ExxonMobil's Baytown Refinery in Baytown, Texas is the largest oil refinery in the United States, with an input capacity of 560,640 barrels (89,135 m3) per day as of June 1, 2010.[1] 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 2,400 acres (9.7 km2) of land next to the Houston Ship Channel.
In 1988 and 1989, the plant expanded operations without notifying the U.S. federal government as required under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review provision. This went unnoticed by the Environmental Protection Agency until 2000.
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- ^ "U.S. Refineries* Operable Capacity". Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration. June 2010. http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/rankings/refineries.htm.
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Coordinates: 29°44′20″N 95°00′38″W / 29.7390°N 95.0106°W / 29.7390; -95.0106
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