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Old 06-01-2012, 09:41 AM
 
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Here's an article about ExxonMobil's plan to build a multi-billion dollar chemical plant in Baytown.
Exclusive: Exxon Mobil plans major new chemical plant | Reuters
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Old 06-01-2012, 05:12 PM
 
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LOL. No one has anything to say?????
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Old 06-01-2012, 05:22 PM
 
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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^Probably because Baytown is basically cut off from Houston. It's actually a separate city to the east. And water physically separates the two.

The bulk of Houston's population is west of downtown.

And maybe a lot of us don't work in an industrial refinery setting and so can't relate or much care about this. Bring up the topic of attracting SpaceX, a new biotech company, hospital complex, or white-collar energy complex (rather than a refinery) such as the new development on the north side, and you'll probably have more conversation.
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Old 06-01-2012, 06:18 PM
 
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I understand.
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Old 06-01-2012, 06:19 PM
 
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I'm all for anything that brings more jobs to the Houston area.
Baytown is a huge part of the metro's economy in my opinion. With Exxonmobil, Chevron and Bayer plants all located there.
There are so many jobs directly related to and indirectly related to the presence of those plants in Baytown.
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Old 06-01-2012, 06:30 PM
 
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At least it is more jobs to Houston. Lots of unemployed blue collar people in Houston area that need jobs that a place like this can provide.
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Old 06-01-2012, 06:48 PM
 
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Do you think this will help this area to grow??? (Yall say that this side of town is a little stagnant.)
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Old 06-01-2012, 07:20 PM
 
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Do you think this will help this area to grow??? (Yall say that this side of town is a little stagnant.)
Grow in what sense? Employment, yes... but nobody wants to live near all the chem plants /refineries, so it's not like it's going to be a residential boom to the area or anything.

With natural gas prices so much lower here than abroad, you're going to see a lot of chemical plants going up around here.
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Old 06-01-2012, 09:54 PM
 
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Adding on to existing petro chemical plants happens frequently. These things are great wealth creators but do not add a lot of jobs as automation is king in these plants, but it takes staff to monitor/run it and maintain it and support it just not as much as one might expect for the dollars invested. This is the reason expansions within an existing complex occurs it is very inexpensive capacity from an investment and operating standpoint and hence very profitable investment
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Old 06-02-2012, 07:21 AM
 
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^Probably because Baytown is basically cut off from Houston. It's actually a separate city to the east. And water physically separates the two.

The bulk of Houston's population is west of downtown.

And maybe a lot of us don't work in an industrial refinery setting and so can't relate or much care about this. Bring up the topic of attracting SpaceX, a new biotech company, hospital complex, or white-collar energy complex (rather than a refinery) such as the new development on the north side, and you'll probably have more conversation.

LOL, if they built a Refinery on the West side that would get more conversation than any other complex being built there.
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