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ExxonMobil plans $25bn cash splash



By Upstream staff 

ExxonMobil is set to shell out about $25 billion on capital and exploration work this year, up from about the $20.9 billion it spent last year.

The US supermajor, meeting with analysts in New York, also said it plans to take part in the start-up of 19 new oil and gas projects by 2010, which should add about 725,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day at their peak.

It said it expects 12 major projects to start production this year alone.

ExxonMobil repeated its previous forecast of annual expenditures ranging from $25 billion to $30 billion for the next several years. It said it expects capital spending to average in that range from 2009 until 2012.

Although the company posted its best annual profit ever in 2007, it has been criticized by some for not spending enough to explore for or buy new oil and gas reserves.

ExxonMobil replaced only 76% of its production with new oil in 2007, hurt by asset sales and the seizure of the Cerro Negro project by the Venezuelan government.


Wednesday, 05 March, 2008, 14:31 GMT  | last updated: Wednesday, 05 March, 2008, 14:46 GMT

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