Benzene
Benzene releases at Midway Gas Plant rose from 11k lb to 108k lb (10.2×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 73.3M lb rose sharply year over year (+74%). Total releases concentrations are up 74% since 2023.
8824 FM 1233, Crane, Texas · 211130 · Natural Gas Processing · operated by Targa Resources CORP
Benzene releases at Midway Gas Plant rose from 11k lb to 108k lb (10.2×) between 2023 and 2024.
Toluene releases at Midway Gas Plant rose from 9k lb to 68k lb (7.9×) between 2023 and 2024.
Hydrogen sulfide releases at Midway Gas Plant rose from 42.0M lb to 73.0M lb between 2023 and 2024.
Hydrogen sulfide concentrations are up 74% since 2023.
Benzene concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Toluene concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
n-Hexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Cyclohexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Ethylbenzene concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Crane County County, TX (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 4,636. 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.