Valero Energy Corp
40 facilities · 16 states · 46.1M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Valero Energy Corp is the reported parent of 40 Form R facilities across 16 states, disclosing 46.1M lbs of toxic releases. 20 of 854 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Texas (35.2M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Valero Energy Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Valero Energy Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+2.5%
35 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+2.5%
8.9 million lb → 9.1 million 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.
- Valero Energy Corp's total reported releases rose from 8.9 million lb in 2022 to 9.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Valero Energy Corp's land releases rose from 962.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Valero Energy Corp's air releases fell from 3.6 million lb in 2022 to 3.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Valero Energy Corp's water releases fell from 4.2 million lb in 2022 to 4.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Valero Energy Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Valero Refining-Texas LP; Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP; Valero Refining-Texas LP Corpus Christi West Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc; Republic Services Inc; Exxon Mobil Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Hydrogen cyanide; Ammonia; n-Hexane; Toluene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Louisiana; California. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Petroleum; 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: Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Valero Refining-Texas LP; Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP; Valero Refining-Texas LP Corpus Christi West Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc; Republic Services Inc; Exxon Mobil Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Hydrogen cyanide; Ammonia; n-Hexane; Toluene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Louisiana; California. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Petroleum; Chemicals; Petroleum Bulk Terminals.
Valero Energy Corp ranks #43 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Valero Energy Corp spans 16 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Valero Energy Corp's disclosed pounds are spread across 40 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Valero Energy Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc; Republic Services Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Valero Energy Corp sits among TRI parents
Valero Energy Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Targa Resources Corp and Ineos US I Inc and Republic Services Inc and Exxon Mobil Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Targa Resources Corp · rank #41 · 105.5M lbs
- Ineos US I Inc · rank #42 · 94.2M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Republic Services Inc · rank #44 · 34.6M lbs
- Exxon Mobil Corp · rank #45 · 32.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Valero Energy Corp
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Hydrogen cyanide; Ammonia; n-Hexane; Toluene lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 21.6M lbs |
| Hydrogen cyanide | 7.9M lbs |
| Ammonia | 3.0M lbs |
| n-Hexane | 1.7M lbs |
| Toluene | 1.3M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 11 | 35.2M lbs |
| Louisiana | 5 | 3.9M lbs |
| California | 4 | 3.7M lbs |
| Tennessee | 2 | 1.1M lbs |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 729.2K lbs |
| Iowa | 5 | 504.7K lbs |
| Indiana | 3 | 341.3K lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 135.5K lbs |
| Minnesota | 1 | 119.7K lbs |
| South Dakota | 1 | 113.6K lbs |
| Arkansas | 1 | 105.6K lbs |
| Nebraska | 1 | 87.9K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 11.9K lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 7.0K lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 4.0K lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 129 lbs |
Facilities (40)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Valero Energy Corp on total disclosed release pounds (46.1M lbs) and reporting facility count (40). Release-volume peers include Cargill Inc, American Electric Power, Xcel Energy. Facility-count peers include Airgas Inc, Eaton Corp, US Department of Justice. 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, Louisiana, California; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Valero Energy Corp's TRI parent record
From Valero Energy Corp, open Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery or compare against Targa Resources Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Valero Energy Corp (Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery 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 Valero Energy Corp 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
Valero Energy Corp'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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