EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Sopus Products
Galena Park, TX · Parent: Shell Oil Co
- Total releases
- 342 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Sopus Products: how the 342 lbs splits
342 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 307 lbs 89.7%
- Water Discharges 35 lbs 10.3%
Sopus Products's 342 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 89.7% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 10.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Sopus Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Galena Park, TX, in the petroleum sector. It reported 236 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2020, and 342 lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 15,234 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. Sopus Products is pounds #1404 and chemical-count #1322 at 342 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Shell Lubricant; Texmark Chemicals Inc; World Energy Biox Biofuels; Kinder Morgan Crude & Condensate LLC. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Texas: Synergy Recycling LLC; Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC Savage; New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc.; Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC. Other Shell Oil Co sites in this extract: Shell Norco Chemical Plant; Shell Norco Chemical Plant West Site; Equilon Stockton Terminal. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid.
Sopus Products stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (89.7% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 342 lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Synergy Recycling LLC and Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC Savage.
Sopus Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
342 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sopus Products in the Petroleum sector extract
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Sopus Products reports the 377th-largest volume (342 lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Synergy Recycling LLC and Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC Savage.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Sopus Products Form-R facts
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See how Sopus Products stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
98% less than the comparison
2.0× 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 Sopus Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 342 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases increased by 121% (107 lbs to 236 lbs).
Sopus Products: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Sopus Products year-over-year reported totals (increased by 121% from 2019 to 2020). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 107 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 236 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 342 lbs | - |
| Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Sopus Products · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sopus Products
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Shell Lubricant, 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. Synergy Recycling LLC, Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC Savage, New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc..
Other Shell Oil Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Shell Norco Chemical Plant, Shell Norco Chemical Plant West Site, Equilon Stockton 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 Zinc compounds, Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid; nearby reporters include Shell Lubricant. Sopus Products stamps TRACE 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 Sopus Products TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sopus Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Galena Park, TX, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 324191 · Petroleum. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Scotch Plywood Co Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sopus Products stamps TRACE 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