Degree Discipline: Any engineering or physical science
Location: Leatherhead


Scope of our business

ExxonMobil is the world's largest non-government producer and marketer of equity gas. Total sales volumes amount to over 160 billion cubic metres per year. With operations on five continents and in more than 25 countries, we participate in every major gas market in the world. We have a significant interest in power generation, and manage all ExxonMobil's gas and power needs. We also manage ExxonMobil's worldwide Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) business.

Gas & Power Marketing's European base is in Leatherhead, Surrey, with other offices in the Netherlands and Germany. We account for about 40% of ExxonMobil's worldwide gas sales and about 30% of ExxonMobil's NGL business.

European gas markets are evolving rapidly with increasing competition, the development of new sales hubs, and increasing imports of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). ExxonMobil recently announced a 25 year agreement with QatarGas for the import of LNG from Qatar to the UK commencing in 2007. Deals such as this, along with similar contracts anticipated for Spain, France and Italy, clearly demonstrate dramatic changes to the dynamics of the European gas market.

Global careers in a growing market

The growing worldwide gas market is providing ever-widening career opportunities for graduates.

ExxonMobil sells its gas and power primarily to other energy companies, distribution companies and large industrial consumers. Contracts represent high monetary values and can be the subject of lengthy and detailed negotiations with highly professional counterparties.

Bringing gas, power or NGL's from source to customer involves the usage and management of complex and high value assets such as generation plants, processing plants, transmission networks, underground storage facilities, LNG ships and terminals. Keeping the commercial negotiations in line with the highly technical nature of developing new projects requires close co-operation with the other Upstream organisations. We oversee all aspects of the value chain, and are therefore in a good position to maximise overall value for the corporation by co-ordinating all functions involved.

As you can see, Gas & Power Marketing covers a much wider range of activities than its name suggests.

A typical career might lead to you forecasting future demand for gas, negotiating multi-million pound sales or service contracts with customers, or optimising delivery from supply sources. Regular job rotations will ensure continued professional growth in various segments of our business and provide opportunities to develop essential leadership and management skills.

Our employees

Due to the complexity, size and value of our business, we are looking for graduates with a proven talent for understanding and solving complex problems. It's no surprise that many of our employees have an engineering or physical science degree. Our employees need to be globally mobile and should have strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Due to the international nature of the business, foreign language skills are beneficial.

Graduates are given challenging work assignments and real responsibilities. From day one, you will be working in a truly international environment. Career progression is designed to keep providing you with new opportunities and learning experiences. We provide tailored training to support professional development at a variety of locations, allowing you to build networks with your global peers.