand by 2030 is estimated to rise by 35%compared to year 2005. The major part o this energydemand will occur in non OECD countries, where billions opeople will need increased access to energy to increase theirstandard o living. Fossil uels, i.e. oil, gas and coal, willthrough 2030 satisy an estimated 80% o global energydemand. ExxonMobil, together with the rest o the petroleumindustry, will thereore continue to be a major contributor tomeeting the worlds uture energy demand.

Development o new technologiesTo deal with uture energy challenges, new energy ecienttechnology and innovative processes need to be developed.ExxonMobil employs more than 14,000 scientists andengineers, over 1,000 o them with Ph.D.s. Over the last veyears, ExxonMobil Corporation has invested 3.7 billiondollars in research and development, which has yieldedgood results.

Here are some examples o new technologies: An exploration technology called R3M, which uses

electromagnetic listening devices to detect undersea

oil and gas deposits

A lithium-ion battery breakthrough that greatly improves

the saety, power and reliability o larger batteries or hybridvehicles, thereby helping promote their use to improve ueleconomy and reduce emissions

Advanced vehicle and fuel technologies that will improve

the uel-economy and reduce the emissions otodays automobiles

ExxonMobil takes the

environmental challenge seriouslyExxonMobil acknowledges that energy use, economicactivity and environmental challenges are closely interlinked.Protecting the environment is thereore one o the corporationsmost important goals. ExxonMobil is an industry leader in theuse o cogeneration, the process by which the heat that isgenerated during the production o electricity is capturedand used or other purposes. A new cogeneration plantproducing 125 megawatt electricity was opened in Antwerpin the spring o 2009. The plant will reduce Belgiums carbondioxide (CO2) emissions by around 200,000 tons per year the equivalent o removing about 90,000 cars romEuropes roads.

ExxonMobil believes that carbon capture and storage (CCS)represents an important option to address global CO2emissions. ExxonMobil is a global leader in the use o thesetechnologies, and we have developed and used them ormany years. The company participates in a European projectnamed Co2ReMoVe, which evaluates a range o technolo-gies to monitor the injection and storage o CO2 rom gasstreams at the oshore Sleipner and Snhvit elds inNorway. ExxonMobil shares ownership o the Sleipner eld,where over 1 million metric tons o CO2 have been seques-tered each year since 1998.

For more inormation on ExxonMobil Corporation please visit

www.exxonmobil.com

Exxon Mobil Corporation

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Exxon Mobil is one o the worlds largest listed energy companies. Fundedin 1882, it is also one o the oldest industrial corporations in the world. TheCorporation employs around 80,000 people working in subsidiaries in over 200

countries. Turnover in 2008 reached more than 460 billion dollars, the highestever in company history.

The picture shows the Mondo terminalin Northern Angola, loading oil

produced oshore Angola.


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ExplorationExxonMobil has been an active player on the Norwegianexploration scene since 1965, when Esso Norge AS wasawarded the rst three exploration licenses on the NorwegianContinental Shel (NCS). ExxonMobil is actively exploring

blocks in more rontier areas and around existing inrastructurein the North Sea and Haltenbanken. The company has, both asan operator and as a partner in OBO (Operated By Others)projects, made many oil and gas discoveries. The success isdue to the application o state-o-the-art exploration technolo-gies, a highly qualied and trained local sta, and access toExxonMobils technical expertise on a global scale.

Out o as many as 25 discoveries made on the Norwegiancontinental shel in 2008, ExxonMobil has interest in aroundone third. Two o the most important discoveries were madeat the Dagny and Njord elds. NPD has estimated the size othese two discoveries at respectively 120160 million and3048 million barrels o oil equivalent. Common or all thenew discoveries is their location near existing inrastructure.Early 2009, the company was awarded interest in two newlicences in the 2008 APA Licensing Round. In May 2009,ExxonMobil was awarded operatorship and 50% interest inPL520 in the Norwegian Sea in the 20th Licensing Round.

