EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant
Corpus Christi, TX · Parent: Pdv Holding Inc.
- Total releases
- 5.7M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 33
- Carcinogens
- 10
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant: how the 5.7M lbs splits
5.7M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.0M lbs 52.9%
- Off-site Transfers 1.7M lbs 29.5%
- Water Discharges 1.0M lbs 17.6%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant's 5.7M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 52.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 29.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen cyanide.
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
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Corpus Christi, TX, in the petroleum sector. It reported 2.1M lbs of releases across 31 chemicals in 2023, and 5.7M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 377 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant is pounds #40 and chemical-count #47 at 5.7M lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC - East Plant; American Chrome & Chemicals Inc; Tdc Llc-Corpus Christi Plant; Magellan Processing L.P.. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Texas: Ergon Refining Inc; Exxonmobil Oil Corp Joliet Refinery; Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery; Martinez Refining Co LLC. Other Pdv Holding Inc. sites in this extract: Citgo Petroleum Corp; Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co Lp-West Plant; Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co Lp-Deep Sea Terminal; Citgo Petroleum Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen cyanide; n-Hexane; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Diethanolamine.
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Corpus Christi, TX: 5.7M lbs across 33 chemicals (10 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 52.9%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ergon Refining Inc and Exxonmobil Oil Corp Joliet Refinery.
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.7M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant in the Petroleum sector extract
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant reports the 18th-largest volume, placing it in the top 2% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Ergon Refining Inc and Exxonmobil Oil Corp Joliet Refinery.
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
- Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant's total reported releases rose from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 2.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant's off-site transfers rose from 382.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant's air releases rose from 584.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 676.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant's water releases fell from 204.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 198.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant Form-R facts
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See how Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
3.7× more than the comparison
15% less than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.7M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 152% (838.0K lbs to 2.1M lbs).
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 152% 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: Hydrogen cyanide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 838.0K lbs | 31 |
| 2020 | 844.0K lbs | 31 |
| 2021 | 751.9K lbs | 31 |
| 2022 | 1.2M lbs | 31 |
| 2023 | 2.1M lbs | 31 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 10 of 33 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant in Nueces
Nearest TRI Facilities to Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC - East Plant, American Chrome & Chemicals Inc, Tdc Llc-Corpus Christi Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Ergon Refining Inc, Exxonmobil Oil Corp Joliet Refinery, Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant on cumulative reported pounds (5.7M lbs) and distinct chemical count (33). Release-pound peers include Titanium Metals Corp, Westrock Longview LLC, Westrock Cp LLC. Chemical-count peers include Paulsboro Refining Co LLC, Ppg Industriesinc-Springdale Complex, International Paper Georgetown Mill. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Pdv Holding Inc. Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Citgo Petroleum Corp, Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co Lp-West Plant, Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co Lp-Deep Sea Terminal.
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 Hydrogen cyanide, n-Hexane, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Diethanolamine; nearby reporters include Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC - East Plant. Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant 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.
Use and verify this record
This Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen cyanide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Corpus Christi, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324110 · Petroleum. 9.6% of Nueces TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Titanium Metals Corp (Δ 5.2K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co LP East Plant stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 52.9%). 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