ExxonMobil Says Baytown Restart Activities Continue, Pipelines Beginning to Transport Fuels
September 05 2017 - 02:33PM
Business Wire
- Facility assessments and restart
activities continue at Baytown refinery, Houston terminals open and
pipeline restart activities underway
- Efforts underway to transport fuels
from unaffected regions; scheduled maintenance deferred at other
company refineries
- Contribution commitments total $10.3
million, company volunteers assisting with recovery
ExxonMobil said today that facility assessments and restart
activities continue at its Baytown refinery, and that it has made
significant progress in restarting chemical production, pipelines
and other logistical infrastructure in the Houston area. The
company’s fuel terminals in Houston are open and supplying gasoline
and diesel to customers. Offshore production platforms in the Gulf
of Mexico are beginning to return to normal operations. Production
units at the Beaumont refinery remain shut down due to flooding in
the lower level of the refinery.
Safety remains the company’s first priority as facility
assessments continue and operations begin to resume.
Efforts are underway to transport refined products from
unaffected regions to communities and customers in the most
severely impacted areas. The company is also delaying scheduled
maintenance at other ExxonMobil refineries to continue producing
gasoline and diesel to relieve the supply situation. Personnel from
the Baton Rouge, Billings and Joliet refineries are being deployed
to Baytown and Beaumont to help restore operations.
The company has allocated supplies of fuel for use by emergency
responders, and has thus far provided nearly 650,000 gallons to
responders working in areas impacted by the storm, including
Beaumont, Baytown and the greater Houston area, as well as Dallas
and Baton Rouge. In Beaumont, ExxonMobil engineers continue to
assist the city with restoring the municipal water system, which
was impacted by flooding. The company has distributed 30,000
bottles of water and about 400 pounds of toiletries in Beaumont.
About 4,500 gallons of bleach have also been provided to Jefferson
County for distribution to residents and businesses in impacted
areas.
“Our teams have been working around the clock to restore
operations as quickly and safely as possible so we can supply fuels
to our customers,” said Darren W. Woods, chairman and chief
executive officer. “The incredible efforts our employees have put
behind maintaining critical operations under challenging conditions
has been remarkable.”
ExxonMobil has also been assessing impacts on its onshore and
offshore oil and gas production assets. Galveston 209 offshore
platform systems are safe and operational, and startup operations
are underway. The Hadrian South subsea production system in the
Gulf of Mexico has been deemed safe and operational, and production
has resumed. Crews from ExxonMobil subsidiary, XTO Energy, have
begun assessments and are bringing onshore wells on line when safe
to do so.
ExxonMobil employees are also contributing their time toward
assisting area residents in need. For example, the company’s U.S.
Production unit is initiating a volunteer program to continue
assisting fellow employees, ExxonMobil annuitants, and the greater
community. Employees have also volunteered at several area
shelters, including the George R. Brown Convention Center in
Houston, the Fort Worth Convention Center, and others in the
region.
Employees can take advantage of the ExxonMobil Foundation’s
volunteer involvement program. In the United States, the program
provides qualified organizations a $500 donation on the employee’s
behalf for every 20 hours volunteered, up to four times per
volunteer per year.
“Volunteerism has been a core value for the company since its
earliest days,” Woods said. “Our employees are committed to
assisting residents in their communities also impacted by effects
of the storm. Our thoughts remain with all area residents during
this challenging time, and we hope our efforts in working with
disaster relief agencies and local first responders have provided
comfort to families and individuals in need.”
ExxonMobil has also established an employee and retiree donation
match program to support relief and recovery. Employee and retiree
contributions to the American Red Cross and Salvation Army will be
matched on a one-to-one basis up to $25,000 per donor and up to $3
million in total, which will generate up to $6 million for the
disaster relief organizations. The company has donated $2.3 million
in advertising time to the Red Cross that has been dedicated to
high-profile televised public service announcements. These
commitments, along with $1 million in initial contributions to the
American Red Cross and United Way of Greater Houston and about $1
million worth of in-kind contributions in South Texas, total about
$10.3 million.
Employee safety and well-being remains a top priority, and those
who need to work remotely are being encouraged to do so. Health and
counseling services are available on request for employees.
Hotlines have been established to provide updated information to
employees across different geographical locations. Constant
contacts between managers and employees, as well as the company’s
automated employee tracking system, have been instrumental in
ensuring employee safety.
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