EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Wheeler Gas Plant
Wheeler, TX · Parent: Energy Transfer LP
- Total releases
- 426 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Wheeler Gas Plant: how the 426 lbs splits
426 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 426 lbs 100.0%
Wheeler Gas Plant's 426 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Wheeler Gas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wheeler, TX, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 262 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 426 lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,000 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. Wheeler Gas Plant is pounds #1390 and chemical-count #1317 at 426 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Enable Products/wheeler Natural Gas Processing Plant; Hemphill Gas Plant; Multi-Chem Group Canadian Tx Facility; Pampa Wind Tower Manufacturing Facility. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside Texas: Mobile Bay Gas Plant; Andeavor Field Services LLC - Stanley Compressor Station; Mocane Cryogenic Plant; Hereford Compressor Station. Other Energy Transfer LP sites in this extract: Geismar Fractination Plant; Etc Texas Pipeline Ltd. Sunray Gas Plant; Rose Valley Plant; Keystone Gas Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Ethylene glycol.
Wheeler Gas Plant stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 426 lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Mobile Bay Gas Plant and Andeavor Field Services LLC - Stanley Compressor Station.
Wheeler Gas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
426 lbs 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wheeler Gas Plant in the Natural Gas Processing sector extract
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Wheeler Gas Plant reports the 318th-largest volume (426 lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Mobile Bay Gas Plant and Andeavor Field Services LLC - Stanley Compressor Station.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Wheeler Gas Plant's total reported releases rose from 164 lb in 2022 to 262 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wheeler Gas Plant's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wheeler Gas Plant's air releases rose from 164 lb in 2022 to 262 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Wheeler Gas Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wheeler Gas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 426 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases increased by 60% (164 lbs to 262 lbs).
Wheeler Gas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Wheeler Gas Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 60% 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 | 164 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 262 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 426 lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Wheeler Gas Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Wheeler Gas Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Enable Products/wheeler Natural Gas Processing Plant, Hemphill Gas Plant, Multi-Chem Group Canadian Tx Facility, 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. Mobile Bay Gas Plant, Andeavor Field Services LLC - Stanley Compressor Station, Mocane Cryogenic Plant.
Other Energy Transfer LP Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Geismar Fractination Plant, Etc Texas Pipeline Ltd. Sunray Gas Plant, Rose Valley 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, Ethylene glycol; nearby reporters include Enable Products/wheeler Natural Gas Processing Plant. Wheeler Gas Plant stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Wheeler Gas Plant TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wheeler Gas Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wheeler, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 3.8% of Wheeler TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Paladin Attachments - Delhi (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wheeler Gas Plant stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · 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