A newsletter for neighbors of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP in Baytown
March 2016
TWC names Chevron Phillips Chemical
Employer of the Year
The Texas Workforce Commission
(TWC) named Chevron Phillips
Chemical Company LP the 2015 Texas
Workforce Solutions Employer of
the Year at TWC’s 19th Annual Texas
Workforce Conference in Dallas,
Texas.
“It is an honor for Chevron Phillips
Chemical to be recognized as the
2015 Texas Workforce Solutions Employer of the Year,” said Greg Wagner,
vice president of Human Resources
for Chevron Phillips Chemical. “We
thank Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast
and Lee College in Baytown, Texas for
nominating us. Both organizations
are valuable partners that help us
elevate the excellent career opportunities in the chemical industry.”
Employer of the Year nominations are
submitted to TWC by Workforce Development Boards to honor local employers that exemplify TWC’s mission
to promote and support a workforce
system that creates value and offers
employers, individuals and communities the opportunity to achieve and
sustain economic prosperity.
“We work hard to be an employer of
choice, and this award is a great recognition of our company’s workforce
development efforts and the region’s
collaborative efforts to advance the
On Nov. 19, 2015, Chevron Phillips Chemical was named Texas Workforce Solutions 2015 Employer of the Year at the Texas Workforce Conference.
Gulf Coast’s economy and workforce,”
said Wagner.
Headquartered in The Woodlands,
Chevron Phillips Chemical has eight
manufacturing facilities and one
research and technology center in
Texas.
Chevron Phillips Chemical is building
a $6 billion expansion project called
the U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals
Project. This project will support
10,000 temporary construction and
engineering jobs and 400 long-term
jobs in Baytown and Old Ocean.
ON THE INSIDE
Use the CAER Line PAGE
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Use the Community Awareness Emergency Response Line when you hear a
plant alarm or see a flaring event.
Investing in Baytown
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Find out how charitable contributions
were used in 2015 to benefit the
Baytown community.
New Ground Flare
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A new type of flare will be in service at
the Cedar Bayou plant in 2017.
Who To Call
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Find out who to call during a plant alarm,
to apply for a job, or to ask questions
about the construction project.
Use community CAER Line to stay informed
If you see a plant flare or hear a
plant alarm, you can easily find out
what is going on by calling the CAER
Line; also known as the Community
Awareness Emergency Response
Line.
visiting online at
www.ehcma.org/caerline
such as evacuation or shelter-inplace, or non-emergency events such
as flaring or fire drills, which require
no community action. The CAER Line
was created 20 years ago, and today
serves more than 300,000 community members in East Harris County,
including Baytown.
The CAER Line is operated and
Along with the additional features,
maintained by the East Harris County
the CAER Line system is now able to
Manufacturers Association, or EHChandle a large call volume.
MA. They launched a new CAER Line
with upgraded technology in 2015
“The hotline that our community has
to better serve the community and
used for more than 20 years is now
inform residents about emergency
more user friendly,” said Craig Beskid, “EHCMA asks its members to post
and non-emergency events at plants.
East Harris County Manufacturers
emergency messages to the CAER
The new CAER Line features courtesy
Association executive director.
Line within 15 minutes of an event,”
messages in English and Spanish and
Beskid said. “Posting these messages
community members can access the
CAER Line messages can be about
keeps community members safe and
CAER Line by calling 281-476-2237 or events that require safety procedures,
informed.”
INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY
Charitable Contributions
1%
Good Neighbor Fund
Education
19%
58%
10%
9%
2%
Social Services
Arts
1%
These charitable contributions were
raised primarily through the annual
United Way program. Employees
raised a record $112,500 during the
2015 campaign, and when combined
with the company’s corporate dollarfor-dollar matching gift program, the
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Environment
Health
United Way campaign
plant was able to donate a total of
$225,000. Other charitable contributions include $85,000 for education, health, arts, social services,
and environmental programs in the
community.
Cedar Bayou plant employees donated Christmas gifts to 101 children through Baytown
Communities in School in December 2015.
In addition, the plant donated $3,825 to the
organization to assist with student needs and
programs.
