Garyville, Louisiana

The Garyville refinery, completed in 1976, was the last major grassroots refinery built in the U.S. Located on the Mississippi River, midway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the refinery receives heavy sour crude oil delivered via the Mississippi River and the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP).

Refinery operations include crude fractionation, catalytic cracking, coking, hydrotreating, reforming, alkylation and sulfur recovery. The product slate is comprised primarily of gasoline and distillate fuels. The refinery has a capacity of 256,000 barrels per day.

The Garyville Major Expansion project is an estimated $3.35 billion investment that will increase the size of the Garyville refinery by 180,000 barrels per day (bpd). With the expansion, the refinery's capacity will grow from 256,000 bpd to 425,000 bpd, making it among the largest refineries in the country. Construction began in March 2007, with startup planned for the fourth quarter of 2009.

Safety and Environmental Recognition

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) STAR facility since 1994, promoting effective worksite-based safety and health.
• Awarded the Louisiana Governor's Award for Pollution Prevention eight times, beginning in 1996.
• Accepted into the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Voluntary Early Reduction Program for Air Toxics under the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990. Garyville is the only U.S. refinery accepted into the program. 
• Accepted into EPA’s National Waste Minimization Partnership Program.