Chemical

chemical films

ExxonMobil Chemical strategies deliver competitive advantage through advantaged feeds, lower-cost manufacturing processes, and premium product development. Disciplined execution of our long-term strategies has translated into strong performance across the business cycle.

Focus on Businesses that Capitalize on Core Competencies
ExxonMobil has a unique portfolio of both commodity and specialty businesses that leverage:

  • Advantaged Feeds: Integration with the Upstream and Downstream gives us access to a wide variety of feedstock, and our assets have enabling technology that maximizes feed flexibility.
  • Lower-Cost Manufacturing Processes: Proprietary technology, integration, scale, and operational excellence combine to give us an operating cost advantage.
  • Premium Products: Developing products that add value to our customers translates into value for the shareholder.

Commodities
We hold leadership positions in some of the largest-volume and highest-growth commodity petrochemical products in the world. We are the largest global manufacturer of aromatics, including paraxylene and benzene.

We are one of the largest producers of olefins, such as ethylene and propylene, and polyolefins, including polyethylene and polypropylene. These products are the basic building blocks used to make many everyday products including packaging film, automotive parts, and polyester fiber.

Specialties
We have a diverse set of less-cyclical specialty businesses, all of which rank first or second globally by market position and benefit from a lower cost structure when produced at the same world-scale integrated sites as our commodities. Our specialties deliver advanced performance and value to our customers in a broad array of applications. We have global leadership positions in products such as butyl polymers that help tires maintain proper pressure resulting in improved fuel economy. We offer hydrocarbon fluids with high-performance characteristics for applications such as water treatment, coatings, and oil drilling fluids. In addition, our synthetic basestocks are key components for advanced lubricants.