ExxonMobil will pursue evaluation o available areas in theNorth Sea, the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea. We willcontinue the emphasis on co-existence with all industries

through fawless implementation o our exploration programs,with zero harmul impact on the environment. The com-panys perormance on the Norwegian Continental Shel todate, coupled with its worldwide experience with environ-mentally sensitive areas, operating procedures andadvanced technology, ensures that co-existencewill continue into the uture.

The organization in Norway draws on ExxonMobils technology,research eorts and experience gained worldwide. Examplesare the use o 4-D seismic to plan new wells, the EM-Power a highly advanced reservoir modeling tool used or extended

reach, and horizontal wells or increased recovery rom Balder,Jotun and Ringhorne elds, etc. Norways research institutionsare world leaders in certain elds. The parent company,ExxonMobil in the US, used amongst others Marintek,

Trondheim, in developing new technology or LNG ships.

In 2008 our company participated in OG21 (Oil and Gas inthe 21st Century), which is a major R & D initiative started byNorwegian authorities to develop new technology and newsystems in support o continued production on the NorwegianContinental Shel. In this program ExxonMobil has a leadingrole within cost ecient drilling. One o the projects thatExxonMobil supports entails the development o a newdrilling tool named Badger Explorer a robot that does notneed to be connected to a rig. Badger Explorer will be ableto drill into the reservoirs while simultaneously transmittingseismic inormation to the surace. Several small holes havebeen drilled by a Badger prototype. Drilling o onshoretestholes was carried out in Denmark in 2008, while therewill be urther testing o the prototype through an onshoredrilling programme in Norway in 2009.

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Badger Explorer is a new drilling tool under developmentwhich is designed to perorm drilling operations without

the need to be connected to a drilling rig.

ExxonMobil in Norway can drawon the companys research anddevelopment within a widenumber o areas i.a. within

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Production own operated felds

Jotun

The Jotun ield is developed with two installations; a wellhead/drilling platorm (Jotun B) which produces to a loating produc-tion, storage, and oloading vessel (FPSO, Jotun A). The ieldis located in the North Sea 200 km west o Stavanger. Theaverage production rate in 2008 was 6,800 barrels o oil perday. Jotun production has been on decline over the last ew

years, thus resulting in spare production capacity. In order toutilize this capacity, Balder was connected to Jotun via a gaspipeline in 2003, while pipelines where installed betweenRinghorne and Jotun in 2004, allowing parts o the Ringhorneield to produce to the Jotun FPSO in addition to Balder.

In 2008, Ringhorne sent an average o 35,100 barrels o oilper day to Jotun or inal processing and storage prior toexport. In addition, 17 million standard cubic eet per day ogas was exported to Jotun rom Balder and Ringhorne orgas sales. Two exploration wells will be drilled near theJotun ield in 2009. ExxonMobil is the operator o Jotun and

has 45% equity in the ield. Other participants are Dana(45%), Petoro (3%), and Det norske (7%).

Balder

The Balder ield consists o a loating production, storage,and oloading vessel (FPSO) and several subsea productionsystems. It is located in the North Sea approximately 190km northwest o Stavanger. In early 2003, the Ringhorneplatorm was tied back to the Balder FPSO or processingand export. In October 2003, Balder started gas export toStatpipe via the Jotun FPSO. Numerous upgrades to the

Balder FPSO process and compression systems have beencarried out during the last ew years, resulting in signiicantlyimproved reliability. In 2008, the Balder FPSO processed74,400 barrels o oil per day, 21,200 rom the Balder ieldand 53,200 rom Ringhorne. ExxonMobil is the operator andhas 100% ownership in the Balder ield.

Ringhorne

The Ringhorne ield is located about 9 km north o theBalder FPSO and includes a platorm with initial processingand water injection capabilities. Production is routed to theBalder and Jotun installations or inal processing, storageand oloading. Production commenced in February 2003.

Also in 2003, two new discoveries were made in the Ringhornearea. Ringhorne West commenced production in April 2004,within a year o discovery, while Ringhorne East started to pro-

duce in March 2006. In 2008, the Ringhorne ield produced anaverage o 88,300 barrels o oil per day. 4-D seismic will becollected in the Balder/Ringhorne area in 2009 in preparationo the next drilling campaign in these ields.

