Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) releases at Wildcat Gas Plant rose from 28k lb to 91k lb (3.2×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 1.1M lb more than doubled year over year (+184%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
8496 W STATE HWY 302, Kermit, Texas · 211130 · Natural Gas Processing · operated by Targa Resources CORP
Xylene (mixed isomers) releases at Wildcat Gas Plant rose from 28k lb to 91k lb (3.2×) between 2023 and 2024.
Toluene releases at Wildcat Gas Plant rose from 127k lb to 388k lb (3.0×) between 2023 and 2024.
Benzene releases at Wildcat Gas Plant rose from 202k lb to 534k lb (2.6×) between 2023 and 2024.
Benzene concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Toluene concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Cyclohexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
n-Hexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Ethylbenzene concentrations have fallen 15% since 2022.
Winkler County County, TX (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 7,582. 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.