Shell Oil and Gas
Dylan Baddour, Houston Chronicle
Photo: John Everett, Houston Chronicle
Photo: John Everett, Houston ChronicleOn Sunday morning, hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic gas were accidentally released from the Shell Oil facility in Deer Park.
Neil Carman, a chemist with the Sierra Club of Texas and a former power plant inspector for the TCEQ, said that butadiene is a known human carcinogen, but that its molecular structure allows it to dissipate quickly in the hot summer air.
The chemical is commonly expelled in car exhaust, but Carman said the quantity in the Shell incident was concerning.
"This release is huge, " he said. "Even 10% of 326, 000 is big for butadiene."
Shell spokesperson Ray Fisher said the company is investigating the cause of the release. Meanwhile, data from nearby monitors did not exceed TCEQ odor or health-based screening levels during the incident.
Shell Oil Company is the United States-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil company ("oil major") of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 22,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. The U.S. head office is in Houston, Texas. Shell Oil Company, including its...
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