EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Preakness Gas Plant
Van Horn, TX · Parent: Marathon Petroleum Corp
- Total releases
- 135.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Preakness Gas Plant: how the 135.8K lbs splits
135.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 106.3K lbs 78.2%
- Air Releases 29.5K lbs 21.8%
Preakness Gas Plant's 135.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 78.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 21.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers).
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
Preakness Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Van Horn, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 34.9K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 135.8K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,949 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. Preakness Gas Plant is pounds #390 and chemical-count #268 at 135.8K 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: Diamond Cryo; US Cbp Marfa Border Patrol Sm Arms Range #TX13811; East Toyah Gas Processing Plant; Red Bluff Gas Processing Plant. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Occidental - North Hobbs Unit Rcf & Wib; Zia II Gas Plant; 50 Buttes; Geismar Fractination 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: Xylene (mixed isomers); Naphthalene; Toluene; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
Preakness Gas Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (78.2% off-site transfers) across 10 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 135.8K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Occidental - North Hobbs Unit Rcf & Wib and Zia II Gas Plant.
Preakness Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
136K lbs Top 15% higher than 85% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Preakness Gas Plant inside Culberson's TRI pounds
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Preakness Gas Plant reports the 39th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.5% of its sector. This one site accounts for 35.5% of every pound reported in Culberson. Scale peers outside Texas include Occidental - North Hobbs Unit Rcf & Wib and Zia II Gas Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Culberson's reported pounds (382.4K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Preakness Gas Plant's total reported releases fell from 100.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 34.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Preakness Gas Plant's air releases fell from 25.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Preakness Gas Plant's off-site transfers fell from 75.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 31.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Preakness Gas Plant's chemicals reported fell from 10 in 2022 to 7 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Preakness Gas Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Preakness Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 135.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 65% (100.9K lbs to 34.9K lbs).
Preakness Gas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Preakness Gas Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 65% 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 100.9K lbs | 10 |
| 2023 | 34.9K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 4 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 54.5K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 36.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 17.3K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 9.2K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 8.0K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 4.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 3.2K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 1.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cumene | 916 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cyclohexane | 0 lbs | - |
Preakness Gas Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Preakness Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Diamond Cryo, US Cbp Marfa Border Patrol Sm Arms Range #TX13811, East Toyah Gas Processing 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. Occidental - North Hobbs Unit Rcf & Wib, Zia II Gas Plant, 50 Buttes.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Preakness Gas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (135.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Kamtek Inc., Sumiriko Tennessee - Tazewell, Abbott Nutrition. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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 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 Xylene (mixed isomers), Naphthalene, Toluene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; nearby reporters include Diamond Cryo. Preakness Gas 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 Preakness Gas Plant TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Preakness Gas Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Van Horn, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 35.5% of Culberson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Kamtek Inc. (Δ 27 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Preakness Gas Plant stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · lead Xylene (mixed isomers). 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