Sunoco Appoints Brian P. MacDonald Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

PHILADELPHIA--(Business Wire)--
Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN) announced today that Brian P. MacDonald will join the
company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective August
10, 2009.

Terence P. Delaney, who has been serving as Interim CFO since December 1, 2008,
has elected to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Delaney will continue to serve as
Interim CFO through the filing of the second quarter 2009 Form 10-Q, after which
he will serve in a transitional role through the end of August.

Mr. MacDonald, 43, joins Sunoco most recently from Dell, Inc., where he was CFO
for the company`s commercial business unit overseeing all aspects of financial
management. Before becoming the commercial business unit`s CFO in 2008, he
served as corporate Vice President and Treasurer, and led Dell`s mergers and
acquisitionsorganization and global treasury group with operations in the United
States, Ireland and Singapore. In addition, he was Chairman of Dell Financial
Services, a joint venture with more than 1,000 employees that originated more
than $6 billion in loans each year.

Prior to joining Dell, Mr. MacDonald worked at General Motors Corporation and
held a variety of positions in financial management, including deputy CFO for
Isuzu Motors Limited, a $12 billion Japanese public company that was 49 percent
owned by General Motors at the time. From 1998 to 2000, he served as Treasurer
of GM Canada, a $28 billion operating subsidiary.

Mr. MacDonald earned a Bachelor of Science from Mount Allison University and
received a Masters in Business Administration from McGill University.

"Brian has the qualifications, record of performance, and strategic perspective
to contribute to Sunoco`s success from the start. We are very pleased that he
will be joining the company," said Lynn Elsenhans, Sunoco`s Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer.

Commenting on his new position, Mr. MacDonald said: "I am eager to join the
leadership team of such a respected company. Sunoco is known for its long
history, iconic brand and dedicated employees."

Sunoco, Inc., headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a leading manufacturer and
marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products. With 825,000 barrels per day
of refining capacity, approximately 4,700 retail sites selling gasoline and
convenience items, approximately 6,000 miles of crude oil and refined product
owned and operated pipelines and 43 product terminals, Sunoco is one of the
largest independent refiner-marketers in the United States. Sunoco is a
significant manufacturer of petrochemicals with an annual production capacity 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.

Sunoco, Inc.
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or
Bill Diebold (investors), 215-977-6764

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