exxon mobil corp shares rose 23 in premarket trade friday after the energy giant blew past estimates for the third quarter the irving texasbased company posted net income of 197 billion or 468 a share for the quarter up from 17850 billion or 421 a share in the yearearlier period adjusted for onetime items the company had pershare earnings of 445 well ahead of the 386 factset consensus revenue climbed to 112070 billion from 73786 billion a year ago also ahead of the 104594 billion factset consensus earnings were driven by record refining volumes strict cost controls and higher natural gas prices which offset lower crude prices and weaker industry refining margins the company said in a statement the quarter included net favorable items of more than 1 billion related to the completion of the xto energy canada and romania upstream unit divestments as well as benefits from tax and other reserve adjustments partly offset by impairments shares have gained 76 in the year to date while the dow jones industrial average djia has fallen 12