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78-525: The facility also houses a petrochemical plant which produces lubricants and additives and a polypropylene plant that produces over 775 million pounds of polypropylene per year. The refinery has its own railway container terminal and heliport. The workers at the plant have been unionized under the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Local No. 877) since 1960. The refinery has had and continues to have environmental issues, culminating in

156-543: A "lower carbon future", and claims to be the world leader in carbon capture and storage (CCS). The company additionally plans that its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions will be carbon neutral by 2050. ExxonMobil additionally acquired biofuel company Biojet AS in 2022, and its Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil is moving ahead with plans to produce a renewable diesel biofuel. In July 2023, Exxon agreed to acquire Denbury Resources for $ 4.9 billion to further its low-carbon efforts. In July 2024, ExxonMobil and CF Industries signed

234-656: A CCS agreement that will allow ExxonMobil to transport and permanently store 500,000 tonnes of CO2 per year starting in 2028. Exxon is working on low-carbon energy projects, focusing on basic research in five to ten key areas. This work spends a fraction of the $ 1 billion a year Exxon spends on research worldwide and the $ 8 billion it has spent since 2000 researching, developing and deploying low-carbon technologies Projects include: algae biofuels, biodiesel from agricultural waste, molten carbonate fuel cells , and new ways to manufacture plastic that produce less carbon dioxide. In November 2023 ExxonMobil started drilling for lithium in

312-649: A French chemist left vinyl chloride in the sun and found white solid at the bottom of the flask which was polyvinyl chloride . In 1839, Eduard Simon discovered polystyrene by accident by distilling storax . In 1856, William Henry Perkin discovered the first synthetic dye, Mauveine . In 1888, Friedrich Reinitzer , an Austrian plant scientist observed cholesteryl benzoate had two different melting points. In 1909, Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented bakelite made from phenol and formaldehyde . In 1928, synthetic fuels were invented using Fischer-Tropsch process . In 1929, Walter Bock invented synthetic rubber Buna-S which

390-720: A Spring post office address, and is adjacent to, but not in, the Spring census-designated place . Paul Takahashi of the Houston Chronicle described the headquarters as being in Spring. The headquarters was previously in Irving . The company decided to consolidate its Houston operations into one new campus located in northern Harris County and vacate its offices on 800 Bell St. which it had occupied since 1963. The decision came in 2022. The new operation complex includes twenty office buildings totaling 3,000,000 square feet (280,000 m ),

468-528: A campaign to promote the use of natural gas as a clean energy source and bridge fuel to renewable energy, and of intimidating journalists reporting about the companies' climate actions and of obstructing the committee's investigation, which ExxonMobil, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute denied. In the United States, as of 2024, dozens of states and localities have sued ExxonMobil on

546-533: A century by Exxon and other Standard Oil predecessors, a 2011 oil spill which leaked 1,500 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River (resulting in about $ 135 million in damages), and a 2012 1,900 barrel (80,000 gallon) spill from the company's Baton Rouge Refinery in the rivers of Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana . ExxonMobil's actives in Louisiana in particular, especially its Baton Rouge Refinery , have given

624-458: A combination of lower-emission fuels, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage. Low Carbon Solutions conducts research on clean energy technologies, including algae biofuels , biodiesel made from agricultural waste, carbonate fuel cells , and refining crude oil into plastic by using a membrane and osmosis instead of heat. The company speculated in April 2023 that pending good economic conditions,

702-1212: A few manufacturing locations around the world, for example in Jubail and Yanbu Industrial Cities in Saudi Arabia, Texas and Louisiana in the US, in Teesside in the Northeast of England in the United Kingdom , in Tarragona in Catalonia , in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, in Antwerp in Belgium , in Jamnagar , Dahej in Gujarat , India and in Singapore. Not all of the petrochemical or commodity chemical materials produced by

780-482: A former mechanic, Paul Gill, who claimed that his cancer was caused by exposure to benzene in ExxonMobil's petroleum products while working at a Mobil gas station between 1975 and 1980. According to Fortune Global 500 , ExxonMobil was the second largest company, second largest publicly held corporation , and the largest oil company in the United States by 2017 revenue. For the fiscal year 2020, ExxonMobil reported

