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Golden Triangle Petrochemical Directory
Orange
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AIR LIQUIDE
LOCATION
5100 Twin City Highway Nederland, 77627 P.O. Box 4007 Beaumont, TX 77704
(409) 724-8200 724-8266
The Air Liquide (Beaumont) plants are located on Hwy 347 one either side of the DuPont Beaumont Works.
AIRLIQUIDE GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Industrial Gases
3AIR LIQUIDE
Air Liquide operates a network of seventeen air separation plants tied together by pipeline from Lake Charles, LA to Victoria, TX.
1945- Began operations at Hwy 347 1997 - New 1,500 T/D Oxygen unit.
5100 Hwy 347
RAW MATERIALS
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AIR
Nitrogen Argon
Plant Manager - John Banken
Parent Company
Air Liquide America. 2700 Post Oak Blvd. Suite 1800 Houston, TX 77056
(713) 868-0333 FAX 868-0684
France
http://www.airliquide.com FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
ACRES 100 EMPLOYEES
(Total all plants)
NEW PLANT 2121 Park Street - Nederland 77627 Air Separation & Cogeneration (Next to Huntsman C-4 Plant)
Oxygen
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Carbon Dioxide
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Air Products LOCATION
Air Products LP c/o Premcor 1801 S Gulfway Drive Port Arthur, TX 77641
(409) 982-7828
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Air Products
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Industrial Gas Supplier
Air Products operates an integrated HYCO system connecting approximately forty customers with six producing units. A two-hundred mile pipeline system assures customers of dependable supply. 2000 - Completion of Hydrogen unit at Premcor.
RAW MATERIALS Natural Gas
Plant Manager -
Parent Company -
AIR PRODUCTS 7201 Hamilton Blvd Allentown, PA 18195 (215) 481-4911
http://www.airproducts.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres Employees
Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen & Syn Gas
AMERIPOL -SYNPOL LOCATION
P.O. Box 667 Port Neches, TX 77651 (409) 722-8321
1215 Main Street 77651 Ameripol-Synpol is located on Main Street in Port Neches North of Hwy. 366.
Port Neches Plant
RAW MATERIALS
HUNTSMAN C-4
CRUDE BUTADIENE STYRENE
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BUTADIENE
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AMERIPOL -SYNPOL
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Largest SBR Plant in the World.
1942 - This plant was built by the U.S. Government to produce synthetic rubber for WWD.
1955 - It was sold to private Industry. Each of two identical plants was bought by joint venture Companies. "Ameripol" was Goodrich and Firestone. "Synpol" was Texaco and Uniroyal. Goodrich bought Gulf. Later Texaco and Uniroyal divided assets so that Texaco got the BD plant and Uniroyal got the SBR plant.
1994 - Huntsman acquired Texaco's chemical business which included some of these facilities.
1996 - Completed expansion.
President - W. D. Spence
Parent Company -
Ameripol-Synpol Port Neches GANTRADE Montvale, NJ
http://www.ameripol.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 600 Employees
> SB Rubber (Used mostly for tires)
Carbon Black and Extender Oils (From Engineered Carbons)
Masterbatch ---------------- >-
Arch Chemicals, Inc. (ARJ - NYSE)
LOCATION
P.O. Box 30 Beaumont, TX 77704
(409) 835-6641 FAX 835-6641
Located off of Martin Luther King (Spur 380). Downtown Beaumont near Zummo Stadium. Turn onto driveway near V W & R.
1400 Olin Road
Beaumont Plant
Arch
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
lin
Sulfuric Acid Plant
Recycling Plant for "Spent Refinery Acids". Olin is the leading supplier of sulfuric acid largest volume American Industrial Chemical.
1930 - Built by the Southern Acid & Sulphur Co. 1949 - Purchased by Mathieson Chemical
(Forerunner of Olin) 1999 - Arch spun off from Olin.
RAW MATERIALS
SULFUR Hydrogen Sulfide
Sulfur Dioxide Air
Plant Manager - Gary Scroggs
Parent Company -
Arch Chemicals, Inc. 501 Merritt Seven Norwalk, CT 06856-5204 (203) 229-2900
http://www.archchemicals.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
23 Acres 42 Employees
Ammonia
Water Catalytic Converter
Sulfur Trioxide
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1
Absorber
Ammonium Bisulfate
->
25 T/D
Arch Chemical is located near Lamar University and supports a number of programs there.
SULFURIC ACID 850 T/D
Atofina Chemicals, Inc.
LOCATION
P.O. Box 1427 Beaumont, TX 77704-1427
(409) 838-3981 FAX 833-2953
(NYSE-TOT)
Atofina GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
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Intermediates & Specialty Chemicals Plant
1975 - Built by Pennwalt 1977 - Started Production. Natural Gas Odorants 1989 - Elf Atochem NA was formed through the
merger of Atochem, M&T, & Pennwalt. 1999 - Elf rationalizes its thiochemicals business. 2000 - Elf Atochem becomes Atofina after the
merger of TotalFina and Elf Aquitaine.
Plant Manager Parent Company -
David Albany
Atofina Chemicals,Inc. 2000 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
(419) 587-7000 FAX 587-7591
France
RAW MATERIALS
http://www.atofinachemicals.com
FINISHED PRODUCT
SIZE
di Ethyl Sulfide
Acres 100 Employees
di Methyl Sulfide
Ethyl & Methyl Mercaptan (Methyl Mercaptan is used to make Methionine for animal feed) (Ethyl Mercaptan is used to odorize propane gas)
Small quantities of odorants are essential to add to natural gas so that leaks can be detected by smell. Elf Atochem North America was formed in 1989 through the merger of Atochem, M&T Chemicals & Pennwalt.
Atofina Petrochemicals, Inc. LOCATION
(NYSE - TOT/ADS)
Port Arthur Refinery
Atofina
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
P.O. Box 849 Port Arthur, TX 77640
(409) 962-4421 FAX 962-8870
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Transportation Fuels Refinery
1935 - Terminal, then Oil Refinery established by Atlantic Richfield Company.
1963 - Major Modernization completed (Atreco Refinery)
1968 - Atlantic merged with Richfield Oil to form ARCO.
1969 - Refinery sold to BP 1973 - Refinery acquired by Fina and expanded. 1982-Major two-phase expansion. 2000 - Fina becomes Atofina Petrochemicals after
the merger of TotalFina & Elf Aquitaine. 2000 - New Ethylene/Propylene unit onstream.
(Const, by ABB Lummus) 2001 - Startup of cogeneration unit (Jacobs).
Plant Manager - Dale Emmanuel
Parent Company -
Atofina Petrochemicals, Inc. 15710 JFK Boulevard Houston, TX 77032 (281) 227-5000
http://www.totalfmaelf.com
RAW MATERIALS
Natural Gas
Steam Cogeneration Unit
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Propane / Butane Light Ends Units
CRUDE OIL
Naphtha
Reformer 1957
| Jv with j BASF
180,000 B / D (Originally SE Texas Crude, now Mostly Imports)
V- -V
Hydrodesulfurizer
Catalytic Cracking
Diesel / Jet Fuel Sulfur
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
1,231
Acres
470 Employees
^ Ethylene ^ Propylene
Gasoline BTX
--
Cat Cracker - 1988 Recently completed 1.5 M Safe Work Hours
Vacuum Distillation!
