ownership interest in the Colonial Pipeline Company recognized in 2010.

     Earnings increased $1.5 billion in 2010 from 2009. Improved margins on refined products increased earnings by about $550 million. Also contributing to the increase was the nearly $400 million gain on the sale of the company’s ownership interest in the Colonial Pipeline Company. Higher earnings from chemicals operations increased earnings by about $300 million, largely from improved margins at CPChem.

     Refined product sales of 1.26 million barrels per day in 2011 declined 7 percent, mainly due to lower gasoline, gas oil, and kerosene sales. Sales volumes of refined products were 1.35 million barrels per day in 2010, a decrease of 4 percent from 2009. The decline was mainly in gasoline and jet fuel sales. U.S. branded gasoline sales decreased to 514,000 barrels per day in 2011, representing approximately 10 percent and 17 percent declines from 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decline in 2011, relative to 2010 and 2009, was primarily due to weaker demand and previously completed exits from selected eastern U.S. retail markets.

     Refer to the “Selected Operating Data” table on page FS-10 for a three-year comparison of sales volumes of gasoline and other refined products and refinery input volumes.

International Downstream

     International downstream earned $2.1 billion in 2011, compared with $1.1 billion in 2010. Gains on asset sales benefited earnings by $700 million, primarily from the sale of the Pembroke Refinery and related marketing assets in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Also contributing to earnings were improved margins of $200 million and the absence of 2010 charges of $90 million related to employee reductions. These benefits were partly offset by unfavorable mark-to-market effects of derivative instruments of about $180 million. Foreign currency effects decreased earnings by $65 million in 2011, compared with a decrease of $135 million a year earlier.

     Earnings of $1.1 billion in 2010 increased $545 million from 2009. Higher margins on the (BAR CHART) manufacture and sale of gasoline and other refined products increased earnings by about $1.0 billion, and a favorable swing in mark-to-market effects on derivative instruments benefited earnings by about $300 million. Partially offsetting these items was the absence of 2009 gains on asset sales of about $550 million and higher expenses of about $200 million, primarily related to employee reductions and transportation costs. Foreign currency effects reduced earnings by $135 million in 2010, compared with a reduction of $191 million in 2009.

      Total refined product sales of 1.69 million barrels per day in 2011 declined 4 percent, primarily due to the sale of the company’s refining and marketing assets in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Excluding the impact of 2011 asset

sales, sales volumes were up 3 percent between the comparative periods. International refined product sales volumes of 1.76 million barrels per day in 2010 were 5 percent lower than in 2009, mainly due to asset sales in certain countries in Africa and Latin America.

     Refer to the “Selected Operating Data” table, on