858-553: A lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court against ExxonMobil on behalf of the state of California , alleging that the company carried out a "decades-long campaign of deception" and misled the public on the merits of plastic recycling; in response ExxonMobil said that California has an ineffective recycling system that officials have known about for decades. ExxonMobil has also been accused of human rights violations and abusing its geopolitical influence. In

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936-550: A loss for Exxon in the later 1980s were turned around swiftly. The Morristown and Erie Railway became the contract switcher for the refinery in 1995, and set up the Bayshore Terminal Company to handle the management of 8,000 railroad cars full of various refinery products each year. In 1999, the Infineum company (a joint project of Exxon Chemical, Shell International Chemicals and Shell Chemical) took over operation of

1014-514: A loss of US$ 22.4 billion, with an annual revenue of US$ 181.5 billion, a decline of 31.5% over the previous fiscal cycle. The key trends of ExxonMobil are (as at the financial year ending December 31): As per Fortune 500 Global list, ExxonMobil has been ranked #7 company in the World. ExxonMobil's headquarters are located in the Spring, Texas area, a suburb of Houston. The ExxonMobil campus has

1092-580: A new polypropylene facility went online that produces 775 million pounds per year. 2023 Unit Capacities from the AFPM Survey (also doubles as the US Government EIA Refinery Capacity Survey): Bayway's FCCU is integrated with an onsite polypropylene unit of 775 million lbs per year capacity. The refinery was the famous toxic site in question in the 2015 legal settlement between New Jersey and ExxonMobil. In late 2003,

1170-462: A plant for the manufacture of tetraethyl lead (TEL, the "lead" in leaded gasoline ) at the refinery over the course of three months in 1924. Within the first two months of its operation, the facility had seventeen cases of severe lead poisoning leading to hallucinations and insanity, and then five deaths in quick succession. The plant was shut down by the state of New Jersey in October, and Standard Oil

1248-503: A single company. On Oct. 1 2024, Nigeria approved the $ 1.28 billion sale of Exxon Mobil's onshore assets to Seplat Energy, more than two years after the deal was first agreed upon in February 2022 ExxonMobil markets products around the world under the brands of Exxon , Mobil, and Esso. Mobil is ExxonMobil's primary retail gasoline brand in California, Florida , New York , New England ,

1326-418: A wellness center, laboratory, and three parking garages. It is designed to house nearly 10,000 employees. The current chairman of the board and CEO of ExxonMobil Corp. is Darren W. Woods. Woods was elected chairman of the board and CEO effective January 1, 2017, after the retirement of former chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson . Before his election as chairman and CEO, Woods was elected president of ExxonMobil and

1404-502: Is a petrochemical company that was created by merging Exxon's and Mobil's chemical industries in 1999. Its principal products include basic olefins and aromatics , ethylene glycol , polyethylene , and polypropylene along with speciality lines such as elastomers , plasticizers , solvents , process fluids, oxo alcohols and adhesive resins . The company also produces synthetic lubricant base stocks as well as lubricant additives, propylene packaging films and catalysts . ExxonMobil

1482-467: Is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Spring, Texas , a suburb of Houston . Founded as the largest direct successor of John D. Rockefeller 's Standard Oil , the modern company was formed in 1999 following the merger of Exxon and Mobil . It is vertically integrated across the entire oil and gas industry, and within it is also a chemicals division which produces plastic, synthetic rubber, and other chemical products. As

1560-553: Is currently in partnerships with Oracle Red Bull Racing in Formula One and Kalitta Motorsports. ExxonMobil operates 21 refineries worldwide, and the company claims 80% of its refining capacity is integrated with chemical or lube basestocks. ExxonMobil's largest refinery overall is its Beaumont Refinery and its second largest in the United States is its Baytown Refinery , located in Baytown, Texas . Its second largest refinery overall