Many projects have been completed to upgrade and modernize this refinery. Now designed to run a high percentage of heavy sour crude.
Resid
From 1988 - 1993, Fina was criticized for their environmental record. This changed greatly in 1994 with a S40 M Capital Project to install a new water treatment system and a proactive change in management.
AUSIMONT LOCATION
P.O. Box 3860 Orange, TX 77631-3860
(409) 883-5930 FAX 886-7789
Ausimont is located at 4059 Farm Road 1006
East of 87.
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RAW MATERIALS
Ethylene CTFE
AUSIMONT GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Plastics Manufacturing Facility Previously Goodrich Chemicals.
(Temp) Plant Manager - Ginny Hubert
Parent Company -
10 Leonards Lane Thorofare, NJ 08086 (856) 853-8119
MONTEDISON/FERRUZZI Milan, Italy
http://www.ausiusa.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Halar ECTFE Copolymer
Acres 65 Employees
Algoflon FIFE (From Italy)
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Milling & Processing
Halar ECTFE is a melt processable fluoropolymer that has high resistance to abrasion and corrosion. Receives technical support through Montedison.
BASF-Atofina LOCATION
(BASF - NYSE)
Highway 366 P.O. Box 1289 Port Arthur, TX 77641
960-6889 (409) 960-5049
Olefin Plant
BASF GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
BASF
Steam Cracking Complex (jv) (Largest single-train olefins plant ever built)
1999 - Began Construction $ 800 Million. 2001 - Startup planned.
RAW MATERIALS
Ethane / Propane Naphtha
Savannah Ave Office ISFL
Plant Manager -
Parent Company
Jv BASF & Atofina 60/40 BASF 3000 Continental Drive North Mt. Olive, NJ 07828
Ludwigshafen, West Germany http://www.basf.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres Employees
PL to Geismar & Freeport
PL to Freeport
BASF
(NYSE -BASF)
LOCATION
BASF GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Rt. 4 Box 327 Beaumont, TX 77705
(409) 722-8061 FAX 720-5053
BASF is halfway between Beaumont and Port Arthur. 14385 Hwy 823 (West of Port Arthur Road)
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Specialty (Agricultural Chemicals) Plant
Formerly the largest Manufacturing Complex in Sandoz's worldwide agricultural products network.
1986 - SCP was organized after Sandoz purchased ' Velsicol's Agricultural Products Division.
1992 - Frontier plant. 1996 - Purchased by BASF (after Sandoz
merged with Ciba to form Novartis) 2000 - BASF took over the Cyanamid agricultural
business of AHP.
RAW MATERIALS
To Port Arthur
Plant Manager - M. R. Fannin
Parent Company -
BASF 3000 Continental Drive North Mt. Olive, NJ 07828
Ludwigshafen, West Germany
http://www.basf.com
FINISHED PRODUCT
SIZE
Acres 284 Employees 8,633 Ft2 process development lab
Com Herbicides
Banvel
Barricade - Lawn & Turf Herbicide (prodiamine) (Recent 1992 expansion)
Frontier - Herbicide for com & soybean crops.(dimeyhenamid) (Active ingredient Dimenthenamid)
BAYER
(ADR)
LOCATION
Orange Site
P.O. Box 2000 Orange, TX 77631-2000
(409) 883-9990 FAX 883-0057
Farm Road 1006 (Chemical Row)
RAW MATERIALS
BAYER
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Polymer Facility FAR Division 1965 - This plant was started as a joint
venture of B.F... Goodrich and Gulf Oil. 1982 - Became Polysar. 1988 - Plant acquired by Nova. 1990 - Plant acquired by Bayer 1995 - Name change to Bayer (Parent Co.) 1998 - $92 Million expansion. 1999 - $65 Sabine Cogeneration L.P. unit.
Site Manager - John Rocco
Parent Company -
Bayer 100 Bayer Road Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741 (412) 777-2000 FAX (412) 777-2447
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Bayer, Germany
http://www.baverus.com http://www.bayerrubber.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
470/880 Acres 396 Employees
97 Contract
SBR (neodymium BR used in golf balls)
Beaumont Methanol LOCATION Hwy 347 P.O. Box 20399 Beaumont, TX 77720-0339 (409) 723-1900
RAW MATERIALS
Beaumont Methanol GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Terra
Methanol / Ammonia Plant
1994 - Began operations. 1997 Announced $ 57 Million Ammonia unit. 1999-Methanol plant idled 2000 - Ammonia unit completed.
Plant Manager - Nick DeRoos
Parent Company -
Terra Industries 600 Fourth Street P.O. Box 600 Sioux City, IA 51102-6000 (712)277-1340
(NYSE - TRA, TNH)
http://www.terraindustries.com FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 53 Employees
BetzDearbom (NYSE - HPC) LOCATION Rural Route 9 P.0. Box 1606 Beaumont, TX 77713 (409) 866-4778 FAX 866-8526 Betz is located on Hwy 90 about 6 miles west of Beaumont (Next to Mobil Chem..) (10658 Hwy 90 77701)
RAW MATERIALS
BetzDearbom GENERAL DESCRIPTION / fflSTORY
Water Treatment & Paper Chemicals
Betz is a service company - providing solutions to environmental and water quality problems. 1996 - Betz acquired the Dearborn Div. Of Grace. 1998 - Hercules merged with BetzDearbom. The new company uses the name Hercules. BetzDearbom operates as a division of Hercules.
BHERCULES
Plant Manager - Joseph Lynn
Parent Company -
BetzDearbom 4636 Somerton Road Trevose, PA 19053
Hercules 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE (302) 594-5000 http://www.betzdearbom.com http://www.herc.com
FINISHED PRODUCT
SIZE
Acres 60 Employees
Variety of Water Treatment Chemicals for: Boilers
Cooling Towers Influent Water Wastewater
Polyacrylates
BetzDearbom Core activities include the manufacture of water treatment and paper chemicals.
BetzDearbom Division of Hercules (NYSE - HPC) LOCATION
BetzDearbom GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
P.O. Box 906 Orange, TX 77631-0906
(404) 883-2587
3901 Williams Drive 77630
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Water Treatment & Specialty Chemical Plant 1992-1995 Began Operations.
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager - Kenny Garrison (Asst.)
Parent Company -
BetzDearbom 4636 Somerton Road Trevose, PA 19053
Hercules 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE (302) 594-5000 http://www.betzdearbom.com http://www.herc.com.
FINISHED PRODUCT
SIZE
Acres 11 Employees
Water Treating Chemicals
CALABRIAN CHEMICAL LOCATION
5500 Highway 366
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P.O. Box 309
PortNeches, TX 77651 - 6300
(409) 727-1471 FAX 727-5803
RAW MATERIALS
CALABRIAN CHEMICAL GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Chemical Specialty Manufacturer
Plant Manager - Bennie Deters
Parent Company -
265 Davidson Avenue Somerset, NJ 08873 (908) 469-0076 Houston -(713) 590-5007
http://www.
