ExxonMobil Battles Fire at Baytown, Texas, Refinery; Four People Injured
23 Décembre 2021 - 3:06PM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
ExxonMobil Corp. said emergency crews are battling a fire that
broke out early Thursday at its Baytown refinery near Houston and
has injured four people.
"ExxonMobil's emergency response teams continue to work to
extinguish the fire that occurred in a hydrodesulfurization unit at
our Baytown Refinery this morning around 1 a.m. Central Time," the
company said in an emailed statement. "We are saddened to inform
that four people were injured and are receiving medical treatment.
All other personnel have been accounted for."
The unit affected processes material with gasoline components,
ExxonMobil said.
The 561,000-barrel-a-day Baytown refinery lies 25 miles east of
Houston.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 23, 2021 08:51 ET (13:51 GMT)
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