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Leading the industry
ExxonMobil’s unparalleled commitment to develop and apply industry-leading technologies generates business opportunities not available to our competitors.
We match technology efforts to our business needs and emphasize proprietary research. We balance investments between technology extensions, which can be rapidly deployed to existing operations, and breakthrough research that could have a significant and lasting impact on ExxonMobil and the industry.
Our long-standing commitment to technology has helped shape the industry; from the world’s first laboratory for testing fuels and lubricants to commercialization of the first petrochemical; from pioneering breakthroughs in geoscience that paved the way for today’s oil-finding techniques to the engineering achievements that led oil and gas producers into deepwater frontiers.
We annually invest well over a half-billion dollars in research and technology. We employ some 20,000 engineers and scientists, nearly 2,000 of whom hold Ph.D. degrees in a range of disciplines.
 Such a commitment to developing new technology is a key reason why ExxonMobil has been granted more than 4,000 patents in the United States and Europe during the past four years.
We staff our technology organizations with the brightest minds from a wide variety of disciplines. We charge them to use their talents to push the boundaries of science and imagination.
From skyscraper-sized drilling platforms that float in waters nearly a mile deep to tiny miracle catalysts that help create thousands of consumer products, to higher-performing fuels and lubricants with significantly reduced emissions, to refineries and chemical plants that run safely, cleanly and efficiently, ExxonMobil is a pacesetter in developing leading-edge technology.
ExxonMobil-developed technology also helps us find more oil and natural gas at lower cost, even though the geological and logistical challenges have become more complex. New technology will further revolutionize the industry and how it responds to the world’s ever-growing demand for oil and natural gas.
Our technology leadership extends to the ways consumers purchase our products. Our Speedpass technology means motorists no longer have to use a card or cash to buy gasoline at the pump.
The new century offers exciting opportunities for those who have the technological know-how and experience to capitalize on them. At ExxonMobil, that’s exactly what we will continue to do.
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