MOBIL AUSTRALIA REPORTS 38.6 MLN DLR 1986 LOSS Wholly-owned Mobil Corp <MOB> unit, <Mobil Oil Australia Ltd>, reported a 38.63 mln dlr net loss in 1986, a turnaround from its 37.25 mln profit in 1985. The loss reflected a combination of strikes plus scheduled and unscheduled refinery shutdowns for maintenance and inventory losses caused by government controls on both crude and product prices, Mobil said in a statement. However, equity-accounting of associates' profits reduced the loss to 24 mln dlrs against a 37 mln profit in 1985. Mobil said it was confident 1987 would see a return to profit as it built further on its 1985 company restructuring.