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The Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery ( Bayway ) is the largest operating refinery on the East Coast of the United States , operating for over 100 years ,” begins Donald Susanen , General Manager , Bayway Refinery , Phillips 66 . “ Our vision is to be the region ’ s top-performing refinery admired for our performance and people , as well as our commitment to the community .” Located on the New York Harbor in Linden , Bayway is a key asset to the State of New Jersey . Its large crude unit processes mainly light , low sulfur crude oil . It ’ s also home to one of the world ’ s largest fluid catalytic cracking units , enabling the refinery to produce enough gasoline to meet more than half of New Jersey ’ s annual demand .
“ The Bayway complex includes hydrodesulfurization units , a naphtha reformer and alkylation unit . The refinery operation produces transportation fuels in addition to gasoline , including diesel fuels , jet fuel , as well as petrochemical feedstocks , residual fuel oil and home heating oil . The refined products are distributed to customers primarily on the East Coast via barges , trucks , pipeline , and rail cars . In addition , Bayway owns and operates a polypropylene plant that can produce up to 775 million pounds of plastic pellets each year . The polypropylene production process enables numerous product variations and is used in everyday consumer items such as plastic bottles , food containers , outdoor furniture , medical supplies , food wrap , snap packaging , cell phone covers and much more .”
Donald studied business at Pennsylvania State University and entered the industry as an entry-level operator with a privately owned company in the petrochemicals industry . “ After several years of operating experience ,” he continues , “ I was able to transition into management roles and support an expanding business by helping lead a new facility start up , eventually becoming production manager . Today , I leverage those
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