# ExxonMobil expands polypropylene capacity at Baton Rouge plant

ExxonMobil has commenced construction on a polypropylene expansion project at its Baton Rouge Polyolefins Plant in Louisiana, which will add up to 450,000 tons per year of capacity, doubling the site's output. The project is part of the $20 billion Growing the Gulf initiative and involves $449 million in expenditures.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-12-02
- Where: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $449.0M
- Jobs: 45
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 450,000 tons per year
- Products: polypropylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [ExxonMobil](https://endata.com/companies/1345.md)

## Sources

- [bicmagazine.com](https://www.bicmagazine.com/magazine/hamilton-heading-up-expansion-at-exxonmobil-polyolefins-plant/), 2019-12-02: "By 2021, we will have our new polypropylene project construction completed and successfully started up."

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