Petromax Refining CO LLC
Total reported releases 1k lb fell sharply year over year (-60%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2015.
1519 S SHELDON RD, Houston, Texas · 324110 · Petroleum · operated by Petromax Refining Co LLC
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2015.
Cyclohexane
Cyclohexane concentrations have more than halved since 2015.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations are up 44% since 2015.
Naphthalene
Naphthalene concentrations are up 82% since 2016.
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have fallen 35% since 2015.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations have more than halved since 2015.
Ethylbenzene
Ethylbenzene concentrations have fallen 33% since 2015.
Cumene
Cumene concentrations have more than doubled since 2015.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (11 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 17,720. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.