2012 — Number 1 - ExxonMobil
2012 — Number 1 - ExxonMobil
2012 — Number 1 - ExxonMobil
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Day in the life<br />
Inside the gates<br />
at Baton Rouge<br />
3 28 5<br />
15<br />
Rex W. Tillerson<br />
Chairman and CEO<br />
Mark W. Albers<br />
Senior Vice President<br />
Michael J. Dolan<br />
Senior Vice President<br />
Donald D. Humphreys<br />
Senior Vice President<br />
Andrew P. Swiger<br />
Senior Vice President<br />
Kenneth P. Cohen<br />
Vice President-Public and Government Affairs<br />
David S. Rosenthal<br />
Vice President-Investor Relations and Secretary<br />
Bob Davis<br />
Editor<br />
Pat Gabriel<br />
GCG Marketing<br />
Art Director<br />
Len Shelton<br />
Photography Coordinator<br />
Cynthia Solomon<br />
Production and Distribution Coordinator<br />
Please address all Lamp correspondence,<br />
including requests to reproduce any portion<br />
of the magazine, to the editor at Exxon Mobil<br />
Corporation, 5959 Las Colinas Blvd., Irving,<br />
TX 75039-2298.<br />
In this issue<br />
3<br />
Transforming energy<br />
Oil sands, shale gas and the<br />
deepwater open new energy frontiers<br />
5<br />
Advancing subsea technology<br />
<strong>ExxonMobil</strong> uses a toolkit of<br />
technologies for Arctic and offshore<br />
field developments<br />
Upfront<br />
The Baton Rouge complex is<br />
a technological marvel where<br />
safety, cost efficiencies and<br />
reliability provide value to our<br />
shareholders. Spanning 2,100<br />
acres, the facility processes a<br />
variety of crude oil from around<br />
the world, producing 26 million<br />
gallons of refined products and<br />
19 million pounds of chemical<br />
products every day.<br />
Beginning on page 15, a<br />
series of great photographs<br />
taken from dawn to dusk will<br />
show you a typical day at the<br />
complex, the second largest in<br />
the United States.<br />
An <strong>ExxonMobil</strong> engineer and<br />
a heart surgeon sat next to<br />
each other on an airplane and<br />
struck up a conversation. As<br />
9<br />
Building skills<br />
Training prepares workers<br />
for incident response<br />
13<br />
Turning the tide against malaria<br />
New vaccine could cut infection rates<br />
15<br />
A day in the life<br />
The Baton Rouge complex<br />
from dawn to dusk<br />
they talked about their respective<br />
fields, they realized that whether<br />
drilling for oil or performing<br />
heart surgery, it all comes<br />
down to pumps and pipes.<br />
The chance encounter created<br />
a fascinating collaboration<br />
melding breakthroughs in energy<br />
technology and medical research.<br />
Read more starting on page 28.<br />
In the Netherlands, <strong>ExxonMobil</strong><br />
is testing leading-edge developments<br />
that are expected to move<br />
subsea systems and equipment<br />
into the next generation. This new<br />
“toolkit” of subsea technologies<br />
will provide competitive<br />
advantages for <strong>ExxonMobil</strong><br />
projects in the ultra deepwater<br />
and Arctic frontiers. The article<br />
begins on page 5.<br />
21<br />
Restoring the environment<br />
Remediation services group<br />
has worldwide perspective<br />
25<br />
Testing for the best<br />
Unique lab enhances safety<br />
of pipes and connections<br />
28<br />
Melding energy and medicine<br />
A surgeon and drilling engineer<br />
strike up an unexpected alliance<br />
For the past 12 years,<br />
<strong>ExxonMobil</strong> and the <strong>ExxonMobil</strong><br />
Foundation have committed<br />
millions of dollars to eradicate<br />
malaria. The company is helping<br />
to fast-track vaccines to combat<br />
the disease, and one – RTS,S –<br />
shows particular promise. A<br />
page 13 story describes efforts<br />
undertaken.<br />
Plus, a unique laboratory (page<br />
25) and a Company of the Year<br />
award for <strong>ExxonMobil</strong> Chemical<br />
(page 34).<br />
We hope you enjoy this issue<br />
of The Lamp.<br />
Bob Davis<br />
Editor<br />
31<br />
Synthetic-based lubricants<br />
<strong>ExxonMobil</strong> Chemical expands<br />
its global leadership position<br />
34<br />
Panorama<br />
Business highlights<br />
from around the world<br />
2
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