ExxonMobil restarting Baton Rouge after Hurricane Ida

ExxonMobil said it was restarting its 517,700 b/d refinery at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after it was shut down ahead of Hurricane Ida, a company spokesperson said Sept. 1.

"The Baton Rouge refinery, chemical plant and other ExxonMobil Baton Rouge facilities are safely progressing restart procedures. Our facilities did not sustain any significant damage during the hurricane," said Julie King, ExxonMobil company spokesperson via email.

The refinery was shut down ahead of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall on Aug. 29 as a Category 4 hurricane at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, about 100 miles south of New Orleans.