[2] the refinery is the site of the first commercial fluid catalytic cracking plant that began processing at the refinery on may 25, 1942 Overview of exxonmobil's baton rouge facilities History, operations, products, refinery, chemical plant, polyolefins, and resins. Exxonmobil has completed its multiyear modernization program to ensure competitiveness of exxonmobil fuels & lubricants co.’s integrated refining and petrochemical complex in baton rouge, la. Greater baton rouge business report economic development officials are celebrating this morning’s announcement by exxonmobil that it will move forward with a $247 million investment at its north baton rouge refinery to modernize and upgrade the aging facility and enhance its competitiveness. The single largest piece of infrastructure in town is the exxonmobil refinery, a huge industrial works of pipes and tanks and huge plumes of steam, occupying 2100 acres of land just north of downtown
The plant was first established here on 225 acres of former cotton fields in 1909 by standard oil. In 2021, exxonmobil was considering modernizing the baton rouge refinery This potential investment, known as the baton rouge refinery integrated competitiveness (brric) project, would improve processing capability, increase crude flexibility for meeting energy market demand, advance site competitiveness and install technology for a voluntary 10 percent reduction in volatile organic compound.
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