ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery PCLA-2 and PCLA-3 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

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This block of the Baton Rouge Refinery contains the two fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units that convert fuel-oil-range hydrocarbons
to gasoline-range hydrocarbons. These two FCC units date to 1947, but have been modified and upgraded many times since. They
still comprise the largest FCC complex in the world. Standard Oil of New Jersey (which evolved into ExxonMobil) invented fluid
catalytic cracking at the Baton Rouge site.
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Coordinates:   30°29'0"N   91°10'43"W
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