EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant
Sayre, OK · Parent: Marathon Petroleum Corp
- Total releases
- 8.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant: how the 8.9K lbs splits
8.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 8.9K lbs 100.0%
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant's 8.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sayre, OK, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 8.9K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 10,050 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Oklahoma's 350 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Buffalo Creek Processing Plant is pounds #178 and chemical-count #183 at 8.9K lbs. International Paper Co leads reported pounds (28.8M lbs) at 21 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Clean Harbors Lone Mountain LLC Lone Mountain Facility leads chemical count at 51 chemicals (15.9M lbs, pounds #3). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Canute Gas Processing Plant; Western Marketing; Roger Mills Gas Processing Plant; Arapaho Gas Processing Plt. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Oklahoma: Discovery Producer Services: Paradis Fractionator; Williams Ohio Valley Midstream - Fort Beeler Gas Processing; Bucking Horse Plant; Red Wing Creek II Gas Plant. Other Marathon Petroleum Corp sites in this extract: Blanchard Refining Co LLC; Marathon Petroleum Co LP; Marathon Mandan Refinery; Catlettsburg Refining LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Methanol; 1,3-Butadiene.
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 8.9K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Discovery Producer Services: Paradis Fractionator and Williams Ohio Valley Midstream - Fort Beeler Gas Processing.
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.9K lbs Top 39% higher than 61% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant inside Beckham's TRI pounds
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Buffalo Creek Processing Plant reports the 241st-largest volume (8.9K lbs). This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Beckham. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Oklahoma include Discovery Producer Services: Paradis Fractionator and Williams Ohio Valley Midstream - Fort Beeler Gas Processing.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Beckham's reported pounds (8.9K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Buffalo Creek Processing Plant's total reported releases fell from 8.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buffalo Creek Processing Plant's air releases fell from 8.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buffalo Creek Processing Plant's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant Form-R facts
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3.9× more than the comparison
25% less than 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 Buffalo Creek Processing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (8.9K lbs to 0 lbs).
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Buffalo Creek Processing Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2022 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: n-Hexane.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 8.9K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
| 1,3-Butadiene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Buffalo Creek Processing Plant
Closest other reporters in Oklahoma - including Canute Gas Processing Plant, Western Marketing, Roger Mills Gas Processing Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 349 other reporting facilities in Oklahoma.
Similar Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Other Natural Gas Processing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Oklahoma - e.g. Discovery Producer Services: Paradis Fractionator, Williams Ohio Valley Midstream - Fort Beeler Gas Processing, Bucking Horse Plant.
Compare beyond Oklahoma
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Buffalo Creek Processing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (8.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Bodycote Thermal Processing, US Cbp Boulevard Border Patrol Station #CA11560, Discovery Producer Services: Paradis Fractionator. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Bodycote Thermal Processing Worcester, MA · Fabricated Metals 8.9K lbs reported
- US Cbp Boulevard Border Patrol Station #CA11560 Boulevard, CA · Other 8.9K lbs reported
- Discovery Producer Services: Paradis Fractionator Paradis, LA · Natural Gas Processing 8.9K lbs reported
- Paulo - St. Louis Saint Louis, MO · Fabricated Metals 8.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Marathon Petroleum Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Blanchard Refining Co LLC, Marathon Petroleum Co LP, Marathon Mandan Refinery.
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 n-Hexane, Methanol, 1,3-Butadiene; nearby reporters include Canute Gas Processing Plant. Buffalo Creek Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Buffalo Creek Processing Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sayre, OK, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 100% of Beckham TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bodycote Thermal Processing (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Buffalo Creek Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. 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