Shell Oil Company — Plants in Mississippi

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were exposed to asbestos while working at Shell Oil Company plants in Mississippi. This page documents the Mississippi portion of Shell Oil Company’s multi-state operations. For the full corporate summary and plants in other states, see the Shell Oil Company manufacturer page.

Premises Description

Shell Oil Company (the U.S. subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell; today Shell USA, Inc.; founded in the U.S. 1912; headquartered Houston TX) was through the 20th century one of the principal U.S. integrated oil majors. Shell operated through the asbestos era U.S. refining and petrochemical sites including:

  • Deer Park Complex (Deer Park TX) — flagship Houston-area refinery and chemical plant (the refinery was sold to Pemex 2021; chemical plant remains Shell)
  • Norco Refinery (Norco LA) — major Mississippi River refinery and chemical plant
  • Wood River Refinery (Roxana IL) — Mid-Continent refinery (sold to WRB Refining/Phillips 66 2007)
  • Anacortes Refinery (Anacortes WA) — Pacific Northwest (sold to Tesoro 1998)
  • Martinez Refinery (Martinez CA) — Bay Area refinery (sold to Tesoro 2000)
  • Wilmington Refinery (Wilmington CA) — Los Angeles Basin refinery (sold to Tesoro 2007)
  • Geismar LA — chemical plant
  • Mobile AL, Bayport TX, Garyville LA — additional petrochemical operations

The Shell Deer Park TX and Shell Wood River IL complexes are among the most heavily-litigated U.S. refinery premises defendants given their scale and continuous asbestos-era operations.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Shell Oil Company — as premises owner of its U.S. refining and petrochemical operations — exposed its refinery operator workforce (OCAW/USW representation) and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos.

Shell Oil Company has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

  • OCAW / USW refinery operators at Shell refineries
  • Refinery pipefitters (UA Local members) — including UA Local 211 Houston at Deer Park, UA Local 198 Baton Rouge / UA Local 60 New Orleans at Norco, UA Local 60 St. Louis at Wood River
  • Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on Shell construction and turnaround crews
  • Refinery boilermakers (IBB Local members) at Shell refineries
  • Construction-trade workforces on Shell EPC projects

If You Worked at a Shell Refinery or Petrochemical Plant

If you worked at a Shell Oil Company refinery or petrochemical plant during the asbestos era — including at Deer Park TX, Norco LA, Wood River IL, Anacortes WA, Martinez CA, Wilmington CA, or any other Shell site — as a Shell employee or as a dispatched contractor trade worker — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness, you may have legal rights.

Free, confidential case evaluation: Speak with O’Brien Law Firm — (314) 936-2956