FINISHED PRODUCT
Specialty Chemicals Cupric & Cuprous Chloride HI Sodium Bisulfite Sodium Thiosulfate Sodium Sulfite
SIZE
Acres 80 Employees
ChemTreat, Inc. LOCATION
4200 N Twin cities Highway Nederland, TX 77627 724-1111 (FAX) 724-0078 Near the DuPont Beaumont Works
RAW MATERIALS
DuPont
ChemTrea GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Water Treating Chemicals 1968 - Began Operations
Plant Manager
Parent Company -
ChemTreat, Inc. P.O. Box 27207 Richmond, VA 23261 (804) 935-2000
http://www.chemtreat.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 375 Employees
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LOCATION
Orange, TX (Plastics) Plant
Chevron Phillips GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
P.O. Box 7400 Orange, TX 77631-7400
(409) 886-7491 FAX 882-2139
Chevron Phillips
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Chevron (Plastics) Plant is located on Chemical Row FM 1006 East of the Intersection of Hwy 87.
Plastics Manufacturing Plant - & Research Facility
1955 - Built by Spencer Chemical (LD).
Chevron
1963 - Purchased by Gulf Oil 1968 - Added High Density Process 1985 - Became Chevron Chemical Company through a merger. 2000 - Chevron & Phillips plan combined chemical operations.. Chevron is actively involved in many community activities.
RAW MATERIALS
http://www.cpchem.com
Plant Manager - Bill Schumacher
Parent Company
Jv Chevron & Phillips
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company 1301 McKinney Houston, TX 77010
(713) 754-5300 (713) 754-5523
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
150/460
Acres
500 Employees
LDPE300MM #/YR HOPE 900 MM #/YR
(1998 Expansion)
Polyethylene is used in: Plastic Bags and Food Containers, Tupperware and Detergent Bottles, Plastic Drinking Water Pipe, Natural Gas Pipe, Potato Chip Bags, and Motor Oil Containers. This facility uses BP Chemicals Innovene Process Technology.
Chevron Phillips Chemical COmpany LOCATION P.O. Box 1547 Port Arthur, TX 77641-1547 (409) 985-0700
RAW MATERIALS
Port Arthur Plant
Chevron Phillips GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Chevron Phillips
Cktmml (tmfmrmit
Steam Cracking Plant
Remaining Chemical Facilities not purchased by Clark Oil and Refining Company, when Clark bought this Refinery in 1995.
1998 Debottleneck Project (Nylon Intermediate)
1997 - Completed $730 M #/Yr. Debottlenecking
(Ethylene Unit)
Chevron
2000 - Chevron & Phillips combined
chemical operations.
Plant Manager - Dick Cueneo
Parent Company -
Jv Chevron & Phillips Chevron Phillips Chemical Company 1301 McKinney Houston, TX 77010 (713) 754-5300 (713) 754-5523
http://www.cpchem.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 250 Employees
DuPont Dow Elastomers
LOCATION
Operated by DuPont 6350 N. Twin Cities Highway Beaumont, TX 77704 (409) 727-9271
Dupont Dow GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
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DuPont Dow elastomers
Synthetic Rubber Plant 1997 - Completed major $ 15 M upgrade
RAW MATERIALS
http://www.dupont-dow.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres Employees
ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENES
PE ------------------------- 5-
Chlorine, Sulfur Dioxide ------------------------- 5*-
Carbon Tet
Nordel Elastomers Used in:
Automotive Adhesives Construction Wire & Cable
Hypalon
Used in: Automotive Roofing Wire & Cable
E.I.. DuPont, de NEMOURS & CO. LOCATION
(NYSE - DD) (Beaumont Works)
DuPont GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
P.O. Box 3269 Beaumont, TX 77704
(409) 722-3451 FAX 727-9673
The Beaumont Works is located on Hwy 347 between Beaumont and Port Neches.
Specialty Chemicals & Polymers Plant
1952 - Plant began with production of Methionine. 1967 - Began ammonia production. 1970 - Acrylonitrile production began. 1972 - Aniline production began. 1991 - The methanol plant was built. 1997 - Methanol Closed. One of DuPont's largest converters of Natural Gas to Chemicals and the largest shipping port.
See Also:Ineos Acrylics DuPont Dow Elastomers Beaumont Methanol
RAW MATERIALS
Sulfuric Acid
Carbon Dioxide!
Plant Manager - Roy Wells
Parent Company -
E.I.. DuPont de NEMOURS & CO., INC. 1007 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19898
(800) 441-7515
http://www.dupont.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
576/728 Acres 1000 Employees
MMA
DuPont, interested in preserving the environment, has invested $100 M in Adsorption Units, Catalytic Incinerators and Scrubbers that protect air quality and the Neches River.
DuPont, de NEMOURS & CO. (NYSE - DD)
LOCATION
FM 1006 (Chemical Row) P.O. Box 1089 Orange, TX 77631-1089
(409) 886-8411 FAX 886-9457
Sabine River Works
DuPont
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Major producer of plastic and plastic raw materials
1946 - The Sabine River works was started. 1987 - Methanol unit closed.
The Plant includes a cogeneration unit and incinerator.
RAW MATERIALS
Hydrogen
Plant Manager -
Jerry Ehrman
Parent Company -
E.I... DuPont de NEMOURS & CO., INC. 1007 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19898
(800) 441-7515
http://www.dupont.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
1,200
Acres
2,000 Employees
Ethane
Acetic Acid
Ethylene Propylene
> *
Aromatic Dist.
Y
NYLON
Polyethylene Copolymers
Various Types
(Surlyn)
*These facilities were spun off in 1987 to Cain Chemical (LBO). Cain was sold to OxyChem in 1988. This part of the plant was later closed.
ENGINEERED CARBONS, INC. LOCATION
P.O. Box 1268 Orange, TX 77630 (409) 883-9966 FAX 833-5492
RAW MATERIALS
Echo Plant
ENGINEERED CARBONS
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Carbon Black Manufacturing Started in 1987 as Phillips Petroleum. Bought by J M Huber 1995 - Became Engineered Carbons (stand
alone company) when Gantrade bought Huber's business.
Plant Manager -
Steve Bissot
Parent Company -
Ameripol Synpol Port Neches
(800) 631-6331
GANTRADE http://www.ameripol.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 75 Employees
Carbon Black is used in rubber where it gives toughness and wear resistance. It is also used in printing ink and a variety of other uses where a black coloring material is needed.
ENTERGY (NYSE - ETR) LOCATION
300 Pine Street Headquarters Office
Gulf States Road Plant shut down
RAW MATERIALS
ENTERGY GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Power Company 1994 - Gulf States Utilities merged with Entergy. Entergy's headquarters is located in Downtown Beaumont.
Two of Entergy's electrical generating plants are in the Beaumont vicinity.
Plant Manager
Parent Company
ENTERGY P.O. Box 2951 Beaumont, TX 77701 (409) 838-6631
http://www.entergy.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Entergy provides electrical service To 2.5 Million Customers in:
Arkansas Texas Louisiana Mississippi Entergy has 30,000 Megawatts
of Capacity
To Port Arthur
/ Equistar (P. D. GLYCOL)
Beaumont Plant
Equistar
LOCATION
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
P.O. Box 3785 Beaumont, TX 77704
(409) 838-4521 FAX 654-9108
EQUISTAR
Located at 3510 Gulf States Road SE of downtown Beaumont.
Ethylene Glycol Plant
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1961 - Built by Houston Chemical Corp to make EO, EG & TEL 1963 - Bought out by PPG 1982 - Joint Venture was formed with PPG & DuPont 1983 - The TEL Plant was shut down OxyChem Petrochemicals operates and manages the Plant. ` 1987 - PPG's interest was bought by Sterling (Cain Chemical) 1988 - Cain became a subsidiary of OxyChem 1998 - OxyChem Plant will become part of Equistar who pools certain
facilities of OxyChem, Lyondell, and Millennium.