ExxonMobil is the operator and has 100% ownership in theRinghorne ields, except or Ringhorne East whereExxonMobils equity is 77.4%. The other Ringhorne Eastparticipants are StatoilHydro (14.8%) and Petoro (7.8%).

Sigyn

The Sigyn ield, which is located in the Sleipner area in the

North Sea, started producing in 2002. The ield consists otwo gas/condensate producers and one oil producer that areconnected to the Sleipner A platorm via a subsea template.In 2008, the average production on Sigyn was 56 millionstandard cubic eet o gas per day and 18,000 barrels ocondensate per day. ExxonMobil is the operator with 40%ownership. The other participantis StatoilHydro (60%).

ProductionExxonMobils operated assets in the UK and Norway are operated by one unit, North Sea Production (NSP), which operates

rom two locations, Stavanger and Aberdeen. NSP is responsible or operation o the Ringhorne, Balder, Jotun, and Sigyn

elds in Norway, and the Beryl Area and the Sage Gas Plant in the UK.

Picture o the Ringhorne platorm.


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Production OBO Fields Operated By Others

In 2008, ExxonMobils production rom OBO elds was around 314,000 barrels o oil equivalents per day. In total, the companyhas ownership interests in more than 20 producing elds on the Norwegian continental shel, and urthermore the company

participates in several, major development projects (including Statjord Late Lie, and Tyrihans). ExxonMobil participated in10 exploration wells in 2008, out o which 8 wells yielded discoveries including a promising result or Dagny.

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Sleipner Area

Sleipner West 32.24Sleipner East 30.40Volve 30.40PL 046/Gungne 28.00PL 029 (part o Dagny) 100.00

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Oseberg 4.70Fram 25.00

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Statjord Unit 21.37Statjord North 25.00Statjord East 17.75Sygna 18.48Snorre Unit 11.58PL 089 (Vigdis, Tordis) 10.50

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sgard Unit 7.24Mikkel 33.48Njord 20.00Kristin 10.88Ormen Lange 7.23Tyrihans 11.75Trestakk 33.00

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Picture o the Kristin platorm.


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Reningand logisticsExxonMobils renery at Slagentangen, Vestold, inaugurated

in 1961, is located in a sheltered environment at the Oslojord.The renery processes crude oil into uels or sea, land and airtransportation, as well as heating products. Annual productioncapacity is 6 million tons o crude oil per year, which representsmore than hal o Norways total consumption.

The renery converts crude oil, mainly rom the North Sea, intomost qualities o engine uels and uel oils. The lightest arepropane and butane, ollowed by petrol, aviation uel, kerosene,diesel and light uel oil. The heaviest product is heavy oil. In2002, a new diesel reactor was tied in and put into operation.

The renery at Slagentangen produces sulphur ree diesel(less than 10 ppm sulphur), which is a prerequisiteor modern, environmentally riendly cars withcatalyst treatment o exhaust gases.

In 2007, the renery installed a plant or blendingo biodiesel. It supplies diesel with up to 5%blending o a biocomponent based on rape oil.

This blending percentage may be used by all dieselcars without causing any engine trouble or confict-ing with guarantees given by the car manuacturers.

Around 60% o the renery production o petroleumproducts is exported, qualiying the renery as one o thelargest export companies o mainland Norway. All crude oil andaround 90% o the total production is ofoaded/loaded at the

jetty which can receive ships up to 250,000 ton deadweight.Annually, around 800 ships call on the port. The Slagentangenoce also manages the Supply, Transportation and Distribution(STD) business i.e. ExxonMobils trade o crude oil and petroleumproducts, both renery production and production rom theelds in the North Sea as well as the companys three mainstorage terminals located in Fredrikstad, Bergen and Trondheim.

MarketingExxonMobil markets products both under the Esso andMobil brands through a chain o 311 petrol stations all overNorway, out o which 46 On-the-Run stations which areoering a broad assortment o merchandise. In 2007, the

company introduced its rst unmanned and automatedstations under the name Esso Express. The total marketshare o uel sold at our gasoline stations is 21%.*

ExxonMobils sales organization directly serves the Wholesalesegment. The end user segment is partly based on sales directlyto customers, and partly through Esso Energi AS and otherdealers. All kinds o products are sold, but there is special ocuson low sulphur and environmentally riendly heating products.

