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Shell Chemical LP

Deer Park, Harris County, Texas, USA

Site details

Deer Park manufacturing location
Scotford, Alberta, Canada manufacturing location
Site size in hectares  243
Site size in acres  600
Principal activities

Shell Chemical Deer Park is part of a joint oil refinery/ chemicals manufacturing site. Shell Deer Park Refining Company operates the refinery while chemicals are made by Shell Chemical LP. The plant makes few final products; rather, it manufactures base chemicals that are sold to other chemical companies that transform them into thousands of consumer products, ranging from plastics to building materials.
Main chemicals products manufactured

Ethylene; propylene; butylene; isoprene; butadiene; piperylene; dicyclopentadiene; benzene; toluene; xylenes; phenol; acetone; cumene
Certification

ISO 9001-2000, RC14001®
Other plants on site Momentive Specialty Chemicals epoxy resins plant, Oxy Vinyls LP vinyl chloride monomers plant, Calpine co-generation plant, and Kinder Morgan, which handles petroleum coke distribution for Shell Deer Park.
Adjoining industrial activities
  • Dow Chemical
  • Geon
  • Lubrizol
  • Prax Air
History
  • 1940s: Chemical plant foundation
  • 1979: Start up of OP-III
  • 1988: Divestment of VCM (vinyl chloride monomer) plant to Occidental
  • 1999: New phenol/acetone plant
  • 2000: Startup of Phenol-3
  • 2000: Divestment of resins plant to Hexion Specialty Chemicals (now Momentive Specialty Chemicals)
  • 2004: Olefins expansion

Plant capacities

Deer Park ,Texas, USA manufacturing location plant capacities
Plant Ownership Capacity (kt/yr)
ACU/Benzene & BEU/Benzene Shell Chemical LP 675 combined
BD3/Butadiene Shell Chemical LP 145
Cumene/Cumene Shell Chemical LP not disclosed
HT-II/Benzene concentrate Shell Chemical LP not disclosed
IRU/Isoprene Shell Chemical LP 61
OP-II/Ethylene & OP-III/Ethylene Shell Chemical LP 834 combined
OXU/Mixed xylenes Shell Chemical LP 200
PAP#2/3 Phenol; acetone Shell Chemical LP 600; 366

Contact details

Deer Park, Texas, USA manufacturing location contact details
Full address Shell Chemical LP
5900 Highway 225
Deer Park
TX 77536
USA
Telephone +1 713 246 4371
Fax +1 713 246 7800
Emergency telephone +1 713 246 7301
Contact number for potential employees +1 713 246 4371
Web site www.shell.us/deerpark
Site manager Mark Byrd

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