EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Shell Lubricant
Galena Park, TX · Parent: Shell Oil Products US
- Total releases
- 17.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Shell Lubricant: how the 17.2K lbs splits
17.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 17.2K lbs 99.9%
- Water Discharges 15 lbs 0.1%
Shell Lubricant's 17.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Shell Lubricant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Galena Park, TX, in the petroleum sector. It reported 144 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 17.2K lbs in total across its 2021-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,587 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. Shell Lubricant is pounds #829 and chemical-count #1579 at 17.2K 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: Sopus Products; Texmark Chemicals Inc; World Energy Biox Biofuels; Kinder Morgan Crude & Condensate LLC. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Texas: Quaker Houghton; Daubert Chemical Co; Building Materials Manufacturing LLC; Polyglass USA Inc. Other Shell Oil Products US sites in this extract: Convent Refinery; Shell Fowlerville; Pennzoil-Quaker State (dba Sopus Products); Pennzoil-Quaker State Co (dba Sopus Products Lalp). Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Shell Lubricant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 17.2K lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Quaker Houghton and Daubert Chemical Co.
Shell Lubricant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
17K lbs Top 33% higher than 67% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Shell Lubricant: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Shell Lubricant reports the 208th-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Quaker Houghton and Daubert Chemical Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Shell Lubricant's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Shell Lubricant's total reported releases fell from 13.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 144 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Shell Lubricant's off-site transfers fell from 13.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 144 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Shell Lubricant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Shell Lubricant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 17.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2023, total releases decreased by 96% (4.0K lbs to 144 lbs).
Shell Lubricant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Shell Lubricant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 96% from 2021 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 13.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 144 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 17.2K lbs | - |
Shell Lubricant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Shell Lubricant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Sopus Products, Texmark Chemicals Inc, World Energy Biox Biofuels, 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. Quaker Houghton, Daubert Chemical Co, Building Materials Manufacturing LLC.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Shell Lubricant on cumulative reported pounds (17.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Mpi Engineered Technologies LLC, Tesoro Marine Terminal 2, Luvata Appleton LLC. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Mpi Engineered Technologies LLC Deerfield, WI · Transportation Equipment 17.2K lbs reported
- Tesoro Marine Terminal 2 Long Beach, CA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 17.2K lbs reported
- Luvata Appleton LLC Kimberly, WI · Primary Metals 17.2K lbs reported
- Gcp Applied Technologies Inc Bedford Park, IL · Chemicals 17.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Shell Oil Products US Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Convent Refinery, Shell Fowlerville, Pennzoil-Quaker State (dba Sopus Products).
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 Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Sopus Products. Shell Lubricant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Shell Lubricant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Shell Lubricant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Galena Park, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 324191 · Petroleum. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mpi Engineered Technologies LLC (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Shell Lubricant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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