River Log section: Birdsfoot Delta
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183.2 LBD - Shell Chemical and OxyChem Shell Chemical produces industrial chemicals such as alpha olefins, detergent alcohols, alcohol ethoxylates, plasticiser alcohols, ethylene oxide and ethylene glycols. These products are used by to manufacture personal care products, soaps, shampoos and household cleaning solutions. Located behind Shell, OxyChem (formerly Occidental
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183.9 - IMTT Geismar and BASF International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) has a relatively small bulk liquid product storage and handling terminal just over the levee. More than half a mile behind IMTT and connected to Rubicon is a large BASF facility that dates back to 1958. BASF produces ethylene
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184.6 LBD - Rubicon and Lion Copolymer The Rubicon plant in Geismar produces Methylene Diphenyl Isocyanate (MDI), Maleic Anhydride, Hydrochloric Acid (HCI), Polyols, Nitrobenzene, Aniline, Diphenylamine (DPA) used for the manufacture of Polyurethane Insulation, Furniture and Bedding, Adhesives, Coatings and Elastomers, Composite Wood Products, Footwear, Molded Plastics, and Pharmaceuticals.
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185.3 LBD - Methanex One of Louisiana’s newest chemical plants. Methanex relocated two methanol production plants from Punta Arenas, Chile to this location between 2013 and 2015.
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186.8 LBD - Industrial Complex including PCS Nitrogen, Honeywell, and Williams Olefins This chemical complex here is dominated by PCS Nitrogen which is owned by the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS, get it). PCS Nitrogen makes 0.50 million tonnes of ammonia, 2.4 million tonnes of nitrogen solutions,
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187.9 LBD - Total Petrochemicals and Refining and Caravelle Energy Center Total Petrochemicals operates a polystyrene production complex which produces styrene monomer from ethylbenzene and then polystyrene from styrene monomer. Total Petrochemical’s styrene’s complex is one of the largest polystyrene facilities in the world and can produce
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200.1 LBD - Industrial Complex including Taminco Inc., Syngenta, and Olin Chlor Alkali The largest facility in the complex is Syngenta Crop Protection LLC which produces atrazine, herbicides, some insecticides, and seed safeners which are shipped to agricultural operations in 90 countries. Many of the trucks leaving the facility
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201.6 LBD - Willow Glen Power Plant Entergy’s Willow Glen Power Plant is a natural gas and fuel oil fired power plant used to provide variable levels of energy and/or capacity to the area when needed and the first power plant that you will encounter on this
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203.3 RBD - SNF Flopam SNF Flopam manufactures acrylamide monomer and polyacrylamide powders packaged in bags or supersacks within the Dow complex. Toxic Releases (TRI) for 2013 in pounds: SNF Flopam: Air: 317,435
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203.8 LBD - LBC Sunshine Terminal LBC Sunshine terminal is a bulk liquid terminal with 40 tanks, a storage capacity of 118,020,000 gallons, and handles chemicals, petroleum products, and oils.
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205.5 Axiall (formerly Georgia Gulf) & 204.8 Shintec Louisiana Plaquemine PVC Plant These two large facilities produce chlorvinyl chemicals, primarily for the manufacture of PVC. Shintech Corp. is the worlds largest producer of PVC. Along with the Dow Chemical and other Shintech facilities in the area, a large
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209.6 RBD - Dow wastewater outfall A torrent of wastewater enters the Mississippi River here. This area is best avoided.