TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Lyondell Chemical CO

Total reported releases 3.0M lb held roughly steady year over year (-1%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 28% since 2010.

2502 SHELDON RD, Channelview, Texas · 325110 · Chemicals · operated by Lyondellbasell Finance Co

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 3.0M.5.8M'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'243.0M
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

Allyl alcohol

Allyl alcohol releases at Lyondell Chemical CO rose from 49k lb to 87k lb between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

Acetaldehyde

Acetaldehyde releases at Lyondell Chemical CO rose from 35k lb to 59k lb between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

Phenol

Phenol releases at Lyondell Chemical CO fell from 23k lb to 7k lb (71% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Styrene

Styrene at Lyondell Chemical CO have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).

Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 5. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

RESPIRATORYCAS 67-56-1

Methanol

763k lb · -22% YoY

Methanol concentrations have fallen 44% since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 100-41-4

Ethylbenzene

523k lb · +24% YoY

Ethylbenzene concentrations have fallen 29% since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 98-86-2

Acetophenone

371k lb · +30% YoY

Acetophenone concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 106-99-0

1,3-Butadiene

227k lb · +16% YoY

1,3-Butadiene concentrations are up 59% since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 71-43-2

Benzene

132k lb · +31% YoY

Benzene concentrations have fallen 18% since 2010.

GENERALCAS 115-07-1

Propylene

126k lb · +23% YoY

Propylene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 100-42-5

Styrene

119k lb · -45% YoY

Styrene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 75-05-8

Acetonitrile

102k lb · -7% YoY

Acetonitrile concentrations are up 57% since 2010.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (30 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 56,818. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
36.0%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
88.9%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
7.6%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
8.2%

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.