ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Chemical Plant, Louisiana

Major petrochemical and plastics plant, and one of four chemical plants operated by ExxonMobil in the Baton Rouge area. Located along petrochemical alley, one of the nation's largest industrial corridors, with plastics plants and chemical plants lining both banks of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The petrochemicals produced at the plant are used in such products as paints, solvents, fuel additives, synthetic rubber, herbicides, packaging adhesives, nylon, flooring, and detergents, among other things.