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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

( X )   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2003

OR

(   )  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________to________

Commission File Number 1-2256

               EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION                

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                            NEW JERSEY                                                             13-5409005                         

               (State or other jurisdiction of                                              (I.R.S. Employer                     

               incorporation or organization)                                        Identification Number)               

     5959 Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, Texas                             75039-2298       

(Address of principal executive offices)                               (Zip Code)

                                         (972) 444-1000                                         

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  X  No    

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  X  No    

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

                      Class                                                                  Outstanding as of September 30, 2003

Common stock, without par value                                                            6,609,799,513                

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Number

PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income

3

Three and nine months ended September 30, 2003 and 2002

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

4

As of September 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

5

Nine months ended September 30, 2003 and 2002

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

6-17

Item 2.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial

Condition and Results of Operations

18-23

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

24

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

24

PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

24-25

Item 6.

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

25-26

Signature

27

Index to Exhibits

28

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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME

(millions of dollars)

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EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(millions of dollars)

The number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding at September 30, 2003 and

December 31, 2002 were 6,609,799,513 and 6,700,074,272, respectively.

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EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(millions of dollars)

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EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.

Basis Of Financial Statement Preparation

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in the context of the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the corporation's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  In the opinion of the corporation, the information furnished herein reflects all known accruals and adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods reported herein.  All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.  The corporation's exploration and production activities are accounted for under the "successful efforts" method.

2.

Stock Option Accounting

Effective January 1, 2003, the corporation adopted the recognition provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (FAS 123), “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” for all employee stock-based awards granted after that date.  In accordance with FAS 123, compensation expense for future awards will be measured by the fair value of the award at the date of grant and recognized over the vesting period. The fair value of awards in the form of restricted stock is the market price of the stock. The fair value of awards in the form of stock options is estimated using an option-pricing model.

As permitted by FAS 123, the corporation has retained its prior method of accounting for stock-based awards granted before January 1, 2003. Under this method, compensation expense for awards granted in the form of stock options is measured at the intrinsic value of the options (the difference between the market price of stock and the exercise price of the options) on the date of grant. Since these two prices are the same on the date of grant, no compensation expense was recognized in income for these awards. Additionally, compensation expense for awards granted in the form of restricted stock is based on the price of the stock when it is granted and is recognized over the vesting period, which is the same method of accounting as under FAS 123.

If the provisions of FAS 123 had been adopted in the prior year, the impact on compensation expense, net income, and net income per share would have been as follows:

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3.

Discontinued Operations

In 2002, the copper business in Chile and the coal operations in Colombia were sold.  Prior periods include reclassifications to reflect the earnings of these businesses as discontinued operations.  Income taxes related to discontinued operations in the third quarter of 2002 were $3 million and for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 were $12 million.  Revenues and earnings for these businesses were historically reported in the “All Other” line in the segment disclosures located in note 10 on page 12.

4.

Accounting Change

As of January 1, 2003 the corporation adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143 (FAS 143), “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.”  The primary impact of FAS 143 is to change the method of accruing for upstream site restoration costs.  These costs were previously accrued ratably over the productive lives of the assets in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 19 (FAS 19), “Financial Accounting and Reporting by Oil and Gas Producing Companies.”  At the end of 2002, the cumulative amount accrued under FAS 19 was approximately $3.5 billion.  Under FAS 143, the fair values of asset retirement obligations are recorded as liabilities on a discounted basis when they are incurred, which is typically at the time the assets are installed.  Amounts recorded for the related assets will be increased by the amount of these obligations.  Over time the liabilities will be accreted for the change in their present value and the initial capitalized costs will be depreciated over the useful lives of the related assets.

The cumulative adjustment for the change in accounting principle reported in the first quarter of 2003 was after-tax income of $550 million (net of $434 million of income tax effects, including ExxonMobil's share of related equity company income taxes of $51 million), or $0.08 per common share.  The effect of this accounting change on the balance sheet was a $0.3 billion increase to property, plant and equipment, a $0.6 billion reduction to the accrued liability and a $0.4 billion increase in deferred income tax liabilities.

This adjustment is due to the difference in the method of accruing site restoration costs under FAS 143 compared with the method required by FAS 19, the accounting standard that the corporation has been required to follow since 1978.  Under FAS 19, site restoration costs are accrued on a unit-of-production basis of accounting as the oil and gas is produced.  The FAS 19 method matches the accruals with the revenues generated from production and results in most of the costs being accrued early in field life, when production is at the highest level.  Because  FAS 143 requires accretion of the liability as a result of the passage of time using an interest method of allocation, the majority of the costs will be accrued towards the end of field life, when production is at the lowest level.  The cumulative income adjustment described above resulted from reversing the higher liability accumulated un der FAS 19 in order to adjust it to the lower present value amount resulting from transition to FAS 143.  This amount being reversed in transition, which was previously charged to operating earnings under FAS 19, will again be charged to those earnings under FAS 143 in future years.

