Exxon Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery preparing to run Venezuelan oil, sources say

HOUSTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil XOM.N is preparing to run Venezuelan crude oil at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery, people familiar with plant operations said.

The 522,500 barrel-per-day Baton Rouge refinery previously ran Venezuelan heavy sour crude, but has not since sanctions were imposed on Venezuela, the sources said.

An Exxon spokesperson was not immediately available to comment.