1638-515: Is its Jurong Island facility in Singapore . ExxonMobil's global average refining capacity was 4.6 million barrels per day, with the United States producing a plurality of the company's refining capacity at about 1.77 million barrels per day. ExxonMobil's corporate website claims it refines almost 5 million barrels per day. ExxonMobil was one of few U.S. refiners to expand capacity by a significant margin following an industry downturn suffered during

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1716-550: Is made up of styrene and butadiene and used to make car tires. In 1933, Otto Röhm polymerized the first acrylic glass methyl methacrylate . In 1935, Michael Perrin invented polyethylene . In 1937, Wallace Hume Carothers invented nylon . In 1938, Otto Bayer invented polyurethane . In 1941, Roy Plunkett invented Teflon . In 1946, he invented Polyester . Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are made from ethylene and paraxylene . In 1949, Fritz Stastny turned polystyrene into foam. After World War II, polypropylene

1794-434: Is the largest producer of butyl rubber. Infineum, a joint venture with Shell plc, is manufacturing and marketing crankcase lubricant additives, fuel additives , and specialty lubricant additives, as well as automatic transmission fluids , gear oils , and industrial oils. Mobil 1 , a brand of synthetic motor oil, is a major sponsor of multiple racing teams and as the official motor oil of NASCAR since 2003. ExxonMobil

1872-542: The COVID-19 pandemic. The company completed a 250,000 barrels per day expansion at its Beaumont , Texas, refinery in early 2023. Officially formed with ExxonMobil's 2022 corporate restructuring, and currently led by former General Motors president Dan Ammann , Low Carbon Solutions is the company's alternative energy division. The division says it will lower emissions in hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as heavy industry, commercial transportation, and power generation using

1950-1111: The Kearl Oil Sands Project . In Argentina, ExxonMobil holds 0.9 million acres (3,600 km ) and 4.9 million acres (20,000 km ) in Germany. In the Netherlands ExxonMobil owns 1.5 million acres (6,100 km ), in Norway it owns 0.4 million acres (1,600 km ) offshore, and the United Kingdom 0.6 million acres (2,400 km ) offshore. In Africa, upstream operations are concentrated in Angola, where it owns 0.4 million acres (1,600 km ) offshore, Chad where it owns 46,000 acres (19,000 ha), Equatorial Guinea, where it owns 0.1 million acres (400 km ) offshore, and Nigeria, where it owns 0.8 million acres (3,200 km ) offshore. In addition, ExxonMobil plans to start exploration activities off

2028-651: The Tosco Corporation finalized proceedings to purchase the refinery from Exxon for a sum of $ 175 million, although the Exxon Chemical Company continued to run the Chemical Plant. During this time Bayway was operated by Bayway Refining Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tosco Corporation. Under the direction of Tosco, Bayway was able to reorganize and upgrade the facility, and years of operating at

2106-669: The United States and Western Europe ; however, major growth in new production capacity is in the Middle East and Asia . There is substantial inter-regional petrochemical trade. Primary petrochemicals are divided into three groups depending on their chemical structure : In 2007, the amounts of ethylene and propylene produced in steam crackers were about 115 M t (megatonnes) and 70 Mt, respectively. The output ethylene capacity of large steam crackers ranged up to as much as 1.0 – 1.5 Mt per year. The adjacent diagram schematically depicts

2184-723: The chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining. Some chemical compounds made from petroleum are also obtained from other fossil fuels , such as coal or natural gas , or renewable sources such as maize , palm fruit or sugar cane . The two most common petrochemical classes are olefins (including ethylene and propylene ) and aromatics (including benzene , toluene and xylene isomers ). Oil refineries produce olefins and aromatics by fluid catalytic cracking of petroleum fractions. Chemical plants produce olefins by steam cracking of natural gas liquids like ethane and propane . Aromatics are produced by catalytic reforming of naphtha . Olefins and aromatics are

2262-522: The single-use plastic waste in the world in 2019 (which were part of a larger group of 100 petrochemical companies that manufactured 90 percent of the waste), while in April 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a subpoena to ExxonMobil for information related to the company's role in overstating the effectiveness of plastic recycling in reducing plastic pollution as part of an industry campaign to promote plastic usage. On September 23, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed

