Louisiana is one of the country’s largest producers of oil and gas. Many of the offshore drilling sites rest just off the coast of southern Louisiana. The state has 19 active refineries, mostly located around Lake Charles and near the Mississippi River.
Louisiana Refineries
Below is a list of active Louisiana refineries as of June 2015.
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge Refinery – ExxonMobil
Belle Chasse
Alliance Refinery – Phillips 66
Chalmette
Chalmette Refinery – ExxonMobil / PDVSA
Convent
Convent Refinery – Motiva Enterprises
Cotton Valley
Cotton Valley Refinery – Calumet Lubricants
Garyville
Garyville Refinery – Marathon Petroleum Company
Krotz Springs
Krotz Springs Refinery – Alon USA
Lake Charles
Lake Charles Refinery – Citgo
Lake Charles Refinery – Calcasieu
Meraux
Meraux Refinery – Valero
Norco
Norco Refinery – Motiva Enterprises
Norco Refinery – Shell
St. Charles Refinery – Valero
Port Allen
Port Allen Refinery – Placid Refining
Princeton
Princeton Refinery – Calumet Lubricants
Shreveport
Shreveport Refinery – Calumet Lubricants
St. Rose
St. Rose Refinery – Shell Chemical
Torrance
Torrance Refinery - ExxonMobil
Westlake
Lake Charles Refinery – Phillips 66
Accidents at Louisiana Refineries
Below are some notable accidents that have occurred at Louisiana refineries.
- July 1976 – 11 workers killed and dozens injured in an explosion at a Chalmette refinery
- May 1988 – Explosion at Norco refinery kills 7 workers and injures 48 workers and nearby residents
- December 1989 – Baton Rouge refinery explosion kills 1 worker and injures several others
- January 2002 – Worked died of chemical burns in Garyville refinery
- March 2007 – 2 workers injured after a Calumet refinery explodes
- July 2008 – 3 workers suffer severe steam burns in accident at ConocoPhillips refinery
- August 2008 – More than 500,000 of toxins released into the air when ExxonMobil refinery failed to shut down before Hurricane Gustav
- April 2009 – Contract worker fell to his death at the Marathon refinery in Garyville
- October 2010 – Hydrogen sulfide leak kills worker at ExxonMobil refinery in Chalmette
- March 2011 – 1 worker injured and 1 worker killed in hydrogen sulfide accident at Valero’s Norco refinery
- August 2012 – 60 tons of carbon monoxide and 1 ton of benzene released from the Motiva / Shell refinery in Norco
- November 2014 – Accident at ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge causes contract worker to lose leg
- February 2015 – Explosion at Torrance Refinery injures 4 workers
- March 2015 - Contract worker killed at Valero’s St. Charles Refinery in Norco
