EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant
Denver City, TX · Parent: Occidental Petroleum Corp
- Total releases
- 255.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant: how the 255.8K lbs splits
255.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 244.3K lbs 95.5%
- Air Releases 11.5K lbs 4.5%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant's 255.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 95.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 4.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-MID
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Denver City, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 119.5K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 255.8K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,835 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. Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant is pounds #304 and chemical-count #446 at 255.8K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Multi-Chem Group Denver City Tx Facility; Championx-Denver City; Oxy Permian - Denver Unit CO2 Recovery Plant; Oxy Permian - Willard Separation Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Big Escambia Creek Gas Plant; Echo Springs Gas Plant; Opal Gas Plant; Andeavor Field Services LLC - Robinson Lake Gas Plant. Other Occidental Petroleum Corp sites in this extract: Occidental Chemical Corp Luling; Occidental Chemical Corp; Occidental Chemical Holding Corp - Geismar Plant; Oxy Vinyls LP Pasadena Pvc Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Benzene; Cyclohexane; Toluene.
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (95.5% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 255.8K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Big Escambia Creek Gas Plant and Echo Springs Gas Plant.
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
256K lbs Top 11% higher than 89% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant inside Yoakum's TRI pounds
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant reports the 27th-largest volume, placing it in the top 8% of its sector. This one site accounts for 69.1% of every pound reported in Yoakum. Scale peers outside Texas include Big Escambia Creek Gas Plant and Echo Springs Gas Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Yoakum's reported pounds (370.5K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant's total reported releases fell from 136.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 119.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant's air releases fell from 7.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant's off-site transfers fell from 129.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 115.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
27.5× more than the comparison
17% more 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 Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 255.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 12% (136.3K lbs to 119.5K lbs).
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 12% 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 | 136.3K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 119.5K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 2 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 92.9K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 79.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cyclohexane | 45.0K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 35.1K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 3.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 705 lbs | - |
| Diethanolamine | 0 lbs | - |
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Multi-Chem Group Denver City Tx Facility, Championx-Denver City, Oxy Permian - Denver Unit CO2 Recovery Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Other Natural Gas Processing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Big Escambia Creek Gas Plant, Echo Springs Gas Plant, Opal Gas Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant on cumulative reported pounds (255.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Glasforms Inc, National Ctr for Toxicological Research, Poet Biorefining - Shell Rock LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- Glasforms Inc Birmingham, AL · Plastics and Rubber 255.8K lbs reported
- National Ctr for Toxicological Research Jefferson, AR · Other 255.8K lbs reported
- Poet Biorefining - Shell Rock LLC Shell Rock, IA · Chemicals 256.2K lbs reported
- Belding Tank Technologies Belding, MI · Plastics and Rubber 255.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Occidental Petroleum Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Occidental Chemical Corp Luling, Occidental Chemical Corp, Occidental Chemical Holding Corp - Geismar Plant.
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, Benzene, Cyclohexane, Toluene; nearby reporters include Multi-Chem Group Denver City Tx Facility. Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID 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 Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Denver City, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 69.1% of Yoakum TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Glasforms Inc (Δ 23 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · 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