2340-467: The 1930s and became the dominant oil company on the world stage. The company's lack of ownership over the Standard Oil name across the United States, however, prompted a name change to unify all of its brands under one name, choosing to name itself Exxon in 1972 over continuing to use three distinct brands of Esso , Enco , and Humble. In 1998, the two companies agreed to merge and form ExxonMobil, with

2418-742: The Arctic Circle. As of 2020, ExxonMobil has been responsible for more than 3,000 oil spills and leakages which resulted in a loss of more than one barrel of oil, with the most in a single year being 484 spills in 2011. Additionally, since 1965, ExxonMobil has released more than 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide pollution . In 2023, Science journal published a paper reporting that the global warming projections and models created by ExxonMobil's own scientists between 1977 and 2003 had "accurately" projected and "skillfully" modeled global warming due to fossil fuel burning, and had reasonably estimated how much CO 2 would lead to dangerous warming. The authors of

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2496-691: The Great Lakes , and the Midwest . Exxon is the primary brand in the rest of the United States, with the highest concentration of retail outlets located in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas (shared with Mobil), and in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states. ExxonMobil has stations in 46 states, just behind Shell USA and ahead of Phillips 66 , lacking a presence only in Alaska , Hawaii , Iowa , and Kansas . Outside of

2574-653: The Longford Gas Conditioning Plant, and participates in the development of Gorgon LNG project. In Papua New Guinea, it holds 1.1 million acres (4,500 km ), including the PNG Gas project. After Russia's 2022 invasion began, though, ExxonMobil announced it was fully pulling out of both Russia and Sakhalin-I, and launched a lawsuit against Russia's federal government on August 30. ExxonMobil formed its Product Solutions division in 2022, combining its previously separate Downstream and Chemical divisions into

2652-909: The River Mersey in North West England, on the Humber on the East coast of Yorkshire, in Grangemouth near the Firth of Forth in Scotland, and in Teesside as part of the Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC). To demonstrate the clustering and integration, some 50% of the United Kingdom's petrochemical and commodity chemicals are produced by the NEPIC industry cluster companies in Teesside. In 1835, Henri Victor Regnault ,

2730-555: The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was renamed Exxon , and the facility likewise became known as the Exxon Bayway Refinery . On the night of December 5, 1970 a series of powerful explosions occurred at the refinery, resulting in multiple injuries but no fatalities in and around the plant. Windows were shattered as far away as Staten Island , and the explosion was felt more than thirty miles away. 1976 brought about

2808-640: The US State of Arkansas . In June 2024, a preliminary agreement to supply lithium to SK for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries that will power electric vehicles was signed. ExxonMobil's environmental record has faced much criticism for its stance and impact on global warming. In 2018, the Political Economy Research Institute ranks ExxonMobil tenth among American corporations emitting airborne pollutants , thirteenth by emitting greenhouse gases . A 2017 report places ExxonMobil as

2886-663: The United Arab Emirates. ExxonMobil exited the West Qurna 1 oilfield in January 2024, officially ending all energy sector operations in Iraq. The share is now owned by PetroChina and Pertamina . In March 2024, ExxonMobil discovered oil at the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana using a drillship. By the end of 2027, it plans to have 6 FPSOs at the block. Oil was discovered off

2964-463: The United States, Esso and Mobil are primarily used, with Esso operating in 14 countries and Mobil operating in 29 countries and regions. In Japan, ExxonMobil had a 22% stake in TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K., a refining company that merged into Eneos in 2017. ExxonMobil's primary retail brands worldwide are Exxon, Esso , Mobil , with the former being used exclusively in the United States and

3042-628: The United States, ExxonMobil's petroleum exploration and production activities are concentrated in the Permian Basin , Bakken Formation , Woodford Shale , Caney Shale , and the Gulf of Mexico . In addition, ExxonMobil has several gas developments in the regions of Marcellus Shale , Utica Shale , Haynesville Shale , Barnett Shale , and Fayetteville Shale . All natural gas activities are conducted by its subsidiary, XTO Energy. As of December 31, 2014, ExxonMobil owned 14.6 million acres (59,000 km ) in

