Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
VALERO REFINING TEXAS LP CORPUS CHRISTI EAST PLANT
1300 CANTWELL LN, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, 78407
Parent company: VALERO ENERGY CORP
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Toluene | n-Hexane | Propylene | Methyl tert-butyl ether | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 146,745 | 17,013 | 22,552 | 4,827 | — | 250,816 |
| 2023 | 140,865 | 16,019 | 26,362 | 3,486 | — | 235,907 |
| 2022 | 122,613 | 24,539 | 33,839 | 4,378 | — | 253,545 |
| 2021 | 155,184 | 22,285 | 75,022 | 3,942 | — | 330,653 |
| 2020 | 96,493 | 131,675 | 34,334 | 12,673 | — | 816,574 |
| 2019 | 332,000 | 21,820 | 47,224 | 9,921 | — | 484,134 |
| 2018 | 335,072 | 23,543 | 92,174 | 2,531 | — | 543,238 |
| 2017 | 329,626 | 20,355 | 76,983 | 942 | — | 498,017 |
| 2016 | 312,559 | 19,212 | 70,966 | 815 | — | 473,034 |
| 2015 | 326,894 | 24,512 | 49,645 | 4,494 | — | 472,077 |
| 2014 | 336,268 | 31,495 | 56,429 | 5,043 | — | 492,658 |
| 2013 | 382,576 | 29,415 | 74,088 | 5,028 | — | 549,040 |
| 2012 | 678,987 | 37,511 | 56,044 | 4,251 | — | 858,199 |
| 2011 | 773,445 | 23,175 | 21,576 | 694 | — | 893,424 |
| 2010 | 768,947 | 33,056 | 28,382 | 6,415 | — | 934,940 |
| 2009 | 212,614 | 27,995 | 17,335 | 2,546 | — | 351,975 |
| 2008 | 569,709 | 22,501 | 22,650 | 56,775 | — | 825,389 |
| 2007 | 626,033 | 40,371 | 39,169 | 76,423 | — | 942,911 |
| 2006 | 151,210 | 60,414 | 42,394 | 137,289 | — | 575,945 |
| 2005 | 121,687 | 62,757 | 64,991 | 162,512 | — | 551,222 |
| 2004 | 121,005 | 76,268 | 108,472 | 281,503 | — | 796,448 |
| 2003 | 129,804 | 67,171 | 125,571 | 150,896 | — | 681,435 |
| 2002 | 116,542 | 98,854 | 143,628 | 140,373 | — | 731,803 |
| 2001 | 122,366 | 104,520 | 140,972 | 136,846 | — | 762,313 |
| 2000 | 117,888 | 105,308 | 141,158 | 138,161 | — | 777,388 |
| 1999 | 131,603 | 113,802 | 129,520 | 129,621 | — | 793,102 |
| 1998 | — | 102,277 | 127,649 | 93,702 | 72 | 558,883 |
| 1997 | — | 130,913 | 137,660 | 145,217 | 57,757 | 780,543 |
| 1996 | — | 193,468 | 97,144 | 151,684 | 132,037 | 1,053,192 |
| 1995 | — | 212,998 | 124,567 | 149,437 | 164,668 | 1,035,339 |
| 1994 | — | 253,948 | — | 8,720 | — | 561,698 |
| 1993 | — | 202,760 | — | 9,020 | 445,990 | 981,255 |
| 1992 | — | 221,000 | — | 5,000 | 57,000 | 651,853 |
| 1991 | — | 83,000 | — | 19,000 | 37,200 | 378,815 |
| 1990 | — | 49,400 | — | 27,100 | 165,485 | 580,982 |
| 1989 | — | 124,130 | — | 6,000 | 200,400 | 627,190 |
| 1988 | — | 86,600 | — | 6,700 | 186,400 | 370,050 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | 2,600 | 647,750 | 974,986 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.