Bayway Refinery
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Bayway Refinery is a ConocoPhillips refining facility, located in Elizabeth and Linden, New Jersey. The refinery helps supply petroleum-based products to the New York/New Jersey area, producing approximately 230,000 barrels per day.
In the past, the refinery has been called Esso Refinery, which was later named Exxon Refinery and still refines gasoline for the Exxon brand name.
In late 2003, the refinery came under scrutiny for its high cancer rates among its work population and local residents. As a result, local ABC affiliate WABC-TV (Channel 7), New York, ran a feature about this incident. The refinery has since come under scrutiny by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
2005 Pollution Control Measures Mandated
Due to a lawsuit settlement, ConocoPhillips will take the following actions at Bayway:
- Install a cover on wastewater separator or a new covered separator, and controls, by December 2008. This measure, which will cost at least $8 million, will reduce emissions of VOCs at the treatment unit by 95 percent.
- Install a new fuel gas system by December 2010 to burn cleaner natural gas instead of fuel oil, reducing SO2 emissions by thousands of tons per year. This will cost $28 million to $38 million.
- Install new pollution controls on heaters and boilers by December 2010 at cost of $20 million, reducing annual NOx emissions by approximately 900 tons.
- Enhance pollution controls on a unit that converts crude oil into gasoline by December 2006, reducing annual NOx emissions by approximately 400 tons.
- Reduce emissions of VOCs by implementing an enhanced leak detection and repair program.
- Reduce VOC and acid gas emissions by minimizing flaring, the uncontrolled burning of emissions that bypass controls.
- Audit and reduce toxic benzene emissions.
See also
External links
- [state.nj.us January 27, 2005] "ConocoPhillips to Spend $60 Million to Reduce Pollution at Bayway Refinery"
- [epa.gov PDF]
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