The product Optiplus has been very well received inthe private residential market. The market

share has increased to nearly 24%.*In the Marine segment, ExxonMobil

is an active marketing company olow sulphur gas oil as well asheavy oil produced at ourrenery at Slagentangen.

ExxonMobil is also an activeplayer in the lubes and special

products markets, enjoying atotal market share o 31%.*

The most important product is an

enhanced version o Mobil 1. In 2007,the company introduced its rst Mobil

Autocare centres or oil change and minor repairs at several oits gasoline stations. There are now 12 such centres in Norway.

ExxonMobils overall market share or petroleum products is 20%.** Based on data from Statistics Norway.

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The renery at Slagentangen.


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Saety and health

ExxonMobil in Norway is working to create an environmentwhere people care about and help each other to achieve a

common goal Nobody Gets Hurt and Protect TomorrowToday. We have established an important principle in ouractivities all injuries and incidents can be avoided, and theeect on the external environment must be minimized.Injuries and damages dont happen, they are created.

In 2008 we had no serious incidents. Unortunately we hadlost time injuries. We continue our goal-oriented eorts atreducing the number o incidents and injuries. Our LossPrevention System (LPS) has been operational since March2007. An important part o LPS is incident reporting. This gives

a good basis or a proactive approach towards our saety workincluding the ability to analyze trends. The theme areas or thesaety work in 2008 has been preventive work in connection withnear misses, observation o work operations, as well asincreased ocus on work planning and identiication o hazard-ous situations prior to start-up o work activities. Furthermore,in 2008 we have initiated increased ocus on process saety inaddition to personell oriented saety.

ExxonMobil has also established programs or continuousreduction o health exposures, including exposure to chemicals,noise, ergonomics and psycho-social impacts. In 2003, an

extensive co-operation program started among employeesat Slagen, the medical doctor, and psychologists in order tomap and understand the psychological causes o incidentsand dangerous actions. This program, which has beennamed A Sae Hand, was urther developed in 2005 tocomprise management training, and it was implementedwithin the Reining and Logistics unction. The programcontinued through 2008.

ExxonMobil employees in Norway have over many yearsachieved a low level o sick leave. In 2008, sickness absence

was 3.8 percent, which is at same level as in the previousyear. In comparison, the general sickness absence inNorway was 7 percent in 2008.

Saety, health, and environmentEnvironment environmental management

The petroleum activities both onshore and oshore must beundertaken within the ramework o a sustainable development,

and the environmental challenges must be solved in amanner that ensures coexistence with other interests. As anexample, the consideration o the isheries has been a centralelement in the planning and implementation o drillingoperations.

To meet these challenges, the environmental program oExxonMobil in Norway is ully integrated into the planningprocess and execution o all activities. The environmentalmanagement system, which is aligned with the internationalstandard ISO 14001, is designed to ensure systematic and

continuous improvement within the environmental area.

ExxonMobils overall environmental objectives include:

zero acute pollution

maintain status of zero harmful discharges to sea

reduce emissions to air

minimize the amount of waste

minimize the risk of undesirable environmental incidents

more efcient use of energy

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Activities and results Refning 2008

Sulphur-ree diesel

The renery delivers eco-diesel in all qualities, includingalmost sulphur ree eco-diesel with less than 0.001 percentsulphur content.

Environmental perormance

The renery had three discharges o oil to the ground in2008 which were immediately reported to the authorities.

The environmental impact o these discharges is consideredsmall since all the oil was collected or the aected soil wasremoved. All other discharges to water and air werewithin the limits determined by the State Pollution Agency

(SFT). The yearly report on the environment and socialresponsibility gives details on emissions and the environ-mental work at the renery.

Inspection and rehabilitation

o pipe systems on quay and tank park

A comprehensive work program including risk assessment,inspection and rehabilitation o the pipe systems has beenongoing since 2001. The cost o the program is estimated atmore than NOK 75 million.

