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ExxonMobil Baytown Complex

Exxon Mobil Corporation — Fuels (mogas grades, ULSD, jet fuel), Lube oils / base stocks / waxes / hydrocarbon fluids

Verified Sep 2026

Products: Fuels (mogas grades, ULSD, jet fuel); Lube oils / base stocks / waxes / hydrocarbon fluids; Petrochemicals including polypropylene, butyl rubber/adhesives, aromatics (paraxylene, benzene, orthoxylene), propylene, butene-1, linear alpha-olefins, solution polymers (Vistamaxx, Exact), synthetic PAO base stocks; Polyethylene at Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant (part of Baytown area operations)

Workforce: {"officialPageApprox": "approximately 7,000 people (Baytown area operations page)", "factSheet2024": "Approximately 2,067 employees with an average of 1,987 contract personnel (Baytown Complex 2024 Fact Sheet, updated March 2024)", "careersPage": "more than 8,500 (US manufacturing sites careers page)"}

Turnarounds and expansions (2026): {"turnarounds2026": null, "notes": "ExxonMobil Baytown page (Apr 21, 2025) states major turnarounds were completed earlier in 2025 (~3,500 extra workers over ~two months) and that turnaround work often runs 24/7. No official site-specific 2026 turnaround calendar was found on ExxonMobil pages.", "expansions": [{"name": "Baytown Refinery Reconfiguration / Group III base stock project", "fid": "Final Investment Decision announced Aug 26, 2025", "status": "Construction underway (ExxonMobil Base Stocks groundbreaking page)", "plannedStartup": "2028", "scope": "Shift some gasoline production toward higher-demand Group III lubricant base stocks and diesel; Group III capacity to around 8,000 barrels per day when complete; construction expected to create more than 1,000 construction jobs"}]}

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