Baton Rouge

4 photos · 2019

4 photographs tagged Baton Rouge, 2019.

Related: Louisiana Exxon Mobile Industrial Baton Rouge Refinery Industry Oil Refinery
Airline Highway overpasses in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, span an industrial roadway corridor.
Airline Highway overpasses in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, carry traffic above an industrial corridor near the city’s petrochemical facilities. The elevated roadway network is part of the transportation system that links Baton Rouge’s commercial and industrial areas.

Airline Highway Overpasses, Baton Rouge

ExxonMobil Chemical's illuminated sign at Baton Rouge Chemicals North facility on Scenic Highway at night.
ExxonMobil Chemical's Baton Rouge Chemicals North facility sits at 5955 Scenic Highway along the Mississippi River. It's part of the larger Baton Rouge complex, which ExxonMobil has operated since 1909 and which ranks among the largest integrated refining and petrochemical sites in the United States. The complex produces plastics, synthetic rubber, and other chemical intermediates used in manufacturing, and it remains one of the largest industrial employers in the Baton Rouge area.

ExxonMobil Sign at Baton Rouge Chemicals North on Scenic Highway

ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana illuminated at night with green and blue lights on distillation towers and storage tanks.
ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge refinery began operating in 1909 and now ranks among the largest refining complexes in the United States, with a crude capacity of roughly 520,000 barrels per day. The site spans more than 2,300 acres along the Mississippi River and includes an adjacent chemical plant and polyolefins plant, forming one of the largest integrated petrochemical complexes in the world. Distillation towers and flare stacks process crude into gasoline, diesel, and feedstocks for plastics and other chemical products. The refinery sits within Louisiana's industrial corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, an 85-mile stretch dense with petrochemical facilities.

ExxonMobil Refinery Lit Up After Dark in Baton Rouge

ExxonMobil refinery and abandoned hydraulic jacks repair shop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The ExxonMobil refinery and an abandoned hydraulic jacks repair shop stand along the industrial corridor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The refinery is part of one of the largest petrochemical complexes in the United States and has long been a major presence in the city’s industrial landscape.

ExxonMobil Refinery and Hydraulic Jacks Repair Shop, Baton Rouge

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