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Plant Manager - Jim Balfanz
Parent Company -
Equistar P. O. Box 3646 Houston, TX 77253-3646 Jv 29.5% Millinnium
29.5% Occidental 41% Lyondell 1221 McKinney Street, Houston 77010 (713) 652-7200
http://www.equistarchem.com
RAW MATERIALS
Carbon Dioxide
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
94 Acres 209 Employees
68 Contract
Ethylene Glycol is used in polyester fabrics and antifreeze.
Equistar Chemicals, LP LOCATION
Taylors Bayou Plant
Equistar GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
P.O. Box 848 Port Arthur, TX 77642
(409) 983-2761 FAX 724-3692
Plastics Manufacturing Plant
EQUISTAR
Located West of Port Arthur Entrance along Hwy. 73. 77640
1954 Arco started operations here.
Quantum
1984 This plant was purchased from ARCO. | j
1993-Merged with Hanson Industries
1997 - Quantum changed name to Millennium.
Millennium spun off as a public company from Hanson.
Equistar launched as a jv of Lyondell & Millennium.
1998 - OxyChem joins.
1999 - Mothballed HDPE unit.
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager - Mike White
Parent Company -
Equistar P. O. Box 3646 Houston, TX 77253-3646
Jv 29.5% Millinnium 29.5% Occidental 41% Lyondell
1221 McKinney Street, Houston 77010 (713) 652-7200 http://www.equistarchem.com.
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres Employees (Reduced to 125 after 1999 reactor idling)
POLYETHYLENE
Low Density High Density LLD
I90MM#/Yr 340 MM #/Yr 300 MM # / Yr ( Added in 1988 )
Quantum's USI Division is the largest domestic producer of polyethylene. This is one of the few plants in the world that makes all three grades of polyethylene. The three grades are used in a different markets.
Ethyl Additives Corporation
LOCATION
Ethyl Corporation P.O. Box 968 Port Arthur, TX 77641-0698
989-6727 FAX 989-6762
[Bhyll
Savannah Avenue Gate 20 (77640)
Ethyl GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Lubricating Oil Components Plant
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager - David Taylor
Parent Company -
Ethyl Corporation P.O. Box 2189 Richmond, VA 23218-2189
(804) 788-5000 http://www.ethyl.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 75 Employees
ExxonMobil (XOM - NYSE)
LOCATION
E*onMobil
(409) 833-9411 FAX 757-3840
Mobil Oil - Central Purchasing 85 N 1 H 10 Regents Park #1 Beaumont, TX 77704 (409) 757-3991
Located SE of downtown Beaumont. (East end of Burt Street - 1795 Burt)
Beaumont Refinery
ExxonMobil GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Mob,
ExxonMobil's largest refinery. Started shortly after the famous nearby Spindletop discovery, as the Burt Refining Company. Since that time, (1903) many changes have come to the refinery.
1911 - Acquired by Magnolia Petroleum.
1925 - Became part of Socony Vacuum.
1955 - Changed name to Socony Mobil then Mobil.
1992 - A major expansion completed increased
capacity and flexibility. Mobil has
spent
more than $73 M since 9176 on projects designed to
protect and improve the quality of our environment.
1999 - Exxon & Mobil merged.
RAW MATERIALS
325,000 B/DI From: Mexico
S America Middle East Africa
* See Air Products
Saturate Gas Plant
^>- Sulfur
Plant Manager - Jerry Wascom Parent Company -
ExxonMobil Corp. 3225 Gallows Road Fairfax, VA 22037-0001 846-3000
Irving, TX http://www.exxonmobil.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
1,200
Acres
1,300 Employees
Gasoline
Diesel & Jet Fuel
*
Carbon Black Oil
Mobil Oil has a strong relationship with the Community including support of Lamar University and United Way.
ExxonMobil (XON - NYSE) LOCATION P.O. Box 3868 Beaumont, TX 77704 (409) 838-6532
RAW MATERIALS
O & A Plant
E^onMobil
ExxonMobil GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Olefin Plant (The first major Petrochemical venture of Mobil)
1960 - This plant was built adjacent to the Mobil Oil Refinery. p
1962 - Aromatics unit built. 1997 - Paraxylene unit. 1998 - Cyclohexane unit 1999 - Production began at expanded unit 1999 - Exxon & Mobil merged.
Plant Manager - Jim Rieker
Parent Company -
ExxonMobil Chemical Company 15600 JFK Boulevard Houston, TX 77032-2343
Irving, TX
(703) 846-3000
http://www.exxonmobil.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
43 400
SIZE
Acres Employees
* Expanding to 1.8 B #/Yr. by 1998 (Bechtel)
Cyclohexane
Exxon Mobil Chemical LOCATION
Box 216 Beaumont, TX 77704 2775 Gulf States Road 77701 (409) 838-6532
BCSP
E^onMobil
Exxon Mobil GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Chemical Specialties Plant (Lube Oil Additives & Catalysts) 1997 - Doubled capacity - $ 85 Million. 1999 - Exxon & Mobil merged.
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager - Jim Willis Parent Company -
Exxon Mobil Chemical 3225 Gallows Road Fairfax, VA 22037 Irving, TX
http://www.exxonmobil.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres Employees
Polyalphaolefins (Base for synthetic lubricants) Zeolite Catalysts Lube Additives
ExxonMobil Chemical Company (XOM - NYSE) LOCATION
Beaumont Polyethylene Plant
ExxonMobil
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
P.O. Box 2295 Beaumont, TX 77704 (409) 866-3711 FAX 860-2117
E^onMobil
Mobil
One of the world's largest polyethylene plants.
1977 -Started operations (BASF Technology). 1982 - Started a third line. 1983 - HDPE Expansion (Unipol Technology) 1998 - Expanded to 1.6 B#/Yr _ 1999 - Exxon & Mobil merged.
STAR U/DRKSITE
OSHA Star Facility
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager - J. R. Townsend
Parent Company -
ExxonMobil Chemical Company 15600 JFK Blvd Houston, TX 77032-2343
Irving, TX 703-846-3000
http://www.exxonmobil.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
300 Acres 375 Employees
LDPE HDPE
!.7B#/Yr
ExxonMobil Chemical is the world's largest manufacturer of disposable plastic packaging.
Firestone LOCATION
P.O. Box 1269 Orange, TX 77631 (409) 883-1776 FAX 883-1750 West End of Farm Road 1006-77630
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RAW MATERIALS
Styrene Butadiene
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Firestone
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Synthetic Rubber Plant
1956 - Orange Plant was built to manufacture butadiene.
1980s - Production of BD was suspended. 1988 - Bridgestone purchased Firestone. 1990 - B/F Operations consolidated.
Today, this plant continues to produce special rubber products used in tires and containers.
