Producer
ExxonMobil
One of the world's largest oil and gas companies; major US and global sulfur producer as a Claus Process refinery byproduct. Key US refining locations: Baytown, Texas (largest US refinery complex); Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Beaumont, Texas. Also major international refiner (Antwerp, Rotterdam). USGS listed as one of leading US recovered sulfur producers. Also holds 25% of Tengizchevroil (TCO) in Kazakhstan, making it indirectly a significant producer of high-sulfur crude and associated sulfur. Acquired Pioneer Natural Resources 2024 (~$60B), largest US oil deal since Exxon-Mobil merger.
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10 inputs ExxonMobil supplies
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chemical
Helium (Grade 5.0 / Fiber-Drawing Grade) →
mineral
Helium-rich natural gas feedstock →
chemical
Hexane (extraction solvent) →
energy
Gulf Coast crude oil feedstock (jet fraction) →
energy
Petroleum Coke (Fuel Grade) →
energy
Crude Oil Feedstock →
energy
Natural gas wellhead production →
energy
Natural gas wellhead production →
mineral
Elemental Sulfur (H2SO4 Feedstock) →
energy
Natural Gas (Pipeline-Grade, >95% Methane) →
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Where they make it
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ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery & Petrochemical Complex — Texas →
USBaytown, Harris County, Texas · refinery
ExxonMobil's largest US refinery (560,000 bbl/day capacity). One of the largest refinery-petrochemical complexes in the world. Produces elemental sulfur as mandatory Claus byproduct. Part of the Houston Ship Channel industrial corridor, which is a key node for US sulfur distribution and H2SO4 logistics.
ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery and Chemical Complex (TX) →
USTexas · refinery
Baytown, TX; 584,000 bpd crude oil processing capacity. Largest ExxonMobil US refinery and one of the largest integrated refining-chemical complexes in the world. Produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, lubricants, and petrochemicals. Adjacent ExxonMobil Chemical plant is one of the world's largest ethylene producers. Processes a mix of WTI Permian crude (pipelined), offshore Gulf of Mexico crude, and imported grades. Source: https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/operations/refining
ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery & Chemical Complex →
USTexas · refinery
ExxonMobil Beaumont TX refinery (~366,000 bpd crude capacity); one of the largest refineries in the US Gulf Coast. Produces n-hexane from naphtha fractionation as part of the Chemical Products division output. The Beaumont complex integrates refining and chemical production — naphtha is split into C5, C6, C7 fractions; the C6-dominant fraction yields commercial n-hexane (60-72% n-hexane purity for industrial grade, >85% for food grade). Same facility also produces isohexane, cyclohexane, and methylcyclopentane as co-products. Source: https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/locations/united-states/beaumont-texas
ExxonMobil Corporate HQ — Spring TX →
USTexas · headquarters
Global headquarters since 2022 campus move from Irving, TX.
ExxonMobil Permian Basin Operations (Delaware/Midland Basins) →
USTexas / New Mexico · mine
ExxonMobil's Permian Basin production complex (Delaware and Midland sub-basins) following Pioneer Natural Resources acquisition (2024, ~$60B). Production: 1.3+ million boe/day from Permian alone post-Pioneer. Permian represents ~45% of US domestic crude production — the largest single basin concentration in US energy security. Source: https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/operations/energy-supply/permian-basin
ExxonMobil Permian Basin Operations (TX/NM) →
USTexas · mine
Permian Basin (Delaware and Midland sub-basins, West TX and SE New Mexico); 1.3+ million boe/day production post-Pioneer acquisition (2024). Permian Basin total production ~6.2 million bpd (2024) — ~45% of all US crude production from a single geological formation. Pioneer acquired for ~$60B; ExxonMobil now dominant single Permian Basin operator. Source: https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/operations/energy-supply/permian-basin
ExxonMobil Shute Creek Gas Plant — LaBarge WY →
USWyoming · manufacturing
World's single largest helium production facility; ~20% of global supply. Natural gas at LaBarge contains ~0.6% helium (high by US standards); estimated 80 years of remaining reserves. Processes natural gas for ExxonMobil and sells crude/Grade-A helium under long-term contracts to industrial gas distributors.
