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Emissions Concerns Arise Over Port Arthur Plant

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Wed, 2019-04-10 21:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Oxbow Calcining, LLC, plant in Port Arthur operates recently. Photo taken Friday, February1, 2019 Photo by Kim Brent/The Enterprise

beaumontenterprise.com - by Kaitlin Bain - April 8, 2019

. . . Oxbow's Port Arthur calcining plant, on a 112-acre waterfront site near the Sabine Neches Ship Channel, uses petroleum coke, a byproduct from the oil refining process, to create calcined coke, which is then sold to make aluminum, titanium dioxide and other industrial products.

Sulfur dioxide and heat are two byproducts of this process.

Oxbow released more than 11,000 tons of sulfur dioxide into the air in 2016, according to calculations by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, making it one of the top 10 emitters of the invisible chemical in the state.

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Mon, 2019-11-04 09:53 — Kathy Gilbeaux

kfdm.com - by Joy Addison - November 3, 2019

Environmental activists are speaking out in an effort to get the refinery Oxbow Calcining to reduce its emissions in Port Arthur.

KFDM/Fox 4's Joy Addison reports on residents' health concerns ahead of a Nov. 14 meeting where the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is expected to listen to what residents have to say.

CLICK HERE - VIDEO REPORT - Environmental activists speak out against Port Arthur refinery getting permit

 

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