If FAS 143 had been in effect in 2002, net income that would have been reported would not have been materially different from the net income that was reported under FAS 19.  The effect of FAS 143 on net income in the current year period is also not material.

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5.

Recently Issued Statements of Financial Accounting Standards

In January 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 46  (FIN 46), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” which provides guidance on when certain entities should be consolidated or the interests in those entities should be disclosed by enterprises that do not control them through majority voting interest.  Under FIN 46, entities are required to be consolidated by enterprises that lack majority voting interest when equity  investors of those entities have insignificant capital at risk or they lack voting rights, the  obligation to absorb expected losses, or the right to receive expected returns.  Entities identified with these characteristics are called variable interest entities and the interests that enterprises have in these entities are called variable interests.  These interests can derive from certain guarantees, leases, loans or oth er arrangements that result in risks and rewards that are disproportionate to the voting interests in the entities.

The provisions of FIN 46 must be immediately applied for variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003.  For variable interest entities created before February 1, 2003, the adoption of FIN 46 has been deferred by Financial Staff Position FIN 46-6 to the first reporting period ending after December 15, 2003.

There have been no variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003 in which the corporation has an interest.  The corporation is reviewing its financial arrangements entered into before February 1, 2003 to identify any that might qualify as variable interest entities.  There is a reasonable possibility that certain joint ventures in which the corporation has an interest might  be variable interest entities.  These joint ventures are operating entities and the other equity investors are third parties independent from the corporation.  The corporation’s share of net income of these entities is included in the consolidated statement of income.  The variable interests arise primarily because of certain guarantees extended by the corporation to the joint ventures. These guarantees are included in the guarantees disclosed on page 10 as part of not e 7.

The corporation does not expect any impact on net income if it is required to consolidate any of these possible variable interest entities because it already is recording its share of net income of these entities.  The impact to the balance sheet would be an increase in both assets and liabilities, estimated to be in the range of $500 million to $750 million (less than one-half of 1 percent of total assets).  However, there would be no change to the calculation of return on average capital employed because the corporation already includes its share of joint venture  debt in the determination of average capital employed.

6.

Merger of Exxon Corporation and Mobil Corporation

On November 30, 1999, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exxon Corporation merged with Mobil Corporation so that Mobil became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exxon (the "Merger").  At the same time, Exxon changed its name to Exxon Mobil Corporation.

There were no merger related expenses in 2003 reflecting the completion of the merger related activities in 2002.  Merger related costs in the third quarter of 2002 were $129 million ($85 million after tax) and were $253 million ($175 million after tax) for the nine months ended September 30, 2002.  The severance reserve balance at the end of the third quarter of 2003 is expected to be expended mainly in 2003 and 2004.  The following table summarizes the activity in the severance reserve for the nine months ended September 30, 2003:

Opening

Balance at

Balance

Additions

Deductions

Period End

(millions of dollars)

101

0

37

64

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7.

Litigation and Other Contingencies

A number of lawsuits, including class actions, were brought in various courts against Exxon Mobil Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries relating to the accidental release of crude oil from the tanker Exxon Valdez in 1989. The vast majority of the claims have been resolved leaving a few compensatory damages cases to be resolved. All of the punitive damage claims were consolidated in the civil trial that began in May 1994.

In that trial, on September 24, 1996, the United States District Court for the District of Alaska entered a judgment in the amount of $5 billion in punitive damages to a class composed of all persons and entities who asserted claims for punitive damages from the corporation as a result of the Exxon Valdez grounding. ExxonMobil appealed the judgment. On November 7, 2001, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the punitive damage award as being excessive under the Constitution and remanded the case to the District Court for it to determine the amount of the punitive damage award consistent with the Ninth Circuit’s holding. On December 6, 2002, the District Court reduced the punitive damages award from $5 billion to $4 billion.  Both ExxonMobil and the plaintiffs appealed to the Ninth Circuit which vacated the judgement on August 18, 2003, and ordered that the District Court reconsid er in light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Campbell v. State Farm.

On January 29, 1997, a settlement agreement was concluded resolving all remaining matters between the corporation and various insurers arising from the Valdez accident. Under terms of this settlement, ExxonMobil received $480 million. Final income statement recognition of this settlement continues to be deferred in view of uncertainty regarding the ultimate cost to the corporation of the Valdez accident.

The ultimate cost to ExxonMobil from the lawsuits arising from the Exxon Valdez grounding is not possible to predict and may not be resolved for a number of years.

A dispute with a Dutch affiliate concerning an overlift of natural gas by a German affiliate was resolved by payments by the German affiliate pursuant to an arbitration award. The German affiliate had paid royalties on the excess gas and recovered the royalties in 2001. The only substantive issue remaining is the taxes payable on the final compensation for the overlift. Resolution of this issue will not have a materially adverse effect upon the corporation’s operations or financial condition.

