TPC Group News

Officials Release Report on 2019 Explosions at Port Neches Chemical Plant

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final investigation report on the November 27, 2019, explosions and fires at the TPC Group Port Neches Operations facility Chemical Plant in Port Neches, Texas. The incident occurred when …

Texas Sues TPC Group, Owner of Port Neches Chemical Plant That Exploded

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued TPC Group over environmental violations associated with the Nov. 27 explosion at the company’s Port Neches chemical plant, a blast that prompted widespread mandatory evacuations during the Thanksgiving holiday week. The suit, filed …

Texas City Again Issues Voluntary Evacuation Order over Chemical Plant Blast

Concerns over air quality have prompted a voluntary evacuation order that was in effect on Dec. 5 for a Texas Gulf Coast city where a pair of chemical plant explosions occurred last week. Port Neches issued the voluntary order for …

Texas Chemical Plant Shut by Explosions, Fire to Be Rebuilt, Company Says

Petrochemical maker TPC Group Inc will rebuild the Texas plant shut last week by devastating explosions that ignited fires that burned for six days, a spokeswoman said on Dec. 4. The last fire at the Port Neches plant was extinguished …

County Official: No Plans to Sue over Texas Chemical Plant Fire

The top official of an east Texas county that evacuated 60,000 residents last week after a petrochemical plant exploded and caught fire said on Dec. 3 he does not plan to sue the company, and will leave potential litigation to …

Texas Plant Rocked by Explosions Was Declared High Priority Violator by EPA

The Port Neches, Texas, chemical plant where two explosions and a fire prompted widespread mandatory evacuations on Nov. 27 has a years-long history of state and federal environmental violations. The facility owned by Houston-based Texas Petroleum Chemicals, or TPC Group, …

Texas Chemical Plant Fire Brought Under Control

AUSTIN, Texas , NOV. 29 β€”Officials lifted evacuation orders Friday for around 50,000 people on the Texas Gulf Coast, determining a massive fire was finally under control at a chemical plant rocked by two major explosions three days earlier. “We …