Baton Rouge Refinery

Baton Rouge Refinery

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 per day as of January 1, 2007 [http://dnr.louisiana.gov/sec/execdiv/techasmt/oil_gas/refineries/refinsurvey_2007.pdf] .

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).

External links

* [http://dnr.louisiana.gov/sec/execdiv/techasmt/oil_gas/refineries/refinsurvey_2007.pdf 2007 Louisiana Crude Oil Refinery Survey Report]
* [http://www2.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/Newsroom/Publications/brouge_com/index.html ExxonMobil: A Legacy of Commitment to Baton Rouge]
* [http://www.bicmagazine.com/article/Feb07/specialfeatures/feb07pm Interview with Site Manager Stan Vanderleeuw in BIC Magazine, February 2007]


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