On December 19, 2000, a jury in Montgomery County, Alabama, returned a verdict against the corporation in a contract dispute over royalties in the amount of $87.69 million in compensatory damages and $3.42 billion in punitive damages in the case of Exxon Corporation v. State of Alabama, et al. The verdict was upheld by the trial court on May 4, 2001. On December 20, 2002, the Alabama Supreme Court vacated the $3.5 billion jury verdict. The decision sent the case back to a lower court for a new trial, which began on October 20, 2003. The ultimate outcome is not expected to have a materially adverse effect upon the corporation’s operations or financial condition.

On May 22, 2001, a state court jury in New Orleans, Louisiana, returned a verdict against the corporation and three other entities in a case brought by a landowner claiming damage to his property. The property had been leased by the landowner to a company that performed pipe cleaning and storage services for customers, including the corporation. The jury awarded the plaintiff $56 million in compensatory damages (90 percent to be paid by the corporation) and $1 billion in punitive damages (all to be paid by the corporation). The damage related to the presence of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) on the site resulting from pipe cleaning operations. The award has been upheld at the trial court. ExxonMobil has appealed

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the judgment to the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and believes that the judgment should be set aside or substantially reduced on factual and constitutional grounds. The ultimate outcome is not expected to have a materially adverse effect upon the corporation’s operations or financial condition.

The U.S. Tax Court has decided the issue with respect to the pricing of crude oil purchased from Saudi Arabia for the years 1979-1981 in favor of the corporation. This decision is subject to appeal. Certain other issues for the years 1979-1993 remain pending before the Tax Court. The ultimate resolution of these issues is not expected to have a materially adverse effect upon the corporation’s operations or financial condition.

Claims for substantial amounts have been made against ExxonMobil and certain of its consolidated subsidiaries in other pending lawsuits, the outcome of which is not expected to have a materially adverse effect upon the corporation’s operations or financial condition.

The corporation and certain of its consolidated subsidiaries were contingently liable at

September 30, 2003, for $3.0 billion, primarily relating to guarantees for notes, loans and performance under contracts. This included $0.9 billion representing guarantees of non-U.S. excise taxes and customs duties of other companies, entered into as a normal business practice, under reciprocal arrangements. Also included in this amount were guarantees by consolidated affiliates of $1.7 billion, representing ExxonMobil’s share of obligations of certain equity companies.

Additionally, the corporation and its affiliates have numerous long-term sales and purchase commitments in their various business activities, all of which are expected to be fulfilled with no adverse consequences material to the corporation's operations or financial condition.  The corporation's outstanding unconditional purchase obligations at September 30, 2003 were similar to those at the prior year-end period.  Unconditional purchase obligations as defined by accounting standards are those long-term commitments that are noncancelable or cancelable only under certain conditions, and that third parties have used to secure financing for the facilities that will provide the contracted goods or services.

The operations and earnings of the corporation and its affiliates throughout the world have been, and may in the future be, affected from time to time in varying degree by political developments and laws and regulations, such as forced divestiture of assets; restrictions on production, imports and exports; price controls; tax increases and retroactive tax claims; expropriation of property; cancellation of contract rights; and environmental regulations. Both the likelihood of such occurrences and their overall effect upon the corporation vary greatly from country to country and are not predictable.

8.

Nonowner Changes in Shareholders' Equity

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9.

Earnings Per Share

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10.

Disclosures about Segments and Related Information

Consistent with a change in internal organization in 2002, earnings from the electric power business and U.S. coal operations, previously reported in the All Other line, are now shown in the U.S. upstream for coal and non-U.S. upstream for electric power.  Earnings from the coal and minerals businesses divested in 2002, reported as discontinued operations, are included in the All Other line.  Earnings and revenues for prior periods have been reclassified to reflect these 2002 events consistent with current period reporting.

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11.

Condensed Consolidating Financial Information Related to Guaranteed Securities Issued by Subsidiaries

Exxon Mobil Corporation has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the 6.0% notes due

2005 ($106 million of long-term debt at September 30, 2003) and the 6.125% notes due 2008

($160 million) of Exxon Capital Corporation and the deferred interest debentures due 2012 ($1,092 million) and the debt securities due 2004-2011 ($95 million long-term and $10 million short-term) of SeaRiver Maritime Financial Holdings, Inc.  Exxon Capital Corporation and SeaRiver Maritime Financial Holdings, Inc. are 100 percent owned subsidiaries of Exxon Mobil Corporation.

The following condensed consolidating financial information is provided for Exxon Mobil Corporation, as guarantor, and for Exxon Capital Corporation and SeaRiver Maritime Financial Holdings, Inc., as issuers, as an alternative to providing separate financial statements for the issuers.  The accounts of Exxon Mobil Corporation, Exxon Capital Corporation and SeaRiver Maritime Financial Holdings, Inc. are presented utilizing the equity method of accounting for investments in subsidiaries.

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