ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation is an integrated energy and chemical company. It operates through affiliates including ExxonMobil, Exxon, Mobil, Esso and XTO, and reports four business segments:
- **Upstream:** Oil and natural gas exploration and production, with key assets in Guyana, the Permian Basin, Kearl oil sands, PNG LNG and Golden Pass LNG. It is expanding LNG positions at Papua LNG (now operated by ExxonMobil, with interest increasing to 34%) and Rovuma LNG in Mozambique (operator, interest increasing to 50%).
- **Energy Products:** Refining and fuels marketing, including the expanded Beaumont refinery on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
- **Chemical Products:** Petrochemicals, including performance chemicals.
- **Specialty Products:** Lubricant basestocks and performance lubricants.
The company is also developing low-carbon businesses, including carbon capture and storage (Nucor startup, Rose storage project), hydrogen and ammonia, lower-emission fuels, lithium, Proxxima resin systems and carbon materials. It returns cash through a dividend that has risen for 44 consecutive years and through sizable share repurchases. Updated
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The biggest US refiner saying diesel is where the system is tightest points to fatter distillate margins for anyone with refining capacity, and higher fuel costs for everyone else.
EXXONMOBIL CEO DARREN WOODS: DIESEL IS THE KEY CRUNCH POINT; DEMAND FOR DIESEL REMAINS HIGH DESPITE THE CAPACITY - CNBC INTERVIEW
“We're increasing production while improving efficiency - the result of years of consistent and disciplined investment and execution excellence. On the U.S. Gulf Coast, investments such as our Beaumont refinery expansion have contributed to an increase in our distillate production by approximately 40% since 2019.
Exxon is adding diesel barrels into the tightest diesel market in years, with the IEA warning the global crunch drags into 2027. The Beaumont expansion is why its Gulf Coast distillate volumes keep climbing while rivals shutter capacity.
“Quarter after quarter, the evidence of a stronger business builds. We're improving both the quality of our portfolio and the ability to optimize around it. Advantaged investments, technology, and $16.9 billion in structural cost savings since 2019 are expanding our earnings power. These are lasting improvements, not simply the result of favorable prices and margins.
Woods is making the case that Exxon's earnings power now survives a weaker oil tape, with EIA forecasting lower crude prices into 2026 and 2027. For holders of a $753.7 billion major, the cost base is the variable management actually controls.
New 52-week high$183.21+2.4% vs prior high · 2026-10-16
Exxon Mobil's second 52-week high in a week, $183.21, clears the October 16 mark by 2.36% and extends a run that has added roughly $70 a share since late October 2025. A $753.3 billion megacap moving like this is doing real work for index holders.
54 stocks printed fresh 52-week highs this week, and Big Oil showed up in force: Suncor, BP, Shell, Phillips 66, Petrobras and Exxon all cleared prior peaks. Moderna led the whole list, topping its old high by 16%.
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