EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant
Clairemont, TX · Parent: Occidental Petroleum Corp
- Total releases
- 66.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant: how the 66.2K lbs splits
66.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 59.8K lbs 90.3%
- Air Releases 6.4K lbs 9.7%
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant's 66.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 90.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 9.7%. 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.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Clairemont, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 4.2K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 66.2K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,501 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. Salt Creek Field Gas Plant is pounds #526 and chemical-count #542 at 66.2K 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: Solvay USA Inc (snyder); CO2 Extraction Plant; Musket Colorado City Crude Injection Station; Gold Bond Building Products - Rotan. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Cotton Valley Gas Plant; Wattenberg Gas Plant/ Anadarko Dj Gas Processing LLC; Rose Valley Plant; Black River Processing 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; Cyclohexane; Benzene; Methanol.
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (90.3% off-site transfers) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 66.2K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cotton Valley Gas Plant and Wattenberg Gas Plant/ Anadarko Dj Gas Processing LLC.
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
66K lbs Top 21% higher than 79% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant inside Kent's TRI pounds
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Salt Creek Field Gas Plant reports the 78th-largest volume, placing it in the top 23% of its sector. This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Kent. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 61.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Cotton Valley Gas Plant and Wattenberg Gas Plant/ Anadarko Dj Gas Processing LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Kent's reported pounds (66.2K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Salt Creek Field Gas Plant's total reported releases fell from 62.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Salt Creek Field Gas Plant's off-site transfers fell from 59.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Salt Creek Field Gas Plant's air releases rose from 2.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant Form-R facts
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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 Salt Creek Field Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 66.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 93% (62.0K lbs to 4.2K lbs).
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Salt Creek Field Gas Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 93% 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 | 62.0K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 4.2K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 40.9K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 17.0K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 5.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 1.8K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 1.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Salt Creek Field Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Solvay USA Inc (snyder), CO2 Extraction Plant, Musket Colorado City Crude Injection Station, 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. Cotton Valley Gas Plant, Wattenberg Gas Plant/ Anadarko Dj Gas Processing LLC, Rose Valley Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Salt Creek Field Gas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (66.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Marathon Dickinson Refinery, United Wisconsin Grain Producers, American Trim. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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 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, Cyclohexane, Benzene, Methanol; nearby reporters include Solvay USA Inc (snyder). Salt Creek Field Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Salt Creek Field Gas Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Clairemont, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 100% of Kent TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Marathon Dickinson Refinery (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Salt Creek Field Gas Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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