Plant Manager Parent Company -
Ernie Pace
B/F 50 Century Blvd. Nashville, TN 37214
Bmugestmie
fire$tond
(615) 872-5000
Japan
http://www.bridgestone-firestone.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 325 Employees
Stereon (SBR Polymer
Used in Containers
Diene (Used in tires)
110,000 MT/Yr
GOODYEAR
(NYSE-GT)
LOCATION
I-10 at Cheek, TX
P.O. Box 26003 Beaumont, TX 77720
Beaumont Chemical Plant
GOODYEAR
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Synthetic Rubber Plant
1961 - Began operations - has become one of the world's largest producers of synthetic rubber. 1999 - $144 Million Solution Polymer Plant
RAW MATERIALS
Styrene
Butadiene
T
Crude Isoprene
(From Ethylene Plantg)
Plant Manager - Lou Perfetti
Parent Company -
GOODYEAR 1144 East Market Street Akron, OH 44316
(330) 796-2121 FAX 796-1237
http://www.goodyear.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
S,, o.luti.on po.lymers
60,000 MT/Yr
Sibrflex (Used in wet traction tires)
Polyisoprene
Natsyn
- High Purity Isoprene -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------
(Similar to Natural Rubber)
400 Acres 650 Employees
Butadiene Steam 1
Natural Gas
Tackifying Resins (Wing ChemicalAlso makes antioxidants)
116,000 MT/Yr (Expanded 1996)
Budene (Polybutadiene Rubber) Budene Rubber is highly abrasion resistant.
$14 M expansion program to 61,000 MT/Yr. by 1998.
Cogeneration
GREAT LAKES CARBON
LOCATION
P.O. Box C Port Arthur, TX 77641
(409) 985-2578 FAX 983-8460
GLC is located SW of Port Arthur off of Martin Luther King (Hwy 82) near the Chevron Refinery - Now Premcor Coke Dock Road.
Port Arthur Plant
GREAT LAKES CARBON GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Great Lates Carbon Comoratlon
Petroleum Coke Plant
1935 - This plant was the first in the world to calcine coke in a rotary kiln. 1983 - Cogeneration was added.
R & D Facilities are also located here.
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager -
Bert Black
Parent Company -
GREAT LAKES CARBON 4 Greenspoint Plaza Suite 2200 16945 Northchase Drive Houston, TX 77060
(281) 775-4700 http://www.glcarbon.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
112 Acres 100 Employees
HELENA LABORATORIES LOCATION
1530 Lindberg P.O. Box 752 Beaumont, TX 77094-0752 (409) 842-3714 FAX 842-6241
HELENA LABS GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
HelenaHLaboratories
Laboratory Equipment and Reagents. Started in 1973.
RAW MATERIALS
President -Tipton Golias
Parent Company Helena Labs Beaumont, TX
(800) 231-5663
http://www.helena.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 400 Employees 250,000 Ft2 Buildings
Helena makes a wide variety of diagnostic laboratoiy systems. Starting with an electrophoresis system (now automated). Helena offers systems for hemostasis, chromatography, occult blood and immunology testing.
Honeywell (NYSE-HON)
LOCATION
P.O. Box 640 Orange, TX 77631
(409) 886-7445 FAX 886-5805 Allied Signal is located at 3927 FM 1006 East of the Intersection of Hwy. 87.
Orange Plant
Honeywell
Honeywell
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Plastics Manufacturing Plant
Specialty Chemicals Division 1985 - Allied Merged with Signal Oil & Gas 1996 - Expansion completed to make
oxidized LMWPE. 1999 - AlliedSignal merged with Honeywell 2001 - May be acquired by GE.
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager - Phil Verret
Parent Company ALLIED SIGNAL 101 Columbia Turnpike Morristown, NJ 07962
Honeywell
(201) 455-2000 FAX 455-6840 http://www.honeyweIl.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 100 Employees
Polyethylene (Low Molecular Weight) Astor, Astor Lite, A-C, and Rheochem are waxes and ingredients used in making candles.
HUNTSMAN LOCATION
Administration Jefferson County Operations
P.O. Box 847 2701 Spur 136 Port Neches, TX 77651
(409) 722-8381 FAX 723-3344
L'4
HUNTSMAN
PO/MTBE
HUNTSMAN
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Huntsman roots go back to 1970 and the formation of Huntsman Container who made Styrofoam containers for McDonalds.
Later Huntsman integrated into the styrene and plastics business.
In 1994 - Huntsman purchased substantially all of Texaco's world wide petrochemical interests.
Huntsman operates four plant sites in the Golden Triangle area. These plants are closely integrated with each other and with Star Enterprise, via pipeline network.
VP - MFG. - Michael J. Kern
Parent Company -
HUNTSMAN 500 Huntsman Way Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Privately Owned.
(801) 584-5700
http://www.huntsman.com
RAW MATERIALS
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Responsible Care
All Huntsman operations are committed to conducting business according to the guiding principles of Responsible Care.
Acres 1,400 Employees (Jefferson County)
1. To reduce potential harm to employees and the public in an emergency. 2. To voluntarily reduce pollutants. 3. To protect and promote the health of employees. 4. To prevent fire, explosions, and accidental chemical releases. 5. To reduce risk in shipping of chemicals. 6. To promote safe handling of chemical products.
Two of the four local plant sites have earned an OSHA Star!
All of the four local plant sites are ISO 9002 Sites!
HUNTSMAN A & O LOCATION
(Aromatics & Olefins Plant)
HUNTSMAN GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
P.O. Box 968 Port Arthur, TX 77641
(409) 722-8381 FAX 989-6628
HUNTSMAN
Savannah Avenue Gate 24
Olefins Plant (Steam Cracker)
Built by Texaco Chemical.
1993 - Purchased by Huntsman as a part of Texaco's sale of substantially all of its world wide petrochemical interests..
2000 - Expanding ethylene to 1.7 B#/Yr.
Huntsman is involved through family interests in Environmental Research in recycling projects.
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager
STAR WORKSITE
Parent Company -
HUNTSMAN 500 Huntsman Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108 (801) 5845700 FAX 536-1581
http://www.huntsman.com Family Owned Business
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
229 Acres 250 Employees
70 MMGal/Yr Shut down by Texaco in 1992 - Restarted by HUNTSMAN in 1996
HUNTSMAN LOCATION
Port Neches, TX
C-4 PLANT
HUNTSMAN
HUNTSMAN
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Neches Butane Products
1942 - Built by the U.S.. Government as part of the original plant to produce synthetic rubber for W.W.n.
1979-MTBE Unit added. 1980 - Texaco acquired ownership of this part of the plant 1993 - Huntsman
RAW MATERIALS
Hydrogen
HUNTSMAN 500 Huntsman Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108 (801) 584-5700 FAX 536-1581
http://www.huntsman.com Family Owned Business
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
585 Acres 250 Employees
Butylenes
; Original BUTADIENE
Unit
i............................
Shut down
CRUDE BUTADIENE ( From Ethylene Units )
>
BUTADIENE (To Goodyear Rec.1997 Preferred Supplier Award) yuO Million #/Yr
MTBE 3.8 Million G/Yr ----------------- >-
MTBE is a Blending Component For Gasoline.
HUNTSMAN O & O LOCATION
P.O. Box 847 Port Neches, TX 77651 (409) 722-8381 FAX 724-4622 Hwy 347 - Port Neches
(Oxides & Olefins Plant)
HUNTSMAN GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
HUNTSMAN
1944 - Built by Jefferson Chemical (Joint Venture American Cyanamid & Texaco)
1952 - Amines Plant Added 1965 - Olefins Unit started
(Down 1980-1988) Other units have been added to make derivatives of the olefins produced.
