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Baton Rouge Area - our facilities
Baton Rouge Chemical Plant (BRCP)
history
The Chemical Plant separated from the Baton Rouge Refinery in 1940. It has introduced a number of technological firsts. In 1931, for example, still as a chemical unit within the Refinery, it produced butyl rubber for the first time in history.
BRCP today
We are staffed by more than 1,100 employees and 400 contractors and manufacture nearly 8.5 billion pounds of petrochemical products per year. This makes us one of the largest chemical plants in the world.
end products and their uses
We receive our feedstock from the adjacent Refinery, and it includes gas oil, cat gas, ethane & propane, higher olefins and powerformate. Products we make are widely used in our everyday lives:
- Methyl Ethyl Ketone (paint, coatings and adhesives solvent)
- Secondary Butyl Alcohol (varnish and dewaxing solvent coatings)
- Diisopropyl Ether (fuel additives and extraction solvents)
- Isopropyl Alcohol (coatings, rubbing alcohol and electronics)
- Ethylene/Propylene (plastics and synthetic rubber)
- Vistalon® Rubber (auto hoses/seals, lube oil viscosity and roofing)
- Butadiene (synthetic rubber)
- Exxon Chlorobutyl (tubeless tires and pharmaceutical goods)
- Exxon Bromobutyl (tubeless tires)
- Isoprene (tape, diapers and packaging adhesives)
- Escorez® (rubber compounds, pipe wraps and road markings)
- Cyclics (high energy fuels, resin former and octane improver)
- Heart-cut Distillate (resin formers)
- Benzene (styrofoam products and nylon)
- Phthalic Anhydride (paints, fiberglass and plasticizer)
- Jayflex® Plasticizer/Phthalates (film/sheeting, wire/cable, flooring and injection moldings)
- Exxal® Alcohol (plasticizers, fuel additives and detergents)
- Neo Acids (herbicides, paint driers and initiators)
- Olefins (industrial detergents, lube oil additives and emulsifiers)
achievements and awards
We have a history of excellent safety performance. In 2005, we received three National Petrochemical and Refiners Association awards for meritorious safety performance.
