GME Overview
Fast Facts
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- The 180,000 bpd expansion will provide the equivalent of 7.5 million gallons of clean transportation fuels each day.
- The GME will grow the refinery to 436,000 barrels per day (bpd), essentially building a new refinery adjacent to the existing one.
- The construction project is one of the largest private sector projects underway in the U.S.
- The expansion will create approximately 200 permanent full-time positions and approximately 75 to 80 permanent full-time contract positions at the refinery.
- During construction the GME will require approximately 2,000 construction workers, with up to 5,000 workers at peak periods.
- It is projected that state and parish sales and use tax revenues will total approximately $60 million during the construction project.