Baytown, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Economy == [[File:Sunrise Texas.jpg|thumb|Baytown Refinery]] The centerpieces of Baytown's economies are three industrial districts the city has created, all outside the city limits but within its [[extra-territorial jurisdiction]]. These districts primarily support petroleum and petrochemical processing. The anchors of the business community are [[ExxonMobil]], [[Covestro]], and [[Chevron Phillips]]. The ExxonMobil Baytown Complex, founded in 1919, is one of the world's largest industrial complexes.<ref name="Economic Development">{{cite web |url = http://global.cushmanwakefield.com/en/news/2014/12/cedar-crossing-houston/|title = Economic Development|publisher = Cushman & Wakefield|access-date = September 4, 2015}}</ref> The [[Baytown Refinery]] located there is the largest in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/rankings/refineries.htm | title=U.S. Refineries* Operable Capacity | publisher=Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration |date=July 2008}}</ref> The Covestro (former [[Bayer]] MaterialScience) Baytown Industrial Park is the largest of Covestro's U.S. chemical processing sites producing a variety of petrochemical products. The [[Cedar Bayou plant]], in operation since 1963, is Chevron Phillips Chemical's largest manufacturing site in the United States.{{Clarify|date=February 2017|reason=Missing words here}} It is a newer and growing industrial district which is quickly acquiring new tenants such as [[Jindal Steel and Power Limited]] and [[Samson AG|Samson Controls]].<ref name="Economic Development"/> In addition to the heavy industry in the business community, Baytown is home to the Cedar Crossing Industrial Park. With a total expanse of 15,000 acres, Cedar Crossing Industrial Park is considered the world's fifth largest [[industrial park]] and the largest on the Gulf Coast. Cedar Crossing has attracted many top-tier companies with significant operations, including [[Home Depot]]'s 755,000-square-foot distribution hub, [[Walmart]]'s 4.2 million-square-foot import center (their largest in the U.S.), JSW Steel's plate and pipe manufacturing facilities, and [[Borusan|Borusan Mannesmann]]'s $148 million steel pipe manufacturing facility. Other occupants include [[Exel]], [[S&B Engineers]], [[National Oilwell]], [[GE Water]], [[TMK-IPSCO]], [[Century Asphalt]], [[Samson Controls]], and [[LS Energy Fabrication]].<ref name="Economic Development"/> {{As of|2006}}, the largest taxpayers in the city were ExxonMobil Company, CenterPoint Energy, [[Verizon Southwest]], [[Wal-Mart Stores]], Inc., [[Continental Airlines]], Inc., [[Valero Marketing & Supply]], [[Car Son Bay]] LP, [[Memorial NW Pavilion Trust]], [[Camden Property Trust]], and [[LCY Elastomers]] LP.<ref name="Economic Development"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page