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BAYTOWN REFINERY

The Baytown Refinery is the fifth largest refinery in the United States, with a crude oil capacity of 588,000 barrels per day. The Baytown Refinery is a maximum conversion refinery and has the flexibility to process heavy, high-sulfur and high-metal crudes into a full range of petroleum products, including LPG, motor gasoline, jet and diesel fuels and carbon coke. It is also one of the largest lube basestock plants in the world and produces products such as lube oils, waxes, fluids and specialties in various blends and grades. The Baytown Refinery is fully integrated with the Chemical and Olefins plants and is a major source of petrochemical feedstocks for these plants.

BAYTOWN CHEMICAL PLANT

The Baytown Chemical Plan (BTCP) has the capacity to produce more than nine billion pounds of petrochemical products each year, supporting eight ExxonMobil Product Solutions business lines. The aromatics train produces paraxylene, benzene and heavy aromatic fluids for use in applications such as polyester fabrics, food packaging and agricultural chemicals. The olefins units produce propylene, syngas and C4-C5 olefins products, which are consumed within BTCP, by other ExxonMobil plants and by third parties.

Propylene is converted to high-performance polypropylene products, which are used in diverse products such as auto battery cases, auto interior and trim components, carpet fibers, molded goods, packaging, appliance parts and diapers/hygiene. The butyl polymers section converts olefins into butyl rubber, bromobutyl and Exxpro™ products, which go into tire inner tubes, other tire components, pharmaceutical and other end uses. The Synthetics section produces metallocene polyalphaolefins for use in finished industrial, automotive and gear oil applications. The Solution Polymers Unit (SPU) produces Vistamaxx™ performance polymers and Exact ™ plastomers. These innovative products add flexibility and toughness when blended with other plastics. The Linear Alpha-olefins Unit (LAU) produces Elevexx ™ intermediate fluids and waxes used as feedstock in a wide range of other processes.

BAYTOWN OLEFINS PLANT

The Baytown Olefins Plant is located on a 370-acre tract adjacent to the Baytown Refinery and Chemical Plant. The plant produces 10 billion pounds of the world’s most widely used primary petrochemicals — ethylene, propylene and butadiene — and is feedstock flexible. It is one of the largest ethylene plants in the world. Baytown Olefins Plant also houses most of the cogeneration facilities that produce all of the power and steam required to operate the ExxonMobil Baytown complex. Total cogeneration capacity is approximately 550 megawatts.

MONT BELVIEU PLASTICS PLANT

The Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant is located on 500 acres in Chambers County, northeast of the Baytown Complex, and specializes in the production of polyethylene. The Plastics Plant utilizes the latest technology in processing and catalysis to produce linear low density and high density polyethylene products for use in film applications including food packaging, liquid packaging, heavy duty sacks, stretch and shrink films for bundling, hygiene films, trash bags, industrial liners, agricultural films, grocery bags, can liners, pipe and various blowmolded rigid containers.

SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

The ExxonMobil Baytown facility was intentionally designed and built to include best-in-class systems. As technology continues to advance, our site teams are eager to assess how we can incorporate emerging innovations into our facility. Due to process safety initiatives currently in place, as well as plans we have for 2024, BTA is well-positioned to identify and address issues quickly at our site.

From our shareholders to our site leadership, to our individual employees, we truly want to be good stewards of our environment. We’re constantly thinking about how we can operate cleaner and greener, and how we can do it responsibly and transparently. In 2023, we made some significant progress in these efforts.