RAW MATERIALS
http://www.huntsman.com
Plant Manager - Michael J. Kern
Parent Company -
HUNTSMAN 500 Huntsman Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108
(801) 584-5700 FAX 536-1581
Family Owned Business
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
2,400 Acres
* Increasing capacity from 1 B #/Yr.. to 1.2 B #/Yr.
HUNTSMAN LOCATION
RAW MATERIALS
PO/MTBE Plant
HUNTSMAN
HUNTSMAN GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
1994 - Plant startup by Texaco Process by Austin Research Laboratories.
1997 - Plant purchased by Huntsman.
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Plant Manager - Michael J. Kern
Parent Company -
HUNTSMAN 500 Huntsman Way Salt Lake City, UT 08107 (801) 584-5700
Family Owned Business
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
195 Acres 150 Employees
Studies are underway to convert this unit to make iso-octane. MTBE is blended into gasoline to help meet clean air standards.
HUNTSMAN LOCATION
Huntsman P.0. Box 310 Dayton, TX 77535 (409) 257-5568
3892 US Highway 90 Dayton, TX 77535
HUNTSMAN GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
HUNTSMAN
Surfactant & Specialty Chemicals Plant
1975 - Arjay Chemical began operations. 1983 - Purchased by Magna Corporation
(renamed Baker) 1996 - Acquired by Huntsman
RAW MATERIALS
Ethylene Oxide Propylene Oxide Amines Nonylphenol Maleic Anhydride
http://www.huntsman.com
Plant Manager - R Glenn Bauemschmidt
Parent Company -
HUNTSMAN 500 Huntsman Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108 (801) 584-5700 FAX 536-1581
Family Owned Business
Batch Production 2,000 - 5,000 gal kettles
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
14/200 Acres 60 Employees + 35 COntract
Surfactants (Nonionics, Ionics, LAB, Etc.) Specialty Products For:
Pulp/Paper De-inking Mining Agricultural Fuel/lubricant additives Oilfield
Ineos Acrylics, Inc. LOCATION
Ineos Acrylics
Ineos Acrylics
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Methylmethacrylate Plant 1993 - Established as an ICI jv with Dupont 1996 - Plant expansion to 220 MM # 1997 - Second expansion to 318 MM # 1999 - ICI sells to Ineos 2000 - Ineos sets safety record.
INEOS Acrylics
RAW MATERIALS
http://www.lucite.com http://www.ineos.com
Plant Manager -Keith Rogers
Parent Company -
Ineos Acrylics 15-17 Queens Terrace SouthamptonSO 143BF UK
Private venture capital firm Backed by Charterhouse Development
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE*
HCN
Methanol -7>-
Sulfuric Acid ->
Ineos Acrylics
MMA
Acres Employees + Contractors
Inland Paperboard & Pkg. Inc. LOCATION
1750 Inland Road Orange, TX 77632 (409) 746-2441 FAX 746-7298
TEMPLEENXrVM) IIMtIM I'KUIII I
Inland-Orange GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Large Integrated Linerboard Mill. 1966 - Started by Owens Illinois. 1986 - TI bought mill from Owens Illinois.
Inland Orange operates the Sabine River and Northern Railroad which ties into the Southern Pacific at Echo, TX.
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager - Jim Grantham
Parent Company -
Temple Inland 303 South Temple Drive Indianapolis, IN
http://www.templeinland.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
280,000 Acres Wooded 1,200 Acres Mill Complex 450 Employees
Temple Inland owns some 1.35 Million Acres in Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana.
Kmtex LOCATION
KMTEX 2450 S Gulfway Drive Port Arthur, TX 77640 (409) 985-4200
RAW MATERIALS
Kmtex GENERAL DESCRIPTION / fflSTORY
Custom Processing / Terminal Operation 1989 - Purchased site on Intercoastal Waterway 1992- First commercial run. 1996 - Acquired ship dock.
Plant Manager -
Parent Company Kmtex 507 N Sam Houston Parkway East Suite 570 Houston, TX 77060-4021
KMCO http://www.kmtex.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
48 Acres Employees
Louisiana Pacific
LOCATION
Louisiana Pacific 972 FM 92 North Silsbee, TX 77656-0557 (409) 385-5201
LP
Louisiana Pacific GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY Particle Board Mill 1986 - Began operations.
RAW MATERIALS
Oranga
Plant Manager - Mike Hodges
Parent Company -
Louisiana-Pacific 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue Portland, Oregon 97204
http://www.lpcorp.com FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 300 Employees
MG Industries
LOCATION
MG Industries 3980 Gulf States Road Beaumont, TX 77704-3492 (409) 835-3644
Beaumont
LZZEBUlndui
MG Industries GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Industrial Gas Plant (Carbon Dioxide)
RAW MATERIALS
Carbon Dioxide (See Equistar)
>
Compress Liquefy
Plant Manager
Parent Company -*
MG Industries 3 Great Valley Parkway Maivem, PA 19355 695-7400 Messer
http://www.mgindustries.com/
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Motiva Enterprises LLC. LOCATION
Port Arthur Plant
P.O. Box 712 Port Arthur, TX 77641
StmtBitarpnse
(409) 982-5711 FAX 989-7774
The Refinery is located between Hwy 73 and 87, SW of Port Arthur - 2100 Houston Avenue 77640.
Motiva
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
MOTIVA
ENTERPRISES LLC
Major Oil Refinery with roots back to 1901 Spindletop Oil Discovery. Became known as Texaco.
1906 - Asphalt Plant Built 1989 - Became Star Enterprise.
(jv Saudi Aramco & Texaco) 1998 - Became Motiva after Shell joined. 1998 - Major lube modernization.
Plant Manager - Mike Killien
Parent Company -
Joint Venture
Texaco, Inc. 32.5 % Saudi Aramco 32.5 %
Shell 35 %
1100 Louisiana Houston, TX 77002
RAW MATERIALS
http://www.equilonmotivaequiva.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Asphalt Plant Grigsby & Spur 136 P.O. Box 712 Port Arthur, TX 77641
Marine Services 2901 Turtle Creek Drive Port Arthur, TX 77642 (409) 723-6617
Exploration & Production At Sour Lake
Neches Industrial Park
LOCATION
4050 Gulf States Road Box 2296 Beaumont, TX 77704
(800) 835-2800 FAX (409) 832-8201
RAW MATERIALS
\
Neches Industrial Park GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Industrial Park Ammonia Storage 1996 - Dredged to 42 foot depth.
Plant Manager - Bobby Corder Parent Company -
http://www.neches.com FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres Employees
Facilities:
54.000 Sq Ft Warehouse 45.000 Tons Ammonia Storage
(Continental Nitrogen Resources)
Onyx Environmental Services LOCATION
P.O. Box 2563 Port Arthur, TX 77643-2563 (409) 736-2821
Port Arthur Disposal Facility
Onyx GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Treatment of hazardous waste using environmental sound procedures.
1997 - Name changed from WMX Technologies to Waste Management, Inc.
1999 - Became Onyx when it acquired the remaining shares of AES (jv in the U.S.)
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager - Art Mathes
Parent Company -
Onyx 401 Mile End Road London, E34P3 Vivendi
http://www.onyxgroup.co.uk/ FINISHED PRODUCT
Recycling of solvents High temp incineration Secure land disposal
SIZE
Acres 250 Employees
I PORTS LOCATION
PORTS
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Port of Orange 1201 Childers Road P.O. Box 2410 Orange, TX 77631-2410 (409) 883-4363 FAX 883-5607
30' Depth Ship Channel 450,000 square foot warehouse space.