ExxonMobil – Shute Creek Gas Plant (LaBarge, Wyoming) →
USWyoming
Single largest helium point source on Earth; up to 1.4 Bcf/yr (~39.6 MMcm/yr, ~20% of global supply). Located in LaBarge Gas Fields, Lincoln/Sublette County border, SW Wyoming. LaBarge gas contains exceptional helium concentrations (0.5–2.7% He by volume; typical wells are ~0.3%). Produces Grade A (99.99%) liquid helium; Grade 6.0 (99.9999%) capability for semiconductor customers. 80-year estimated reserve horizon. Plant closed 2011 for major maintenance, returned 2017. Workforce ~200 employees + 100 contractors. $400M carbon capture investment alongside helium operations.
Marcellus Shale Gas Basin (PA/WV/NY) →
USPennsylvania / West Virginia / New York · mine
Marcellus Shale is the largest single natural gas producing formation in the US — producing ~35 bcf/day (approximately one-third of total US gas production). Extends across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and parts of New York. ExxonMobil/XTO Energy is a major operator alongside CNX Resources, Range Resources, and Coterra Energy. Hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') of horizontal wells through the Marcellus required 2-3 million gallons of water per well and created the shale gas revolution that made the US the world's largest gas producer. Source: https://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/weekly/#tabs-production
US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (TX/LA Salt Caverns) →
USTexas / Louisiana · storage
The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) consists of four underground salt cavern storage sites: Bryan Mound TX, Big Hill TX, West Hackberry LA, and Bayou Choctaw LA. Together these hold ~350-400 million barrels of crude oil (2024 inventory, reduced from ~695 million barrel authorized capacity after 2022 releases). The SPR is the single largest government-owned crude oil stockpile in the world. The Biden administration released ~180 million barrels in 2022 in response to Russia-Ukraine war crude price spikes — the largest SPR drawdown in history. The SPR is not a commercial facility — it is emergency infrastructure — but it sits physically within the Gulf Coast refinery complex and can inject crude directly into the regional pipeline and terminal network. NOTE: facility listed under exxonmobil as placeholder company_id but is DOE-owned infrastructure; added for KG completeness. Source: https://www.energy.gov/ceser/strategic-petroleum-reserve
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Upstream (Oil & Gas Production)
40%Downstream (Refining + Fuels + Chemicals)
35%Low Carbon Solutions (Lithium + CCS)
15%Chemical Products (ExxonMobil Chemical)
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Did you know2023
ExxonMobil is developing commercial-scale lithium production from Smackover Formation brine in southern Arkansas — using direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology applied to subsurface brine that also occurs in the same oil-producing formations where ExxonMobil and peers have drilled for decades. The Smackover Formation contains produced water with 200-450 mg/L lithium concentration. ExxonMobil has acquired leases on approximately 120,000 acres of Arkansas Smackover brine rights and targets production of up to 100,000 MT/year of lithium carbonate equivalent by 2030 — which would make ExxonMobil one of the largest US lithium producers, competitive with Albemarle's Kings Mountain restart. The largest US oil company is entering the lithium supply chain using the same subsurface drilling and brine processing expertise developed for oil and gas extraction. This positions ExxonMobil simultaneously as a major fossil fuel producer (the supply chain being electrified away) AND a major US lithium supplier for the EV batteries doing the electrifying — a strategic hedge that mirrors Umicore's position in both automotive catalysts and EV battery cathode materials.
Exxon Mobil Corporation ↗Concentration2021
ExxonMobil's Shute Creek Gas Plant near LaBarge, Wyoming is the single largest helium production facility on Earth — responsible for approximately 20% of global supply from one plant in a rural Wyoming county. A prolonged shutdown of Shute Creek would trigger the most acute medical helium shortage in history.
Cryogenic Society of America ↗Origin2023
ExxonMobil's corporate lineage traces directly to Standard Oil Trust — John D. Rockefeller's 1870-1911 monopoly that at its peak controlled ~90% of US oil refining. The 1911 Supreme Court breakup of Standard Oil under the Sherman Antitrust Act created 34 successor companies including Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (became Esso, then Exxon) and Standard Oil Company of New York (became Socony-Vacuum, then Mobil). The 1999 Exxon-Mobil merger, valued at ~USD 80 billion at the time, was the largest corporate merger in US history and partially reconstituted two of the largest Standard Oil successors. Antitrust scholars noted the irony: the 1911 Sherman Act breakup, intended to prevent monopoly, yielded successor companies that 88 years later merged back into one of the most significant global energy entities. ExxonMobil's 2024 acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources (~USD 60B) was the largest US oil transaction since the original Exxon-Mobil merger — concentrating Permian Basin shale production in a company whose corporate lineage began in Rockefeller's Standard Oil.
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