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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share Computation

					Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
					September 30,						September 30,
					2017			2016			2017			2016
	Earnings per common share
	Net income attributable to ExxonMobil (millions of dollars)				3,970			2,650			11,330			6,160
	Weighted average number of common shares
		outstanding (millions of shares)			4,271			4,178			4,252			4,178
	Earnings per common share (dollars) (1)				0.93			0.63			2.66			1.47

(1) The calculation of earnings per common share and earnings per common share – assuming dilution are the same in each period shown.

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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