MOBIL CORPORATION ----------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the under-signed directors and/or officers of Mobil Corporation, a Delaware corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints WALTER R. ARNHEIM, PETER J. ANTICO, CAROLE J. YALEY and GORDON G. GARNEY his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to execute in his or her name and capacity the 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of this Corporation and any amendments to such annual report with all exhibits thereto, and any and all documents in connection therewith pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of such persons having full power to act without the others; AND FURTHER, that each of the undersigned directors and/or officers of the Corporation hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things essential and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person in connection with the proper exercise of the powers granted hereunder. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, as directors and/or officers of said Mobil Corporation or as individuals, have here- unto set their hands and seals as of the 27th day of February, 1998. /s/ Lucio A. Noto NAME AND TITLE ___________________________________ Lucio A. Noto, Director, Chairman of the Board, Principal Executive Officer /s/ Thomas C. DeLoach, Jr. NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Thomas C. DeLoach, Jr., Senior Vice President, Principal Financial Officer -2- /s/ Peter J. Antico NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Peter J. Antico, Assistant Controller, Principal Accounting Officer /s/ Lewis M. Branscomb NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Lewis M. Branscomb, Director /s/ Donald V. Fites NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Donald V. Fites, Director /s/ Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., Director /s/ Allen F. Jacobson NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Allen F. Jacobson, Director /s/ Samuel C. Johnson NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Samuel C. Johnson, Director /s/ Helene L. Kaplan NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Helene L. Kaplan, Director /s/ J. Richard Munro NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ J. Richard Munro, Director /s/ Aulana L. Peters NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Aulana L. Peters, Director /s/ Eugene A. Renna NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Eugene A. Renna, Director -3- /s/ Charles S. Sanford, Jr. NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Charles S. Sanford, Jr., Director /s/ Robert G. Schwartz NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Robert G. Schwartz, Director /s/ Robert O. Swanson NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Robert O. Swanson, Director /s/ Iain D. T. Vallance NAME AND TITLE ____________________________________ Iain D. T. Vallance, Director