net liquids component of oil-equivalent production was 1.4 million barrels per day in 2005, unchanged from 2004 and 2003. Excluding the effects of Unocal production, property sales and the effect of higher prices on cost-recovery and variable-royalty volumes, 2005 net liquids production was essentially the same as 2004 and decreased 1 percent from 2003.

     Net natural gas production of 2.6 billion cubic feet per day in 2005 was up 25 percent and 26 percent from 2004 and 2003, respectively. Excluding the effect of production from the Unocal properties, production increased 2 percent and 3 percent from 2004 and 2003, respectively.

     Refer to the “Selected Operating Data” table, on page FS-12, for the three-year comparative of international production volumes.

     No special items were recorded in 2005. Special-item gains in 2004 included $585 million from the sale of producing properties in Western Canada and $266 million from the sale of other nonstrategic assets, including the company’s operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a Canadian natural-gas processing business. In 2003, net special-item gains of $98 million included benefits of $150 million related to income taxes and property sales, partially offset by asset impairments and charges for employee termination costs.

 U.S. downstream earnings of nearly $1 billion in 2005 decreased about $300 million from 2004 and were up $500 million from 2003. Results in 2003 included net special-item charges (discussed below) of $123 million. Average refined-product margins in 2005 were higher than in 2004, and margins in 2004 were significantly higher than in 2003. However, the effects of increased downtime at refineries and other facilities and higher fuel costs dampened earnings in 2005. A portion of the downtime in 2005 was associated with hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. As a result of the storms, the company’s refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi, was shut down for more than a month, and the company’s marketing and pipeline operations along the Gulf Coast were also disrupted for an extended period.

     Sales volumes of refined products in 2005 were approximately 1.5 million barrels per day, or about 2 percent lower than in 2004. Branded gasoline sales volumes of approximately 600,000 barrels per day increased about 4 percent from the 2004 period. In 2004, refined-product sales volumes increased about 5 percent from 2003, primarily due

to higher sales of gasoline, diesel fuel and fuel oil. Refer to the “Selected Operating Data” table, on page FS-12, for the three-year comparative refined-product sales volumes in the United States.

     In 2003, net special-item charges of $123 million included $132 million for environmental remediation and $28 million for employee severance costs associated with the global downstream restructuring and reorganization. These charges were partially offset by net gains of $37 million from asset sales.

 Income of nearly $1.8 billion in 2005 decreased 10 percent from $2 billion in 2004 but was up about $1.1 billion from 2003. The decrease from the 2004 period was due mainly to lower sales volumes, higher costs for fuel and transportation,