The Baytown expansion is in addition to the ExxonMobil’s 2017 Growing the Gulf initiative, which outlined plans to build and expand manufacturing facilities along the U.S. Gulf Coast, creating more than 45,000 high-paying jobs across the region.

The United States is a leading producer of oil and natural gas, which is allowing for historic new investments in U.S. manufacturing.

Carbon capture and storage is a process that takes carbon dioxide that would otherwise have been released into the atmosphere and injects it into underground geologic formations for permanent storage.

As society continues to advance and address multiple important issues – such as alleviating poverty, expanding economic development, and providing billions of people with basic energy access and improved living standards – the demand for energy across the global economy is expected to grow substantially. 

The Outer Continental Shelf refers to all submerged lands lying seaward of state coastal waters that are under jurisdiction of the federal government.

Methane is the primary component of natural gas. The energy industry works hard to limit methane emissions, not only for environmental reasons, but also to capture more of the gas for sale.

Extracting oil or natural gas from shale, tight sandstones or coal beds requires drawing the resource through openings about one half the width of a human hair. Hydraulic fracturing uses water pressure to create hairline fractures in rocks deep underground so oil or natural gas can flow through a well to the surface.

Smart regulations help protect public health and the environment, but ineffective, unnecessary regulations cost jobs, undercut growth and undermine competitiveness.

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was implemented on January 1, 1994. NAFTA was an agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to promote trade between the three countries.

Pipelines are an essential part of American infrastructure that we all depend on for affordable and available energy supplies across the country.