Methanol
Methanol releases at Dkl Libby Gas Plant rose from 41k lb to 131k lb (3.2×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 138k lb more than doubled year over year (+197%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
674 MARATHON RD, Hobbs, New Mexico · 211130 · Natural Gas Processing · operated by Delek US Holdings INC
Methanol releases at Dkl Libby Gas Plant rose from 41k lb to 131k lb (3.2×) between 2023 and 2024.
Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Benzene concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
n-Hexane concentrations are up 45% since 2023.
Toluene volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Ethylbenzene concentrations have fallen 11% since 2023.
Lea County County, NM (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 73,103. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. 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.