At ExxonMobil, we prioritize the security and health of our employees, our customers and the public. Our commitment to safety isn’t a slogan – it’s a core value that drives every decision we make, from the boardroom to the field.
In Louisiana, we support more than 6,000 direct and contract jobs across our Baton Rouge Complex and pipeline operations across 36 parishes. Every one of those team members continually evaluates our processes and performance to ensure we’re doing our part to protect ourselves, each other and the members of the communities we serve and work alongside.
Leading in Personnel Safety
Care for our ExxonMobil team is foundational to what we do each and every day. ExxonMobil continuously refines work protocols and develops internationally-recognized best practices – all in support of our mission to be the leading operator in our industry.
In 2023 and 2024, ExxonMobil maintained industry-leading personnel safety performance with a Lost Time Incident Rates far below upstream industry and U.S. refining and chemical industry benchmarks. But best in class doesn’t mean we’ll stop improving.
ExxonMobil has long embedded safety into our culture, reinforced by leadership, standards, practices and experience. An integrated framework of systems, processes, tools and behaviors designed to eliminate injuries and fatalities supports this commitment.
Central to this framework is our Personnel Safety Management System (PSMS), which helps team members at all levels proactively learn from their work, build and validate their safety capacity, drive effective safety engagement. At ExxonMobil, everyone is encouraged to be safety leaders no matter where they work. It all ties back to our core value of Care.
Protecting our Communities
In addition to implementing best-practice safety and design standards, ExxonMobil helps protect our communities by equipping and preparing first responders across our pipeline network.
To ensure first responders have the tools and training they need, ExxonMobil invested $50,000 and donated more than $500,000 worth of training and curriculum materials to found the Louisiana Pipeline Emergency Training Program in Baton Rouge in 2025. The program, the first of its kind in Louisiana, is a partnership led by the Louisiana State Fire and Emergency Training Academy and River Parishes Community College.
Participants in the training program receive free education in pipeline terminology, equipment, operations and hazards, followed by hands-on field exercises.
Across its operating CO2 pipeline system, ExxonMobil is also providing specialized safety training for more than 300 first responders from Ascension, Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Franklin, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, St. James, St. Landry, St. Mary and Vermilion parishes.
“We’re proud to work alongside FETA and RPCC to make world-class CO₂ emergency training available right here in Louisiana, helping to ensure every firefighter, from urban departments to rural parishes, has access to the tools and skills needed to respond safely and effectively,” said Brian Carlin, CO₂ Operations Manager at ExxonMobil.
Keeping Pipelines Safe
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, which operates thousands of miles of pipelines carrying critical products to consumers and businesses in Louisiana, shares in our mission to support a culture that ensures a clear and simple objective: Nobody Gets Hurt. This goal extends to our neighbors and those who live and work near our pipelines and facilities.
Safety isn’t just prioritized through our actions, but also in our machinery and infrastructure. In order to continuously maintain the integrity and reliability of our pipelines and facilities, we rigorously test and analyze our infrastructure to determine the correct maintenance procedures. This ranges from additional testing and monitoring to minor repairs or even pipe replacements.
ExxonMobil owns and operates approximately 1,300 miles of CO2 pipeline – the largest CO2 pipeline network in the U.S. These types of pipelines have operated in the United States for more than 50 years. Today, approximately 5,200 miles of CO2 pipelines safely transport about 68 million tons of CO2 per year throughout the nation.
The federal safety data about CO2 pipelines is clear: incidents are rare and declining on a per-mile basis. From 2000 to 2024, the average yearly CO2 pipeline incident rate was less than 0.002 incidents per pipeline mile – a rate well below that of other pipelines, including natural gas pipelines. In addition, CO2 pipeline releases typically result in relatively minor impacts.
As interest grows in CO2 infrastructure for enhanced oil recovery and storage, ExxonMobil will continue to uphold high standards and pursue continual improvement of safety across all of our operations – it’s what we do.
Industry Recognitions Demonstrate Excellence
ExxonMobil is a proud multiple-time recipient of the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care Company of the Year Award, most recently in 2025. This recognition has been given for outstanding leadership and performance in environmental, health and safety stewardship and dedication to continual improvement.
We have also received the American Petroleum Institute’s Distinguished Pipeline Safety Award for the last three years.
From the systems that guide daily operations to the partnerships that strengthen emergency preparedness across Louisiana, ExxonMobil continues to invest in people, infrastructure and collaborations to reduce risk and protect communities. Industry awards affirm our progress, but the ultimate measure of success remains consistent positive performance and an unwavering focus on doing the right thing, every day, in every place we operate.