Energy and climate gases

International comparisons show that the ExxonMobil reneryat Slagentangen is one o the most ecient reneries in theworld in terms o ecient use o energy. Since the early1990s, the renery has implemented internal measures tosave energy, and the use o energy today is 25% moreecient than it was in 1990. The reason why CO2 emissionsnevertheless have increased during this period, is mainly dueto new environmental requirements to products, i.a.increased desulphurization. Furthermore, the renery hasincreased its processing capacity or crude oil.

Activities and results Exploration & Production 2008

A series o measures have been continued to maintain

discharges to sea at the ExxonMobil operated ields at aminimum level. Injection o produced water rom Balder,Jotun and Ringhorne contributes signiicantly to reducingdischarges to sea. Furthermore, Jotun and Ringhorne havebeen designed with solutions or discharging drilling wastethrough injection. Substituting environmentally harmulchemicals with more environmentally riendly alternatives,has made it possible to urther reduce environmental risksrelated to discharges to sea.

Emissions to air, with ocus on CO2, NOx, and volatile

organic compounds (nmVOC), were kept at a stable level in2008. From 2008, ExxonMobil has participated in CO2quota trade, and quotas equal to our CO2 emissions in2008 were bought. In June 2008, all o ExxonMobils ownoperated licenses on the Norwegian shel joined theBusiness Sectors NOx Fund. The Business Sectors NOxFund was established in 2008 ollowing the entering o anagreement on NOx reduction between the business sectorsorganizations and the Ministry o the Environment and Interna-tional Development. According to this agreement, the industryhas made commitments to reduce NOx emissions by 30,000tons within 2010, giving the companies joining this agreement

ull NOx tax exemption. Companies join this agreement byparticipation in the Business Sectors NOx Fund, paying anamount o money equal to their own NOx emissions. Money

paid to the und will be used to implement the mostcost-eective NOx reduction measures across all

business sectors. In this way, NOx emissions arereduced at a ar lower cost than by paying NOx tax.

ExxonMobils co-operation with other operatorsto ensure ecient reduction o emissions to

air o nmVOC in connection with oshore oil

loading to shuttle tankers, have beencontinued in 2008. The nmVOC recoveryacilities in connection with storage o oilon the Balder and Jotun productionships have been in ull operationthroughout 2008, with a recoveryeciency o nearly 100%.

In 2008, sorting and handling o waste wasperormed on all our oshore installations.

On Balder 66% o all waste was sorted,while respectively 48% and 74% o all waste

was sorted on Ringhorne and Jotun.

During 2008, there were no incidents,overruns or breaches o permits or regulations

that called or notication o the authorities.

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I you wish to get more inormation about environ-

mentally related activities in Norway, go to our

website www.exxonmobil.no. You may also call the

Slagen renery and ask or the report Milj og

Samunnsansvar statusrapport or ExxonMobil

raneriet p Slagentangen 2008/2009. The report

includes discharge gures or 2008 and more

inormation on some o the plans or cutting

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ExxonMobils contribution to societyEach year the company contributes to the society in many ways. We invest, create jobs, transer knowledge and provide

development opportunites to local companies. Furthermore, we pay taxes and contribute directly to local communities

through support o sports activities, culture, education and social activities. Below is a description o some activities that

have received our support recently:

Sports and culture

ExxonMobil supports both small and large projects withinsports and cuture locally and nationally. The companyemphasizes not just sponsoring the elite/top perormers, butamateurs as well.

Moldejazz

The jazz estival in Molde isthe most prestigious o the

Norwegian jazz estivals, andExxonMobil has or 26 yearsbeen one o the main spon-sors. In addition to the spon-sor support, the companyalso contributes with a yearlyeconomical support to the new jazz and theatre house inMolde which has now been approved, and where the irstspade grat will be taken in the autumn o 2009.

Stavanger Cathedral Choirs

The choir and concert activities in Stavanger Cathedralhave long traditions, and they are an important part o thecathedrals activities and the citys cultural lie. ExxonMobilsupport the seven choirs o the cathedral. The goal is tocreate church music o high quality that enriches both theservices and gives good concert experiences.

