Lyondellbasell Industries
11 facilities · 4 states · 4.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Lyondellbasell Industries is the reported parent of 11 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 4.5M lbs of toxic releases. 5 of 41 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Texas (3.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Lyondellbasell Industries, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Lyondellbasell Industries: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-20.0%
6 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-21.5%
1.0 million lb → 795.5 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Lyondellbasell Industries's total reported releases fell from 994.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 795.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lyondellbasell Industries's land releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 632 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lyondellbasell Industries's off-site transfers fell from 586.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 436.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lyondellbasell Industries's air releases fell from 408.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 358.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Lyondellbasell Industries from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility; Equistar Chemicals LP; Equistar Chemicals LP - Tuscola Plant; La Porte Syngas Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: tert-Butyl alcohol; Methanol; Propylene; Ethylene; Styrene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Ohio; Illinois. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility; Equistar Chemicals LP; Equistar Chemicals LP - Tuscola Plant; La Porte Syngas Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: tert-Butyl alcohol; Methanol; Propylene; Ethylene; Styrene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Ohio; Illinois. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals.
Lyondellbasell Industries ranks #285 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Lyondellbasell Industries files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility accounts for most of Lyondellbasell Industries's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Lyondellbasell Industries follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Lyondellbasell Industries sits among TRI parents
Lyondellbasell Industries sits on a disclosure ladder beside Targa Resources Corp and Ineos US I Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Targa Resources Corp · rank #283 · 105.5M lbs
- Ineos US I Inc · rank #284 · 94.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Lyondellbasell Industries
tert-Butyl alcohol; Methanol; Propylene; Ethylene; Styrene lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| tert-Butyl alcohol | 1.3M lbs |
| Methanol | 1.2M lbs |
| Propylene | 934.3K lbs |
| Ethylene | 501.0K lbs |
| Styrene | 188.2K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5 | 3.6M lbs |
| Ohio | 3 | 470.4K lbs |
| Illinois | 2 | 373.4K lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 77.6K lbs |
Facilities (11)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility Pasadena, TX | 3.2M lbs |
| Equistar Chemicals LP Fairport Harbor, OH | 398.7K lbs |
| Equistar Chemicals LP - Tuscola Plant Tuscola, IL | 319.6K lbs |
| La Porte Syngas Plant La Porte, TX | 269.9K lbs |
| Equistar Chemicals LP Chocolate Bayou Polymers Plant Alvin, TX | 98.3K lbs |
| Lyondellbasell Advanced Polymers Inc. Plymouth, IN | 77.6K lbs |
| Lyondellbasell Advanced Polymers Inc. Akron, OH | 71.6K lbs |
| Bulk Molding Compounds Inc West Chicago, IL | 53.8K lbs |
| La Porte Methanol Plant La Porte, TX | 29.3K lbs |
| Lyondellbasell Advanced Polymers Inc. Akron, OH | 125 lbs |
| Lyondellbasell Mansfield, TX | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Lyondellbasell Industries on total disclosed release pounds (4.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (11). Release-volume peers include Arauco N.a. Inc, Ppg Industries Inc, Weyerhaeuser Co. Facility-count peers include Ag Processing Inc, American Electric Power, Atlas Roofing Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
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Similar facility count
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Texas, Ohio, Illinois; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Lyondellbasell Industries's TRI parent record
From Lyondellbasell Industries, open Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility or compare against Targa Resources Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Lyondellbasell Industries (Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility in TX). Largest facility
- Compare against Ineos US I Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Lyondellbasell Industries sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Targa Resources Corp, Ineos US I Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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