MOBIL CORPORATION

                               BOARD RESOLUTION

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Review and Approval 
of Annual Report on 
Form 10-K
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     RESOLVED, that the Corporation's 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K in
substantially the form presented at this meeting, be and the same hereby is
approved, and that the officers of the Corporation be and they and each of them
hereby are authorized to sign and file such Report, including any amendments to
such annual report on Form 10-K, on behalf of the Corporation with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange and such other
exchanges as may be necessary and appropriate, with such changes or amendments
therein, if any, as may be approved by the officer or officers signing the same,
which changes or amendments are hereby expressly approved.