EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery

Westlake, LA · Parent: Phillips 66 Co

Total releases
6.3M lbs
Chemicals reported
38
Carcinogens
12
Primary pathway
Air Releases

MIXED Form-R mix

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery: how the 6.3M lbs splits

6.3M lbs across all reported pathways

  • Air Releases 3.5M lbs 55.1%
  • Water Discharges 2.8M lbs 44.2%
  • Off-site Transfers 41.2K lbs 0.7%
  • Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery's 6.3M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 55.1% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 44.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).

Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds

Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.

HEAVY volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Westlake, LA, in the petroleum sector. It reported 1.1M lbs of releases across 38 chemicals in 2023, and 6.3M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 332 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Louisiana's 417 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery is pounds #21 and chemical-count #20 at 6.3M lbs. Bayer Cropscience LP leads reported pounds (81.9M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #52). Eco-Services Operations leads chemical count at 68 chemicals (163.5K lbs, pounds #136). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Sasol Chemicals (usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex; Louisiana Integrated Polyethylene Jv LLC; Air Products & Chemicals Inc; Tdc LLC - Westlake Plant. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Louisiana: Exxonmobil Oil Corp Joliet Refinery; Ergon Refining Inc; Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant; Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP. Other Phillips 66 Co sites in this extract: Phillips 66 Co Sweeny Refinery Complex; Philllips 66 Co Borger Refinery; Phillips 66 Ponca City Site; Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia; Hydrogen cyanide.

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Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Westlake, LA: 6.3M lbs across 38 chemicals (12 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 55.1%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Exxonmobil Oil Corp Joliet Refinery and Ergon Refining Inc.

#332 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 1.3% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

6.3M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery in the Petroleum sector extract

Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery reports the 15th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.7% of its sector. Scale peers outside Louisiana include Exxonmobil Oil Corp Joliet Refinery and Ergon Refining Inc.

Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.

Annual disclosure change

What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023
  • Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery's total reported releases fell from 1.5 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery's off-site transfers rose from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 28.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery's water releases fell from 796.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 441.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery's air releases fell from 688.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 626.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery Form-R facts

Sector
Petroleum
HEAVY volume
6.3M lbs
MIXED pathway
Air Releases
CARC-LEAN chem count
38 · 12 carc.
Lead chemical
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)

Compare this facility

See how Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery
6.3M lbs
Sasol Chemicals (usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex
2.9M lbs

2.2× more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery
38
Sasol Chemicals (usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex
42

About the same as the comparison

Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.

How does this facility release toxic chemicals?

How Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.3M lbs.

Air Releases 3.5M lbs (55.1%)
Water Discharges 2.8M lbs (44.2%)
Off-site Transfers 41.2K lbs (0.7%)
Land Disposal 0 lbs (<0.1%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 7% (1.2M lbs to 1.1M lbs).

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery: annual Form-R pounds

HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 7% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 1.2M lbs 38
2020 1.1M lbs 38
2021 1.4M lbs 38
2022 1.5M lbs 38
2023 1.1M lbs 38

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 12 of 38 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 2.4M lbs -
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 1.4M lbs -
Ammonia 736.2K lbs -
Hydrogen cyanide 398.0K lbs -
Propylene 263.2K lbs -
n-Hexane 200.4K lbs -
Toluene 142.8K lbs -
Hydrogen sulfide 116.1K lbs -
Ethylene 116.1K lbs -
Xylene (mixed isomers) 107.5K lbs -
Benzene 95.4K lbs Carcinogen
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 59.2K lbs -
Naphthalene 50.8K lbs Carcinogen
Cresol (mixed isomers) 43.2K lbs -
Cyclohexane 42.2K lbs -
Ethylbenzene 28.4K lbs Carcinogen
Zinc compounds 20.5K lbs -
Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds 17.3K lbs Carcinogen
Nickel And Nickel Compounds 16.7K lbs Carcinogen
Biphenyl 10.5K lbs -
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 8.0K lbs Carcinogen
Cumene 5.0K lbs Carcinogen
Tetrachloroethylene 5.0K lbs Carcinogen
Carbon disulfide 4.2K lbs -
Phenol 4.0K lbs -
1,3-Butadiene 3.6K lbs Carcinogen
Carbonyl sulfide 2.6K lbs -
Chlorine 2.2K lbs -
Anthracene 2.1K lbs -
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 2.1K lbs -
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 1.0K lbs -
Styrene 952 lbs Carcinogen
Lead And Lead Compounds 926 lbs -
Vanadium compounds 898 lbs -
Molybdenum trioxide 646 lbs Carcinogen
Phenanthrene 194 lbs -
Mercury And Mercury Compounds 81 lbs -
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 lbs Carcinogen

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery in Calcasieu Parish

Westlake, LA
30.2451, -93.2767
County TRI context
Calcasieu Parish · 6.4% of county pounds
Parent company
Phillips 66 Co

Compare beyond Louisiana

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery on cumulative reported pounds (6.3M lbs) and distinct chemical count (38). Release-pound peers include Nucor Steel Hertford County, Merom Generating Station, Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn. Chemical-count peers include Monroe Energy Llc-Trainer Refinery, Ohio Refining Co, Par Montana Billings Refinery. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

About TRI Data

Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.

On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Ammonia, Hydrogen cyanide; nearby reporters include Sasol Chemicals (usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex. Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery stamps HEAVY volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.

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This Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Westlake, LA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324110 · Petroleum. 6.4% of Calcasieu Parish TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Nucor Steel Hertford County (Δ 256 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 55.1%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. Corrections: editorial policy.

All federal data sources used on this page
  • EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
  • EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
  • EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
  • EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
  • EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov