ExxonMobil’s BLADE expansion on schedule, set to open early 2023 – By Courtney Pedersen (Houston Chronicle) / Sept 6, 2022
ExxonMobil will be bringing 40 to 60 new permanent jobs to the area when its expansion opens in the first quarter of 2023.
The company’s Beaumont Light Atmospheric Distillation Expansion, more commonly known as BLADE, is the United States’ largest refinery expansion in a decade.
The expansion is set to increase the light crude refining capacity at the facility by more than 65%. According to the company, its Beaumont Refinery brought in 383,000 barrels per day in the second quarter of 2022. The BLADE project will bring in an extra 250,000 barrels a day.
“The Beaumont Refinery Expansion Project will expand light crude refining to bring greater supplies of transportation fuels to the market,” the company said. “The expansion consists of adding a third crude unit within the Beaumont Refinery’s existing Footprint — increasing production of diesel fuel to help meet growing demand.”
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