3120-463: The United States, of which 1.7 million acres (6,900 km ) were offshore, 1.5 million acres (6,100 km ) of which were in the Gulf of Mexico. In California, it has a joint venture called Aera Energy LLC with Shell Oil . In Canada, the company holds 5.4 million acres (22,000 km ), including 1 million acres (4,000 km ) offshore and 0.7 million acres (2,800 km ) of

3198-577: The area the nickname of Cancer Alley . The company's activities, along with other operations and refineries in the area, have been the source of increased cancer infections, lower air quality, and as seen by some, potential environmental racism committed by the company. In May 2021, ExxonMobil topped the Plastic Waste Makers Index report published by the Minderoo Foundation of 20 petrochemical companies that manufactured 55 percent of

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3276-424: The base of its climate change denial. ExxonMobil's operations have been subject to numerous oil spills both before and after the 1999 merger. The most widely publicized oil spill was the 1989 Valdez oil spill , where an Exxon tanker discharged approximately 11 million U.S. gallons (42,000 m3) of oil into Prince William Sound , oiling 1,300 miles (2,100 km) of the remote Alaskan coastline. The spill remains

3354-557: The book Private Empire by Steve Coll , ExxonMobil is described as extremely powerful "corporate state within the American state" in dealing with the countries in which it drills, going to the point as describing such countries' governments as "constrained". The company's corporate ancestors are also blamed for the outbreak of the 1954 Jebel Akhdar War , which was sparked by the Iraq Petroleum Company 's activities. Beginning in

3432-445: The building-blocks for a wide range of materials such as solvents , detergents , and adhesives . Olefins are the basis for polymers and oligomers used in plastics , resins , fibers , elastomers , lubricants , and gels . Global ethylene production was 190 million tonnes and propylene was 120 million tonnes in 2019. Aromatics production is approximately 70 million tonnes. The largest petrochemical industries are located in

3510-620: The case dismissed nine times, dragging the lawsuit out for over 20 years. In July 2022, a US District Court denied ExxonMobil's motions to dismiss the case, clearing the way for the lawsuit to go to trial, although no trial date was set. In 2023, ExxonMobile settled the case a week before trial. During a 2022 surge in profits among ExxonMobil and other large oil companies, partly due to the war in Ukraine , U.S. President Joe Biden criticized ExxonMobil. In June 2022, amid record oil prices, he said that "Exxon made more money than God this year". When

3588-468: The chemical industry are made in one single location but groups of related materials are often made in adjacent manufacturing plants to induce industrial symbiosis as well as material and utility efficiency and other economies of scale . This is known in chemical engineering terminology as integrated manufacturing. Specialty and fine chemical companies are sometimes found in similar manufacturing locations as petrochemicals but, in most cases, they do not need

3666-440: The chemical plant. Infineum researches and produces crankcase lubricant additives, fuel additives , and specialty lubricant additives, as well as automatic transmission fluids , gear oils , and industrial oils. Tosco was bought in 2001 by Phillips Petroleum , which merged with Conoco to form ConocoPhillips in 2002 and later spun off downstream, midstream and chemical assets into a new Phillips 66 company in 2012. In 2003

3744-819: The coast of Angola in May 2024 in a well drilled from February to April in the Kizomba B development area. Until the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , ExxonMobil held 85,000 acres (34,000 ha) in the Sakhalin-I project through its subsidiary Exxon Neftegas . Together with Rosneft , it has developed 63.6 million acres (257,000 km ) in Russia, including the East-Prinovozemelsky field . In Australia, ExxonMobil held 1.7 million acres (6,900 km ), including 1.6 million acres (6,500 km ) offshore. It also operates