New concert hall in Stavanger

In 2005, ExxonMobil entered into a cooperation agreementwith the Municipality o Stavanger to be one o the mainsponsors o the new Stavanger concert hall or the region.

The new concert hall will be an arena o international standard

and will oer a broad scope o entertainment to a wideaudience. The construction o the concert hall started inDecember 2008, and completion is estimated by the end o 2010.

Title sponsor o Exxon Mobil Bislett Games

In 2009, it is the 22nd time that the company is title sponsoror the ExxonMobil Bislett Games. This international track andield meeting, which is a part o the Golden League concept, iscontributing to putting Norway on the international track andield map, and it has also stimulated the Norwegian interest inathletics. In addition to supporting the meeting economically,

the arrangement is used to ocus on malaria, where ExxonMobilon a worldwide basis is the largest non-pharmaceuticalcontributor. The unds collected last year, both at Bislett andthrough a malaria campaign at Essos petrol stations, resultedin enough unds to buy 23,200 malaria nets.

Main sponsor or the

athletics in Sandnes and

Skjalg Athletic Clubs

To support the recruiting oathletes, the company has orseveral years chosen to be themain sponsor or both Skjalg

Track and Field Club inStavanger, and Sandnes

Athletic Club, where the main

ocus is work with youngathletes. In addition, ExxonMobilwill be one o the sponsors othe Norwegian track and ield championship in 2010 to behosted by Sandnes IL.

The sailing

ship Berntine

Berntine is the oldest polarvessel which is under sailin Norway today, and the

Central Oice o HistoricMonuments has declaredthe vessel to be o his-torical value. ExxonMobilhas supported the recon-struction o Berntinebecause the companyconsiders it important topreserve the vessel so that as manyas possible may experience how it is to be onboard agenuine sailing vessel rom the last century.

Three o Norways many young and

talented ahtletes rom let: Bjrn UstadKristensen, Christina Vukisevic andHenrik Ingebrigtsen.


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Education and environment

Science Center in Sandnes

A new national Science Center was opened in May 2008 inSandnes municipality, where ExxonMobil has its main oicein Norway. Science centers are popular science and adventurecenters which are especially aimed at stimulating childrensand youths interest in technology and popular science, aswell as communicating research and knowledge in activeand engaging ways. ExxonMobil has donated several inter-

active and instructive games and is also contributing withyearly economical support to the Science Center.

Looten Aquarium

ExxonMobil has together with the Norwegian Oil IndustryAssociation, the Norwegian Fishing Association, and theNorwegian Seaood Federation, built up a new exhibition onsea environment as well as preservation o the diversity ospecies at the Looten Aquarium in Kabelvg. The new exhi-bition was opened in 2008.

The Monster Diggers

ExxonMobil has been a main sponsor or the Monster Diggersover the last three years. The project is headed by the NaturalHistory Museum, the University o Oslo. The main aim o theproject has been excavation o ossil skeletons ound atSvalbard, i.a. one o the worlds largest marine predatorsever the Pliosaurus. This monster, which lived inthe Jurassic age about 150 million years ago,was 15 meters long. The skeleton has beentransported rom Svalbard to Oslo, and itwill now be restored to give us a newunderstanding o these large monsters.

Tour partner o the

Stavanger Tourist Association

ExxonMobil is a partner/supporter o the StavangerTourist Association. The company has a tour partner agree-ment with the association, which means that the companysemployees and their amilies are oered activities within

outdoor lie to increase their well-being and strengthentheir health. Stavanger Tourist Association is Rogalandslargest outdoor organization, and it has more than 18,000members.

Higher education

Doctorates NTNU

ExxonMobil has over many years awarded prizes or thebest doctoral theses at NTNU, both within basic andapplied research.

Inghild Storesund (middle) rom ExxonMobilawarded prizes or the best doctoral theses toJan Petter Morten and Mary Ann Lundteigen.

Skeletons from the worlds largest predator at

sea the 15 meters long Pliosaurus have

been excavated at Svalbard over the last years.

Leader of the project is Jrn Hurum at the

University of Oslos Natural History Museum.

Photo:ThorNielsen/NTNUi

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JULY 2009

ESSO NORGE AS

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Documents

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