Shell Petroleum Inc
19 facilities · 13 states · 3.4M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Shell Petroleum Inc is the reported parent of 19 Form R facilities across 13 states, disclosing 3.4M lbs of toxic releases. 20 of 273 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Texas (2.3M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Shell Petroleum Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Shell Petroleum Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+36.6%
16 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+37.2%
607.9 thousand lb → 834.2 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Shell Petroleum Inc's total reported releases rose from 607.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 830.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Shell Petroleum Inc's off-site transfers rose from 108.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 300.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Shell Petroleum Inc's land releases fell from 26 lb in 2022 to 1 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Shell Petroleum Inc's water releases fell from 39.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Shell Petroleum Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Shell Chemical LP; Shell Catalysts & Technologies - Pittsburg; Equilon Carson Terminal; Shell Chemical LP - Martinez Catalyst Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Molybdenum trioxide; Ethylene; Propylene; Cumene; Toluene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; California; New Jersey. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Petroleum Bulk Terminals. 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: Shell Chemical LP; Shell Catalysts & Technologies - Pittsburg; Equilon Carson Terminal; Shell Chemical LP - Martinez Catalyst Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Molybdenum trioxide; Ethylene; Propylene; Cumene; Toluene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; California; New Jersey. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Petroleum Bulk Terminals.
Shell Petroleum Inc ranks #341 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Shell Petroleum Inc spans 13 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Shell Petroleum Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 19 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Shell Petroleum Inc 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 Shell Petroleum Inc sits among TRI parents
Shell Petroleum Inc 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 #339 · 105.5M lbs
- Ineos US I Inc · rank #340 · 94.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Shell Petroleum Inc
Molybdenum trioxide; Ethylene; Propylene; Cumene; Toluene lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Shell Chemical LP. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum trioxide | 438.0K lbs |
| Ethylene | 407.7K lbs |
| Propylene | 337.7K lbs |
| Cumene | 310.5K lbs |
| Toluene | 284.3K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1 | 2.3M lbs |
| California | 6 | 816.4K lbs |
| New Jersey | 2 | 102.2K lbs |
| Connecticut | 1 | 31.9K lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 23.9K lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 21.2K lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 18.9K lbs |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 15.3K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 10.7K lbs |
| Oregon | 1 | 10.1K lbs |
| New York | 1 | 9.2K lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 6.6K lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (19)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Shell Petroleum Inc on total disclosed release pounds (3.4M lbs) and reporting facility count (19). Release-volume peers include Albemarle Corp, Foster Poultry Farms, The Sherwin-Williams Co. Facility-count peers include Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC, Ecolab Inc, Gcc of America. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Texas, California, New Jersey; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Shell Petroleum Inc's TRI parent record
From Shell Petroleum Inc, open Shell Chemical LP or compare against Targa Resources Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Shell Petroleum Inc (Shell Chemical LP 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 Shell Petroleum Inc 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
Shell Petroleum Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
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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