Baton Rouge Refinery
| Baton Rouge Refinery | |
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| Country | United States |
| Province | Louisiana |
| City | Baton Rouge |
| Coordinates | 30°29′1″N 91°10′50″W / 30.48361°N 91.18056°WCoordinates: 30°29′1″N 91°10′50″W / 30.48361°N 91.18056°W |
| Refinery details | |
| Owner(s) | ExxonMobil |
| Commissioned | 1909 |
| Capacity | 503,000 bbl/d (80,000 m3/d) |
| Number of employees | 4000 |
ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the second-largest oil refinery in the United States, with an input capacity of 503,000 barrels (80,000 m3) per day as of January 1, 2007 .
Standard Oil first erected the refinery in 1909. Today's facility is part of a complex made of nine individual plants across the region. The main plant is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River. There are about 6,300 workers spread across these sites, including 4,000 direct employees (the rest are contractors).
Genesis Energy LP recently invested $125 million to improve ExxonMobil's existing assets in the Baton Rouge area. The investment includes plans to build an 18-mile, 20-inch diameter crude oil pipeline that connects Genesis Energy's Port Hudson terminal, to ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge refinery.[1]The Baton Rouge refinery's tank farm has a capacity of 502,500 barrel-per-day (bpd).[2]
References
- ↑ Perilloux, Gary (02/04/2013). "Genesis Energy To Invest $125 Million In Baton Rouge Area Infrastructure Project url=http://www.louisianaeconomicdevelopment.com/led-news/news-releases/genesis-energy-to-invest-$125-million-in-baton-rouge-area-infrastructure-project.aspx?c=News%20Releases&id=39". Louisiana Economic Development.
- ↑ Hays, Kristen (2/4/2012). "Genesis Energy expanding crude delivery to Exxon Baton Rouge". Reuters. Retrieved 3/5/2013.
External links
- 2007 Louisiana Crude Oil Refinery Survey Report
- ExxonMobil: A Legacy of Commitment to Baton Rouge
- Interview with Site Manager Stan Vanderleeuw in BIC Magazine, February 2007
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