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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K
of Mobil Corporation of our report dated February 27, 1998, included in the 1997
Annual Report to Shareholders of Mobil Corporation.
Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Mobil Corporation
listed in Item 14(a). This schedule is the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In
our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered
in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly
in all material respects the information set forth therein.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-18130 and 333-16819) pertaining to the Employees Savings
Plan of Mobil Oil Corporation; Form S-8 (No. 33-5797) pertaining to the 1986
Mobil Incentive Compensation and Stock Option Plan; 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; Form S-3 (No. 33-43745) for the registration of
$1,500,000,000 of Mobil Corporation Debt Securities; Form S-3 (No. 33-49945) for
the registration of $1,500,000,000 of Mobil Corporation Debt Securities; Form S-
8 (No. 33-48887) pertaining to the 1991 Mobil Incentive Compensation and Stock
Option Plan; Form S-3 (No. 33-50943) pertaining to the Mobil Corporation Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan for the registration of 5,000,000 shares
of Mobil Corporation Common Stock (on a pre two-for-one stock split basis) and
related Preferred Share Purchase Rights; Form S-8 (No. 33-61657) pertaining to
the 1995 Mobil Incentive Compensation and Stock Ownership Plan; Form S-3 (No.
333-13457) for the registration of $650,000,000 Pass Through Certificates with
the applicable underlying payments guaranteed by Mobil Corporation; and in the
related Prospectuses of our report dated February 27, 1998, with respect to the
financial statements incorporated herein by reference and our report included in
the preceding paragraph with respect to the financial statement schedule
included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Mobil Corporation.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
Fairfax, Virginia
March 12, 1998
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