Port Director: Gene Bouillion
http://www.portoforange.com
Port Of Port Arthur P.O. Box 1428 221 Houston Avenue Port Arthur, TX 77641 (409) 983-2011 FAX 985-9312
nrr
40' Depth Ship Channel 200,000 square foot transit shed Big Arthur - Most powerful all purpose crane
on the Gulf Coast
Port Director: Ben Goldstein
http://www.pemet.net/paport
Port of Beaumont . P.O. Drawer 2297 Beaumont, TX 77704 (409) 835-5367 FAX 835-0512
40' Depth Ship Channel 557,000 square foot Transit Shed 6,088' Harbor Front (8 Berths) Big Clyde - 60 Ton Gantry One Million Gallon Bulk Liquid Terminal Forest Products handling Port Director: Bill Masters
1996 - Completed a $34 M addition including three new berths and 300,000 sq. ft of new space.
www.setx.org/html/port-of-beaumont.htm
PRAXAIR LOCATION 6710 Hogaboom Road
PRAXAIR
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Air Reduction Plant. Previously known as Linde (Division of Union Carbide. 1980 - Began operations at Groves. 1992 - Praxair was spun off from U C. 1996 - Hydrogen pipeline extended through
Port Arthur.
Also: FM 1006 Orange, TX 77630 (409) 886-4743
RAW MATERIALS
http://www.praxair.com
Plant Manager - Claude Howard
Parent Company -
PRAXAIR 39 Old Ridgebury Road Danbury, CT 06810
1 -800-PRAXAIR
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres
Praxair extended its Hydrogen pipeline system from Lake Charles through Port Arthur during 1996.
Premcor
LOCATION
West End of 7th Street P.O. Box 909 Port Arthur, TX 77641-0909
(409) 985-1000 FAX 985-1444
Premcor
Premcor
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Major Refinery - Some Chemicals Recovery
1901 - Established as Guffey Oil (Later Gulf then Chevron) 1988 - Horsham of Toronto bought certain assets of Clark. 1995 - Purchased by Clark, U.S.A. (From Chevron) 1999 - Refinery Upgrade, inc. coker, hydrocracker, & sulfur complex. 2000 - Name changed to Premcor. 2001 - Project to process Maya (heavy, sour crude from PEMIX)
The Refinery is located SW of Port Arthur
RAW MATERIALS
Hydrogen
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(See Air Products)
CRUDE OIL ----------------- >-
250,000 B/D (Sour & 20%
Heavy 80% After Expansion)
^1 1
~ Sulfur
Plant Manager - Don Kuenzli
Parent Company -
Premcor 8182 Maryland Avenue St. Louis, MO 63105 Blackstone Group, NY (314) 854-9696 FAX 854-1580
http://www.premcorinc.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
1,500/4,000 Acres 1,150 Employees
Gasoline
Clean Air Act of 1990 legislated refineries to make "reformulated gasoline". This meant major investments in new facilities. In 1992, Chevron chose to make these investments at other refineries and cut back on operations here.
PRINTPACK, INC.
LOCATION
P.O. Box 1389 Orange, TX 77630-1389
(409) 883-9325 FAX 883-7033
Printpack is located at 4715 FM 1006 just East of the intersection of HWY 87.
RAW MATERIALS
Antioxidants
RAW PLASTIC
y
PRINTPACK, INC. GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Plastics Calendaring Plant 1959 - Built by Crown Zellerbach.
Named changed to James River. 1996 - Became Printpack, Inc.
Plant Manager - Steve Aguillard
Parent Company -
Printpack, Inc. 4335 Wendell Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30336 (404) 691-5380
http://www.flexiblepackaging.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 250 Employees
A Schulman Company Dispersions Division LOCATION
(NASDAQ -SHLM)
P.O. Box 1527 Orange, TX 77630
(409) 883-9371
3007 Burnett St.
SCHULMAN GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Compounding Plant Makes Carbon Black Concentrates
Texas Polymer Services 1998 - Reduced production.
RAW MATERIALS
Carbon Black
RAW PLASTIC
y
Plant Manager - Debbie Gipson
Parent Company -
A. SCHULMAN 3550 Market Street Akron, OH 44333 9-800-54RESIN
http://www.aschulman.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 89 Employees
Schulman compounds or mixes carbon black with various thermoplastics (Polyblak ) Carbon Black is used to give increased strength to rubber and plastic compounds. Also: Plant at Thomas Street (Presently closed)
SOUTH HAMPTON REFINING
LOCATION
P.O. Box 1636 Silsbee, TX 77656 (409) 385-1400 FAX 385-2453
Silsbee TX is approximately 18 Miles North of Beaumont on US HWY 96 - Then left on Hwy 418.
SOUTH HAMPTON REFINING
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
High Quality Specialty Products Manufacture (for gasoline blending) Toll Processing
Started approximately 35 years ago. 1989 - Completed upgrade. 2000 - Completed Hydrogenation Unit.
RAW MATERIALS Hydrogen
Plant Manager - Nick Carter
Parent Company -
TEXAS OIL & CHEMICAL CO. Houston, TX
Arabian Shield Development Company 10830 N. Central Expressway, Ste 175 Dallas, TX 75231
http://www.southamptonrefining.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Isopentane
Acres 46 Employees
^ Pentane Cyclopentane
'> Petroleum Ether ^ Hexane / Isohexane ^ Fuel oil Blending
South Hampton developed a molecular-sieve process to remove normal paraffin's from kerosene.
Texas Polymer Services Inc. (NASDAQ - SHLM)
LOCATION
P.O. Box 2410 Orange, TX 77631
(409) 883-4331 FAX 883-3013
6522 1-10 West Orange, TX 77632
Texas Polymer Services is located along I-10 just west of Orange. Exit Hwy. 90
Texas Polymer Services
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Custom compounding plant. Adds fillers, colorants, antioxidants or other special materials to plastics. 1974 - Plant built by J. M. Huber 1988 - Plant Expanded 1995 - Purchased from J. M. Huber
RAW MATERIALS
Colorants & Antioxidants
RAW PLASTIC
y
Vice President - Larry Fisher
Parent Company -
A SCHULMAN 3550 West Market Street Akron, OH 44333
(800) 54 RESIN
http://www.ashulman.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 130 Employees
200 MM twin screw compounding system.
100 M #/Yr. polyolefins
12 M#/Yr. filled and unfilled engineering thermoplastics.
The 1997 Chevrolet Malibu, Motor Trends "Car of the Year" contains many plastic parts made from A. Schulman materials.
TPS recently celebrated almost 500,000 working hours without a lost time accident.
Westvaco (NYSE - W)
LOCATION
Evadale Mill P.O. Box 816 Hwy 105 Silsbee, TX 77656
(409) 276-1411 FAX 276-3108
Evadale Mill
Westvaco
TEMPLE--INLAND 4'l pi:** C< !> *! 'HUI.IA
Westvaco
GENERAL DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
Large Bleached Paperboard Mill
1969 - Began Operations as Temple-Inland Temple-Inland is the largest private landowner in Texas. Temple Inland owns 2.2 M Acres in Louisiana, Texas and Georgia.
