MOBIL IS MAJOR SPONSOR OF UPLIFT INTERNATIONAL'S SECOND MEDICAL RELIEF AIRLIFT FROM U.S. TO INDONESIA.

FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999--Mobil Corporation announced today that it's affiliate Mobil Oil Indonesia (MOI) is a major sponsor of UPLIFT International's second medical relief airlift from the United States to Indonesia. Shipments of medicine and medical supplies totaling 15 tons and valued at more than USD 725,000 are scheduled to be delivered to medical facilities in Jakarta today and to hospitals in other cities including Surabaya, Cirebon, Medan and Banda Aceh as well as various orphanages in East Java over the next few days. The medical relief airlifts for Indonesia are coordinated by UPLIFT International and its partners, the U.S. ASEAN Business Council, the U.S.-Indonesia Society and Project HOPE. The initial airlift was in September 1998 and was valued at $ 1.73 million. Following the Jakarta shipment, on Tuesday, March 30, a shipment of medical supplies will be delivered to Medan airport in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Once there, MOI will coordinate distribution of the medical supplies in Medan and to Banda Aceh.

"Mobil is pleased to support UPLIFT International in its efforts to provide humanitarian aid to healthcare facilities hardest hit by the economic downturn including Aceh Province," said Ronald I Wilson, MOI's President and General Manager. "We believe that we must continue to make an active effort to ensure that the benefits of Mobil's presence are shared as widely as possible throughout Aceh as well as the rest of Indonesia. As we begin our second century in Indonesia, we look forward to our continued partnership with the nation to help overcome its current difficulties and continue its development and growth for the future."

In addition to its most recent sponsorship of project UPLIFT, MOI, working together with many different agencies and the local communities in Aceh Province in North Sumatra and throughout Indonesia, has initiated a broad range of community projects to bring roads, schools, clean water and health care to the Indonesian people.

Highlights of these community relations efforts are highlighted below:

- MOI started operating a civic mission clinic in 1979 and added another in 1983. These two civic mission clinics have treated over 150,000 patients and administered over 250,000 prescriptions annually:

- Construction of three school buildings and religious facility repairs in 1998;

- Community development internship program through Syiah Kuala Unversity in Banda Aceh;

- Ongoing educational and training assistance to staff - now more than 430 apprentices have graduated from MOI's apprenticeship program. In addition, MOI offers educational scholarships for employees and their families as well as for university students throughout Indonesia;

- Just recently MOI assisted with an irrigation project to reclaim unproductive land in North Aceh;

- Support for the University of Indonesia's urban reforestation project in the city of Jakarta. MOI's contribution included the planting of 8,000 trees from 100 different species as well as the laying of a jogging track and construction of benches within the area that will serve as a recreational park for the community;

- In cooperation with the Indonesian Environmental Protection Agency, MOI sponsored publication of environmental books for children and distributed them to 20,000 primary schools in six provinces in Indonesia.

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