3822-1133: The coast of Liberia and the Ivory Coast. In the past, ExxonMobil had exploration activities in Madagascar, however these operations were ended due to unsatisfactory results. In Asia, it holds 9,000 acres (3,600 ha) in Azerbaijan, 1.7 million acres (6,900 km ) in Indonesia, of which 1.3 million acres (5,300 km ) are offshore, 0.7 million acres (2,800 km ) in Iraq, 0.3 million acres (1,200 km ) in Kazakhstan, 0.2 million acres (810 km ) in Malaysia, 65,000 acres (26,000 ha) in Qatar, 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) in Yemen, 21,000 acres (8,500 ha) in Thailand, and 81,000 acres (33,000 ha) in

3900-416: The committee's investigation into the fossil fuel industry disinformation campaign to obscure the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming. Upon reviewing internal company documents, they accused ExxonMobil along with BP , Chevron , and Shell of greenwashing their Paris Agreement carbon neutrality pledges while continuing long-term investment in fossil fuel production and sales, for engaging in

3978-454: The company accountable for various climate-related incidents. ExxonMobil has used its own website to attack Exxon Knew , claiming that it is a coordinated effort to defame the company. In December 2022, U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney and U.S. House Oversight Environment Subcommittee Chair Ro Khanna sent a memorandum to all House Oversight and Reform Committee members summarizing additional findings from

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4056-484: The company also has several standalone divisions, such as Coal & Minerals. It also owns hundreds of smaller subsidiaries such as XTO Energy and SeaRiver Maritime . ExxonMobil also has a majority ownership stake in Imperial Oil . The upstream division makes up the majority of ExxonMobil's revenue, accounting for approximately 70% of it. In 2021, ExxonMobil had about 30 billion barrels of oil and oil equivalents, as well as 38.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas . In

4134-408: The deal closing on November 30, 1999. The two companies cited lower oil prices and a better ability to compete with other state-owned oil companies outside of the United States like Pemex and Aramco . With the deal, the two companies practically merged, with the new company's name containing both of the trade names of its immediate predecessors. However, the structure of the merger provided that Exxon

4212-399: The destruction of a process unit. On the night of January 1–2, 1990, a cracked underwater pipeline leaked about 567,000 US gallons (2,150 m) of fuel oil into the Arthur Kill. Because the waterway was already so heavily industrialized, Exxon argued that it should not have to pay any damages. The court disagreed, ordering the company to pay $ 15 million in reparations. On April 8, 1993,

4290-517: The fifth largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions from 1988 to 2015. As of 2005 , ExxonMobil had committed less than 1% of their profits towards researching alternative energy, which, according to the advocacy organization Ceres , is less than other leading oil companies. According to the 2021 Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI), ExxonMobil is ranked as the sixth most environmentally responsible company among 120 oil, gas, and mining companies involved in resource extraction north of

4368-561: The installation of the most iconic structure at the refinery, the Wet Gas Scrubber . Visible from the New Jersey Turnpike with its giant plumes of water vapor, this device eliminates 7-8 tons of dust per day as well as gases generated from the catalytic cracking process. To this day it is recognized as one of the most efficient and effective units of its kind in the world. In 1979, another "massive early morning explosion and fire at an Exxon refinery in Linden, N.J., injured seven persons, two seriously, and shook buildings four miles away" including

4446-535: The largest U.S.-based oil and gas company, ExxonMobil is the seventh-largest by revenue in the U.S. and 13th-largest in the world . It is the largest investor-owned oil company in the world. Approximately 55.56% of the company's shares are held by institutions, the largest of which as of 2019 were The Vanguard Group (8.15%), BlackRock (6.61%), and State Street Corporation (4.83%). The company has been widely criticized and sued, mostly for environmental incidents and its history of climate change denial against

4524-459: The late 1980s, ExxonMobil (through predecessor Mobil) hired military units of the Indonesian National Army to provide security for their gas extraction and liquefaction project in Aceh , Indonesia, and these military units were accused of committing human rights violations, including sexual assault, battery and unlawful detention. ExxonMobil eventually pulled out from Indonesia completely in 2001, while denying any wrongdoing. Exxon attempted to have

