Murphy Oil / Amerada Hess / Hess Corporation — 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 Murphy Oil / Amerada Hess / Hess Corporation plants in Mississippi. This page documents the Mississippi portion of Murphy Oil / Amerada Hess / Hess Corporation’s multi-state operations. For the full corporate summary and plants in other states, see the Murphy Oil / Amerada Hess / Hess Corporation manufacturer page.

Premises Description

Murphy Oil Corporation (founded 1907, headquartered El Dorado AR; today an independent E&P company after 2013 downstream spin-off as Murphy USA) and Hess Corporation (founded 1933 as Amerada Petroleum, headquartered New York NY; today an independent E&P company after 2013 refining exit) operated through the asbestos era U.S. refining and petroleum operations including:

Murphy Oil:

  • Meraux Refinery (Meraux LA) — Louisiana refinery (sold to Valero 2011)
  • Superior Refinery (Superior WI) — Great Lakes refinery (sold to Calumet 2018, later Husky/Cenovus)
  • El Dorado AR — corporate operations
  • Milford Haven UK — international operations

Amerada Hess / Hess:

  • Port Reading Refinery (Port Reading NJ) — New Jersey refinery (closed 2013)
  • St. Croix Refinery (Hovensa, US Virgin Islands) — 50/50 JV with PDVSA (closed 2012)
  • Purvis MS, Woodbridge NJ — additional operations
  • Corporate operations New York NY

Each operated continuously through the asbestos era with extensive asbestos-containing refinery infrastructure.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Murphy Oil / Hess Corporation — as premises owner — exposed refinery operator workforce and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos.

Murphy Oil / Hess Corporation / Amerada Hess 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 Murphy / Hess refineries
  • Refinery pipefitters (UA Local members) working Murphy / Hess turnarounds
  • Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on Murphy / Hess construction and turnaround crews
  • Refinery boilermakers (IBB Local members) at Murphy / Hess refineries

If You Worked at a Murphy Oil / Hess / Amerada Refinery

If you worked at a Murphy Oil Corporation, Hess Corporation, or Amerada Hess refinery during the asbestos era — at Meraux LA, Superior WI, Port Reading NJ, Hovensa St. Croix, or any other site — as an 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