Oil refineries Oil refineries ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the second-largest oil refinery in the United States, with an input capacity of 493,500 barrels per day (78,470 m³/d) or 20,727,000 US gallons per day as of January 1, 2005 ** . 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). ...more on Wikipedia about "Baton Rouge Refinery"
ExxonMobil's Baytown Refinery in Baytown, Texas is the largest oil refinery in the United States, with an input capacity of 557,000 barrels (88,600 m³) per day as of January 1, 2005 ** . The site first opened in 1919 and was originally operated by the Humble Oil Company. Today, it is the largest employer in the city. The plant takes up 2400 acres (10 km²) of land next to the Houston Ship Channel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baytown Refinery"
Bayway Refinery is the present day location of the ConocoPhillips refining company. Located in Elizabeth and Linden, New Jersey; the refinery helps supply petroleum based products to the New York/New Jersey area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bayway Refinery"
This is a list of oil refineries. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of oil refineries"
An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oil refinery"
The Pine Bend Refinery is the largest oil refinery in Minnesota, located in the Twin Cities suburbs of Rosemount and Inver Grove Heights next to southern split of U.S. Highway 52 and Minnesota State Highway 55. The refinery is notable for being the largest in the United States to be located in a state without any oil wells. Overall, it ranks 14th in the country as of January 1, 2005, with an input capacity of 265,000 barrels (42,131 m³, 11,130,000 gallons, or 42,131,633 liters) per day ** . The facility is owned by Flint Hills Resources, a subsidiary of Koch Industries (pronounced the same as "Coke"). It is colloquially referred to as the "Koch Refinery." ...more on Wikipedia about "Pine Bend Refinery"
Preemraff Göteborg is an oil refinery located in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. Preem is the largest supplier of petroleum products in Sweden and its two refieneries, Preemraff Göteborg in Gothenburg and Preemraff Lysekil in Lysekil represent two-thirds of Swedens refining capacity. The Gothenburg refinery is certified according to ISO 14001. The facility produces Liquified petroleum gas, Gasoline, Diesel and Heating oil for both the swedish and foreign markets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Preemraff Göteborg"
Preemraff Lysekil is an oil refinery located at Brofjorden near the Swedish city of Lysekil. originally named Scanraff, the refinery was taken into use in 1975. The site was selected because of its excellent natural harbour, and the facility can accept supertankers up to 500 000 dwt. In 2003 the facility was acquired by Preem. ...more on Wikipedia about "Preemraff Lysekil"
Stanlow Refinery is part of Shell Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, United Kingdom. The refinery dates back to 1924. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stanlow Refinery"
BP's Texas City Refinery in Texas City, Texas is the second-largest oil refinery in the state and the third-largest in the United States. It has an input capacity of 437,000 barrels per day (18,354,000 gallons or 69,477,448 liters) as of January 1, 2005. A major explosion occurred in an isomerization unit at the site on March 23, 2005, killing 15 workers and injuring more than 170 others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Texas City Refinery (BP)"
Wamsutta Oil Refinery was established around 1861 in McClintocksville in Venango County near Oil City, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was the first business enterprise of Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840-1909), who became a famous capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wamsutta Oil Refinery"
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