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Gold9472
09-22-2005, 06:13 PM
Exxon Mobil shuts biggest US refinery

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1148924

9/22/2005

Sep 22, 2005 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil on Thursday told Texas regulators it was shutting its Baytown, Texas oil refinery which at 557,000 barrels per day is the largest refinery in the United States.

"Shutdown of Baytown refinery operating units in preparation for Hurricane Rita," Exxon reported to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

An Exxon Mobil spokesman on Thursday morning said he could not confirm that the plant was shut.