New flare
technology
will lead to
lower air
emissions
The low-profile flare is new and
improved technology from a traditional flare. It is designed to sit on
the ground, to be smokeless, reduce
noise and reduce visibility. Taking up
the space of about two-and-a-half
football fields, the new flare will be
surrounded by a 60-foot wall and is
capable of burning about 3 million
pounds of hydrocarbons per hour.
Since the new flare is designed to be
smokeless when it burns, this leads to
lower air emissions than a traditional
flare.
And since there is a 60-foot wall that
surrounds the new flare, flames will
no longer be visible and noise levels
will be greatly reduced. During a flaring event, neighbors will be able to
see a glow emanating from the structure, not flames, and hear a rumbling
sound.
The rumbling sound could reach
as much as 98 decibels (about as
loud as a power lawn mower) at the
plant’s fence line. A “whoomp” sound
(similar to what you hear when you
The new ground flare is made up of 16 horizontal runners, each supporting a number of 7-foot
tall poles that extend toward the sky. On the tops of these poles sit 774 flare tips.
turn on a gas heater or a stove) will
also be audible as each stage of the
flare process is activated.
This new flare is made up of 16
horizontal runners, each supporting
a number of 7-foot tall poles that
extend toward the sky. On the tops
of these poles sit 774 flare tips.
Although the Cedar Bayou plant’s
new unit is designed to minimize
flaring during start-up, shutdown
and maintenance activities, designing a flare capable of handling
emergency scenarios is a top priority
in the construction of any unit.
Flaring typically happens at a plant
when a process unit needs to shutdown and the pressurized hydrocarbon in the pipes and vessels of
the unit are re-routed to the flare. In
short, flares are a safety device used
when units aren’t operating under
normal conditions, such as during
hurricanes or power outages.
When a flaring event occurs, the
Cedar Bayou plant places public
information on the CAER Line within
15 minutes. Call 281-476-2237.
WHO TO CALL
Contact us for questions, comments,
or to learn more about the Chevron
Phillips Chemical Cedar Bayou plant.
CAER Line ............... 281-476-2237
Call the CAER Line for plant alarm
information and other immediate
notifications
Plant Main Number ..... 281-421-6500
Call the Main Number for all other
inquiries or to speak to a Chevron
Phillips Chemical representative
EMPLOYMENT
All open positions at the Cedar Bayou
plant and at Chevron Phillips Chemical
are posted online. Paper applications
are not accepted. Apply online at the
website below:
cpchem.com/careers
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a Heather Betancourth:
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If a flaring event occurs at the Cedar
Bayou plant, neighbors would
normally see a tall, candle-like flame
in the sky. Today, a new low-profile
flare is being built at the Cedar Bayou
plant in conjunction with the new
ethylene unit currently under construction.
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Products You Know
Find out where everyday products start
While the Denver Broncos took
home the trophy in Super Bowl 50,
it was the petrochemicals industry
that helped make it all possible.
You may be asking how. Well, if you
watched the Super Bowl chances
are you fired up the grill, made possible by charcoal lighter distillate,
a contribution from our Specialty
Chemicals division. You passed the
cheese and deli trays covered with
lids possibly made with K-Resin®
SBC. The chip bags were ripped
open, made from layers of polyethylene and the water bottles were
chilled, shrink-wrapped with K-Resin® SBC. The players in the locker
rooms hydrated with Gatorade
from their high density polyethylene coolers. And let’s not forget
the disposable (and yes, recyclable)
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cups and plates you
had for you and
your guests, again
made possible by
petrochemicals.
While the sport itself
has not changed,
almost every detail
that impacts the
game, players and
fan experience
has evolved. From
breathable football
jerseys and gloves to stadium seats
and artificial turf, plastics and petrochemicals help keep players safer
and fans far more entertained.
Today, breathable jerseys are a
blend of polyester that allows
players to stay cool during the heat
of the game. Everything from the
player’s pants, socks, gloves and
even cleats have a blend of polyester in them. Referees’ uniforms
are also lined with polyester. Fans
benefit from this advancement as
well with the abundant collection
of fan apparel and jerseys that are
sported every year!