4602-435: The latter two being used in most other countries where ExxonMobil operates. Esso is the only one of its brands not used widely in the United States. Since 2008, Mobil is the only brand for the company lubricants. Since 2018, ExxonMobil has operated a loyalty program , ExxonMobil Rewards+, where customers earn rewards points when filling up at its stations in the United States and later the United Kingdom. ExxonMobil Chemical

4680-465: The low-carbon solutions business could eclipse the value of its oil and gas operations. As of 2023 , the company was in the process of designing its inaugural large-scale plant dedicated to producing low-carbon hydrogen, situated within its refining and petrochemical complex in Baytown, Texas . This project is set to become the world's largest low-carbon hydrogen project. ExxonMobil publicly announced it would be investing $ 15 billion in what it deemed

4758-438: The major $ 225 million Exxon Mobil-New Jersey Environmental Contamination settlement . A 2010 investigative report conducted by WABC-TV , the ABC flagship station in New York City, characterizes the Bayway Refinery as a "repeat offender" of environmental regulations. In 1907, Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller acquired several hundred acres of the former Morse family estate between Linden and Elizabeth, New Jersey as

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4836-453: The major hydrocarbon sources and processes used in producing petrochemicals. Like commodity chemicals , petrochemicals are made on a very large scale. Petrochemical manufacturing units differ from commodity chemical plants in that they often produce a number of related products. Compare this with specialty chemical and fine chemical manufacture where products are made in discrete batch processes. Petrochemicals are predominantly made in

4914-455: The oil giant reported its second quarter earnings in 2022, CNN reported that Exxon made US$ 2,245.62 per second in profit across the 92-day long second quarter. In May 2024, a Pennsylvania jury found ExxonMobil liable for negligently failing to warn about the health risks of benzene , which is classified by the US Environmental Protection Agency as a known carcinogen , and ordered the company to pay $ 725.5 million in compensatory damages to

4992-448: The ownership of the Bayway facilities. Bayway became a leading research facility within the S.O. New Jersey enterprise. It was the first facility in the United States to employ the use of hydrogenation process to get greater yields from its crude products, and in 1919 scientists at Bayway created the world's first petrochemical : isopropyl alcohol . The Ethyl Corporation , a joint venture of General Motors and Standard Oil , built

5070-444: The paper concluded: "Yet, whereas academic and government scientists worked to communicate what they knew to the public, ExxonMobil worked to deny it." Between the 1980s and 2014, ExxonMobil was a notable denier of climate change, though the company officially changed its position in 2014 to acknowledge the existence of climate change. ExxonMobil's prolonged response incited the creation of the Exxon Knew movement, which aims to hold

5148-418: The refinery came under scrutiny for a possibly abnormal cancer rate among its work population. As a result, local ABC affiliate WABC-TV (Channel 7), New York, ran a feature about the refinery. The refinery has since been subject to scrutiny by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The refinery has consistently been ranked among

5226-476: The same level of large-scale infrastructure (e.g., pipelines, storage, ports, and power, etc.) and therefore can be found in multi-sector business parks. The large-scale petrochemical manufacturing locations have clusters of manufacturing units that share utilities and large-scale infrastructures such as power stations, storage tanks, port facilities, road and rail terminals. In the United Kingdom, for example, there are four main locations for such manufacturing: near

5304-587: The scientific consensus that fossil fuels significantly contribute to global warming . The company is responsible for many oil spills, the largest and most notable of which was the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska and itself considered to be one of the world's worst oil spills in terms of environmental damage. The company has been the target of accusations of human rights violations, excessive influence on American foreign policy , and its impact on developing countries. ExxonMobil traces its roots to Vacuum Oil Company , founded in 1866. Vacuum Oil later

5382-406: The second largest in American history, only trailing BP's Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico . ExxonMobil was also responsible for various other oil spills across the world. Some of Exxon's largest and most notable oil spills in the United States include long-lasting oil leaks totaling into an estimated 30 million gallon spill into New York City's Newtown Creek over the course of

