Baton Rouge Refinery
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ExxonMobil
's Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
is the second-largest oil refinery
in the United States
, with an input capacity of 503000 barrels (79,970.6 m³) 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
).
ExxonMobil
Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company, and was formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. Its headquarters are in Irving, Texas...
's Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
is the second-largest oil refinery
Oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, with an input capacity of 503000 barrels (79,970.6 m³) per day as of January 1, 2007 http://dnr.louisiana.gov/sec/execdiv/techasmt/oil_gas/refineries/refinsurvey_2007.pdf.
Standard Oil
Standard Oil
Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational...
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
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
. There are about 6,300 workers spread across these sites, including 4,000 direct employees (the rest are contractors
General contractor
A general contractor is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and communication of information to involved parties throughout the course of a building project.-Description:...
).