Esso Ireland shows pre-tax losses of €9.6m as revenues fall 16%

THE Irish arm of international energy giant Exxon Mobil last year sustained a pre-tax loss of €9.6m as gross revenues decreased 16% to €1.1 billion.

Accounts just filed with the Companies Registration Office by Esso Ireland Ltd show the company sustained the loss after recording a pre-tax profit of €1.2m in 2008.

The accounts show that operating losses of €3.6m to the end of December last year were 29% down on the operating losses of €5.9m sustained in 2008.