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Overview of Crude Units. Crude units are the first units that process petroleum in any refinery. There objective is to. separate the mixture into several fractions like naphtha, kerosene, diesel and gas oil. A. schematic diagram of an atmospheric crude fractionation unit is shown in Figure 1-1. Crude. water.
The Los Angeles plant is one of Exxon's four refineries in the United States that do not have an adjacent chemical plant. A second, in Chalmette, Louisiana, which Exxon operates jointly with Petroleos de Venezuela, is currently on the block. The other two refineries that are not integrated are located in Joliet, Illinois, and Billings, Montana, and process North American crude oil. As a matter of practice, we do not comment on market speculation or rumor, said Todd Spitler, a spokesman for Exxon Mobil.