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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - ExxonMobil reported on Monday, April 13 that its investigation showed a significant fire in February was caused by air getting into a line containing hydrocarbon material ...

which was shut following a fire on Feb 12, restored production capacity on Mar 9. Notably, production from the Baton Rouge unit declined to 440,000 barrels per day on Saturday. ExxonMobil’s ...

Exxon began restarting the second-largest CDU at the Baton Rouge refinery on Monday, the sources said. The Feb. 12 fire knocked out the natural gas supply that fuels the boilers on the refinery's ...

ExxonMobil said its volunteer fire crews put out the blaze. The fire erupted around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Baton Rouge Fire Department spokesman Curt Monte told reporters. No injuries were reported ...

A fire broke out overnight at Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Baton Rouge oil refinery, halting production at the fifth-biggest fuel-making plant in the U.S. The shutdown at the complex -- which supplies fuel ...

ExxonMobil said its volunteer fire crews put out the blaze. The fire erupted around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Baton Rouge Fire Department spokesman Curt Monte told reporters. No injuries were reported ...

A fire broke out early Wednesday at Exxon Mobil Corp.’s Baton Rouge oil refinery in Louisiana, halting production at the fifth-biggest fuel-making plant in the U.S. The outage at the massive ...