The olefins plans are proposed to become users of blue hydrogen from the mega project being developed with ADNOC that will lower the petrochemical site's emissions by capturing 98% of the CO2 produced at the facility.

[7][8] The site has 3 worldscale ethylene cracking plants with the newest being commissioned in 2018 with 1.5 million tons per year of capacity and being fed with purity ethane.

[17] The Baytown site is a union facility with the United Steelworkers Local 13-2001 representing operations, instrument, lab and mechanical employees.

[18] In addition to the USW, three other unions represent workers at the site including: Labor relations have, at times, been contentious at the Baytown refinery.

[23] Two of the injured contract workers have filed a $10 million lawsuit against ExxonMobil and partner Team Industrial Services for unsafe working conditions as of a result of the explosion.

[21] A July 31, 2019 fire in a polymerization unit occurred when a popcorn polymer built up in a line and ruptured, causing a fireball reaching 900 feet into the air.

After a 3 week jury trial, a verdict of responsibility was won for the plaintiffs resulting in $28.5 million in damages for compensation for 5 injured workers.