Ethylene
Ethylene releases at Oxea Corp Bay City Plant rose from 18k lb to 40k lb (2.3×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 171k lb rose sharply year over year (+51%). Total releases concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
2001 FM 3057, Bay City, Texas · 325199 · Chemicals · operated by Oq Chemicals CORP
Ethylene releases at Oxea Corp Bay City Plant rose from 18k lb to 40k lb (2.3×) between 2023 and 2024.
Vinyl acetate releases at Oxea Corp Bay City Plant rose from 45k lb to 71k lb between 2023 and 2024.
n-Butyl alcohol at Oxea Corp Bay City Plant have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Vinyl acetate concentrations are up 68% since 2010.
Ethylene concentrations are up 63% since 2010.
Butyraldehyde concentrations have fallen 11% since 2010.
n-Butyl alcohol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Isobutyraldehyde concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Propionaldehyde concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Acetaldehyde concentrations are up 45% since 2010.
Propylene concentrations are up 52% since 2010.
Matagorda County County, TX (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 36,251. 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.