Ethylene
Ethylene at Sasol Chemicals (Usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Sasol Chemicals (Usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex
Total reported releases 593k lb held roughly steady year over year (-3%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
2201 OLD SPANISH TRAIL, Westlake, Louisiana · 325199 · Chemicals · operated by Sasol (Usa) CORP
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Notable Signals
Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Sasol Chemicals (Usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
Formic acid
Formic acid releases at Sasol Chemicals (Usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex fell from 33k lb to 11k lb (66% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Ethylene
Ethylene concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
n-Butyl alcohol
n-Butyl alcohol concentrations are up 99% since 2010.
Propylene
Propylene concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Chlorine
Chlorine concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations are up 24% since 2010.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations are up 96% since 2011.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (10 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 10,666. Why we surface this →
32.0%
Low-income
17.9%
People of color
6.1%
Under age 5
20.9%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.