1999 - Westvaco acquired Temple's Bleached paperboard business (IMPAC)
RAW MATERIALS
Plant Manager - Jeff Jensen
Parent Company -
Temple-Inland Drawer N Diboll, TX 75941 (409) 829-1313
http://www.westvaco.com
FINISHED PRODUCTS
SIZE
Acres 1,100 Employees
Power Plant 32,500 KW Steam 1,614,000 #/Hr
500 T/D File Folder 500 T/D Coated Paper 250 T/D Food Packaging Paper 500 T/D Bleached Paperboard
One of the largest Bleached Paperboard Mills in the U.S..!
CROSS INDEX
Due to mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, or operating contracts, some companies may be listed differently than previous directories.
OLD NAMES
NEW NAMES
COMMENTS
Allied Signal
Honeywell
1999 Merger 2001 Will become GE
Big Three Industries
Air Liquide
Name Change
Chemical Waste Mgmt.
Onyx Environmental
1999 Purchase
Chevron/Gulf
Clark Refining Premcor
1995 Purchase by Clark Then by Horsham of Toronto & Blackstone of NY
Destek
See Great Lakes Carbon
Cogeneration Unit
Dow
See DuPont-Dow(Beaumont) Joint Venture
Elf Atochem
Atofina Chemicals
2000 Merger of TotalFina & Elf Aquitaine
Fina
Atofina Petrochemicals
2000 Merger
Firestone
Bridgestone-Firestone
1988 Purchase
Goodrich Chemicals
Ausimont
Acquisition
Goodrich Gulf
See Ameripol-Synpol
Gulf States Utilities
Entergy
1994 Merger (Stock Exchange)
OLD NAMES J. M. Huber, Echo J. M. Huber, Orange J. M. Huber, Orange ICI
Inland (Evadale Mill) James River Jefferson Chemical
Pennwalt
Pure Oil Temple Inland (Evadale) Texaco
Texaco Chemical Terra Uniroyal Union Carbide
NEW NAME Engineered Carbons A. Schulman Texas Polymer Services See Ineos Acrylics (At Beaumont Works) See Westvaco See Printpak Huntsman
Elf Atochem Became Atofina Union 76 Westvaco Star Enterprise Motiva Huntsman (4) Plants See Beaumont Methanol See Ameripol-Synpol See Praxair
COMMENTS 1995 Purchase
1995 Purchase Joint Venture 2000 Bought by Ineos
1996 Acquisition jv Cyanamid & Texaco Now Huntsman 1989 Merger of Pennwalt, Atochem, & M. & T. 2000 Merger Operates as a Terminal only. 1999 Purchase jv Texaco & Saudi Aramco jv joined by Shell
Spin Off
INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
THE EARLY YEARS
The economy of the Golden Triangle "took off' shortly after the nearby Spindletop Oil Discovery in 1901. Three refineries started in that era survive today:
Texaco (Briefly Star Enterprise now Motiva) Magnolia Petroleum (Then Socony-Vacuum then Mobil now ExxonMobil) Gulf (Merged into Chevron recently bought by Clark now Premcor)
The early refineries simply boiled crude oil in batches and collected the fractions that came off. Texas Energy Museum maintains an exhibit describing the early Oilfield days. The museum is located downtown Beaumont at 600 Main Street.
Spindletop played out quickly, but discoveries at Sour Lake, East Texas, and elsewhere replaced the production
The Neches River was dredged to a dept of nine feet as far up as Beaumont in 1908. However, creation of the three port districts by the Texas Legislature in the 1940s gave industrial development a big boost.
The refineries made steady growth over the next years and were joined by Atlantic Richfield in 1935. These refineries were in a sense "anchors" that caused development of other petroleum / chemical plants.
Olin (now Arch)- Sulfuric Acid (For Refinery Alkylation Units)
Union Carbide (Now Praxair) - Oxygen & Nitrogen
Big 3 (Now Air Liquide)
- Oxygen & Nitrogen
Huber (Now Engineered Carbons) - Carbon from Heavy Aromatic Oils
Great Lakes Carbon - Coke from refinery products
THE WAR YEARS
During 1942, the Reconstruction Finance Corp. (U.S. Government) built two identical synthetic rubber plants in Port Neches. The Japanese War effort blocked vital supplies of natural rubber from the Philippines. Firestone Company in Akron, Ohio had already demonstrated that a synthetic rubber could be made from petroleum-derived chemicals.
The RFC plant was operated by the government until 1955 and provided vital rubber for the war and reconstruction effort. It is now owned and operated by Ameripol-Synpol.
High-octane airplane fuel was also important to the war effort. Gasoline "straightrun" from crude oil distillation is low in octane. Rearranging hydrocarbon molecules making aromatic and branch chain molecules out of straight ones, makes higher-octane gasoline. Also, refineries combined smaller molecules with a new process called alkylation to make more gasoline. High-octane gasoline helped win the air-war over London.
When Winston Churchill said, "never in the history of human conflict was so much owned to so few by so many", he could have included the contribution made by plants in this area made to the war.
POST WAR
A different type of development began near the end of the war. Early work by inventors Hyatt and Baekeland foretold a new type of material - Plastics.
Of greater significance to the area was the work of some more recent researchers:
1934 - Fawcett & Gibson 1935 - Carothers 1937 - Bayer 1938 - Plunkett 1957 - Zeigler 1957 - Natta
ICI DuPont Bayer DuPont
(Britain)
Nylon
Polyurethanes (Germany)
Teflon
HOPE
(Germany)
Polypropylene
The work by Ziegler and Natta on organometallic catalysts in particular made possible the production of polyethylene and polypropylene plastics at low pressures.
The availability of raw materials from the refineries already located here attracted Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in capital investment here to make Plastics.
DuPont started making Nylon at its Sabine River works in 1946. The Beaumont works started eight years later. The Beaumont works converts natural gas into chemical intermediates and polymers using catalyst technology.
In the early 1950s Time, Inc., sought entry into paper production and incorporated East Texas Pulp & Paper Company with the Houston Oil Company. The mill at Evadale (Temple-Inland now Westvaco) prospered because of availability of Southern pine and hardwood nearby. In 1966, Owens-Illinois started a second mill (Now Inland Orange) to make linerboard.
RECENT YEARS
Refining Operations have been under attack from all sides: Feedstocks - have changed to heavier and more sour crude (Almost half of U.S. Oil is still imported.)
The main refinery product (gasoline) must meet new "reformulated" standards under the Clean Air Act. Refinery margins are near record low levels. Plant emissions are monitored to meet tightening EPA standards. OSHA, is increasing its involvement in operations. Lawsuits are bought against "deep pocket" companies with increasing
frequency and size.
It is not surprising that these factors have caused some changes:
Chevron - experienced downsizing - sold refinery to Clark & merged their chemical operations with Phillips.
Union 76 - shut down the Smith's Bluff refinery - now operates as a terminal. Texaco - formed a 50/50 partnership with Saudi Aramco in 1989 (called Star
Enterprise), sold off chemical operations to Huntsman, and then merged refining operations with Shell to form Motiva. Mobil and Exxon merged to save overhead costs.
Chemical Plants have been under some of the same stresses. Their products, in general, tend to be "downstream" but more valuable. Chemical Plant technology is changing more quickly.
All of the surviving companies are undertaking major investments often without
increasing capacity. They are pro actively involved in supporting the community and
protecting the environment. They have become more efficient through automation,
downsizing, cogeneration, and consolidation.
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For more on the history of petrochemicals along the Gulf Coast, see "Giants on the River."
