Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN) said today that it will release earnings for the third quarter of 2008 on Wednesday evening, November 5, 2008. The Company will hold a conference call on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. ET to discuss its third quarter results. Those wishing to listen can access the call through Sunoco's website at www.SunocoInc.com. A replay will be available beginning approximately two hours following the completion of the call. A number of presentation slides will accompany the audio portion of the call and will be available to be viewed and printed shortly before the call begins.

Individuals wishing to listen to the call on the Company's website will need Windows Media Player™, which can be downloaded free of charge from Microsoft or from Sunoco's Conference Call page. To view and print the slides, you will need Acrobat Reader™, which can be downloaded free of charge from Adobe or from Sunoco's Conference Call page.

Sunoco, Inc., headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products. With 910,000 barrels per day of refining capacity, approximately 4,700 retail sites selling gasoline and convenience items, approximately 5,500 miles of crude oil and refined product owned and operated pipelines and 38 product terminals, Sunoco is one of the largest independent refiner-marketers in the United States. Sunoco is a significant manufacturer of petrochemicals with annual sales of approximately five billion pounds, largely chemical intermediates used to make fibers, plastics, film and resins. Utilizing a unique, patented technology, Sunoco's cokemaking facilities in the United States have the capacity to manufacture approximately 3.0 million tons annually of high-quality metallurgical-grade coke for use in the steel industry. Sunoco also is the operator of, and has an equity interest in, a 1.7 million tons-per-year cokemaking facility in Vitória, Brazil.

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