EXXON ACCENTS GAS FOR GROWTH, CELEBRATES START OF MOBILE BAY FLOW

Exxon Corp's world strategy for long term growth relies heavily on gas development, along with continuing cost containment and efficiency gains. Lee R. Raymond, chairman and chief executive officer, says most of Exxon's 70 upstream development projects in the company's portfolio are prospects expected to boost its gas production about 25% during the 1990s. "That's where the real upstream growth is for Exxon," Raymond told a conference in New Orleans. Sponsored by the Howard