5460-580: The site for his latest refinery. Construction of temporary office buildings began on October 15, 1907 and work clearing the heavily wooded land began immediately. The cornerstone of the machine shop, the first permanent structure at the site, was laid on January 18, 1908, and construction continued throughout the year. The first crude stills at Bayway were completed in late 1908 and on January 2, 1909, they were symbolically fired up by William C. Koehler (c1880-1953). The facility began processing an initial 10,000 barrels (1,600 m) of crude oil per day. Capacity

5538-417: The war, the use of coal for heating declined sharply in the United States. In 1947, Esso invested $ 26 million in a refinery expansion program to meet an increased post-war demand for gasoline and heating oil, and constructed a second, much larger catalytic cracker with an initial processing capacity of 49,000 bbl/d (7,800 m/d), replacing the original 1943 unit. The "Cat" came online in October 1949 and

5616-511: The worst polluters in the nation, and has been cited almost 200 times since 2005 for violation of state environmental laws. It is also ranked as the 32nd worst water polluter in the country. Thanks to the terms of a settlement with the Department of Environmental Protection, ConocoPhillips stated that it would take the following actions at their Bayway facilities: Petrochemical Petrochemicals (sometimes abbreviated as petchems ) are

5694-438: Was acquired by Standard Oil in 1879, divested from Standard in 1911 with its breakup , and merged by the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony), later known as Mobil , in 1931. After the 1911 breakup, Standard Oil continued to exist through its New Jersey subsidiary, sometimes shortened to Jersey Standard, and retained the Standard Oil name in much of the eastern United States. Jersey Standard grew by acquiring Humble Oil in

5772-995: Was discovered in the early 1950s. In 1965, Stephanie Kwolek invented Kevlar . The following is a partial list of major commercial petrochemicals and their derivatives: Intermediates 2-Ethylhexanol (2-EH) Acetic acid Acrylonitrile (AN) Ammonia Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (dioctyl phthalate) n- Butene Cyclohexane Dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) Dodecylbenzene Ethanol Ethanolamine Ethoxylate 1,2-Dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride or EDC) Ethylene glycol (EG) Ethylene oxide (EO) Formaldehyde Moulding Compound (FMC) n- Hexene Linear alkyl benzene (LAB) Methanol Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) Phenol Propylene oxide Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) Styrene monomer (SM) Thermosetting Resin (Urea/Melamine) Vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) Exxon ExxonMobil Corporation ( / ˌ ɛ k s ɒ n ˈ m oʊ b əl / EK -son- MOH -bəl )

5850-474: Was expanded to an estimated 17,176 barrels per day (2,730.8 m/d) by 1911. Over the next several years the plant continued expanding and increasing capacity and workforce. In 1911, Standard Oil was broken up into smaller units in accordance with the Sherman Antitrust Act . One of these successor companies was Standard Oil Company of New Jersey , the precursor to Esso and later Exxon, which retained

5928-508: Was forbidden to manufacture TEL there again without state permission. During World War II, the plant constructed its first catalytic cracker , or "cat cracker", which went into operation on January 18, 1943. This development proved essential to the production of fuel to support the Allied war effort, especially high-octane aviation fuel, and also allowed the production of synthetic butyl rubber and materials used to manufacture explosives. After

6006-584: Was the largest in the world during the twentieth century, and as of 2008 was the largest in the western hemisphere. In 1965 Enjay Chemical, a subsidiary of the Esso Chemical Company (which later became Exxon Chemical) in the Standard Oil Company New Jersey (known publicly mostly by the Esso, Enco and Humble brands) assumed all of the chemical processing assets and products at Bayway. In 1973,

6084-495: Was the surviving company and bought Mobil, rather than a new company being created. Following the merger, Exxon's NYSE ticker symbol was changed from "XON" to "XOM". ExxonMobil is the largest non-government-owned company in the energy industry and produces about 3% of the world's oil and about 2% of the world's energy. ExxonMobil is vertically integrated into a number of global operating divisions. These divisions are grouped into three categories for reference purposes, though

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