[2] the refinery is the site of the first commercial fluid catalytic cracking plant that began processing at the refinery on may 25, 1942 The baton rouge refinery began operating in 1908, then as part of john d Rockefeller’s standard oil empire, a first among other oil and chemical plants that would soon crowd the lower mississippi creating a major petrochemical corridor At the time of the 1989 explosion, the exxon complex included an extensive tank farm, a web of pipelines, and a major chemical works It was the night a deadly explosion rocked the exxon refinery, the nation’s second largest. Exxonmobil has proudly operated in the baton rouge area for more than 115 years, beginning with baton rouge refinery in 1909
Since that time, exxonmobil has made generational investments in louisiana, setting the foundation today to grow opportunities for tomorrow.
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