Western El Paso Refinery
Total reported releases 145k lb held roughly steady year over year (-2%). Total releases concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
6500 TROWBRIDGE DR, El Paso, Texas · 324110 · Petroleum · operated by Marathon Petroleum CORP
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
Hydrogen cyanide
Hydrogen cyanide concentrations are up 89% since 2014.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations are up 20% since 2010.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations are up 30% since 2022.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations have fallen 17% since 2010.
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene concentrations are up 31% since 2010.
Propylene
Propylene concentrations have fallen 15% since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (77 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 81,324. 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.