SIGNATURE

                                 EXHIBIT 23

             CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements Form
S-8 (Nos 33-18130 and  333-16819)  pertaining  to the Employees  Savings Plan of
Mobil Oil  Corporation,  Form S-3 (No 33-34133- 01) of the Mobil Oil Corporation
Employee  Stock  Ownership  Plan  Trust  for the  registration  of  $300,000,000
principal amount of debt securities  guaranteed by Mobil  Corporation and in the
related  Prospectuses,  of our report dated April 11, 1997,  with respect to the
financial statements and supplemental schedules of the Employees Savings Plan of
Mobil Oil Corporation  included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the fiscal
year ended January 31, 1997.









                                                /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Fairfax, Virginia                               Ernst & Young LLP
May 2, 1997


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