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Chemical Process and Production, Inc. (CP&P) is a specialty chemical
distillation and fractionation facility, located southwest of the town of
Arcadia in Galveston County, Texas. The plant site is located on 4 acres
currently dedicated to processing equipment. The plant was commissioned in 1972
to recover the product from a stream for Petro-Tex (later called Mobay
synthetics). Chemical Process and Production has continued to successfully and
satisfactorily process various streams since the 1972 startup. We have
processed a mixed Glycol stream for ARCO Chemical to produce a marketable
product. We have been processing a stream for Exxon Chemicals USA and marketing
the products for Exxon. Chemical Process and Production has also successfully
processed streams for Shell Chemical, Monsanto, Texaco, Alcolac (subsidiary of
Rhone' Poulenc) and others.
The properties adjacent to the facility are primarily agricultural use. There
are no schools within 3,000 feet of the plant, and the population density is
about 100 people per mile within a ½ mile radius of the plant.
Site Location Map
CP&P plant has two (2) chemical processing units that separate various
feedstreams into products via distillation. A unique feature of this facility
is the flexibility in the different types of feedstreams the units can process.
Tank trucks of feedstock are unloaded by pump into the feed storage tanks
listed in
Section B, until it can be processed by the appropriate distillation
unit. The two different process units are as follows:
 1. Unit #2 - a
15,000 lb/hr distillation column which feeds the overhead stream to a second
distillation column for further separation.
2. Unit #3 - a distillation column that can process a 700 lb/hr feedstream.
Unit #1 is permitted but not in service. Only Unit #2 has been used for
processing in the years 1998, 1999, and 2000. Unit 3 is undergoing renovation
which should be completed by January 2002. Unit #4 is a permitted future
processing unit. The overhead products from the distillation units are
condensed by fin fan coolers and then pumped to storage tanks listed in
Section B. The bottoms from the distillation units are passed through
heat exchangers which heat the incoming feedstreams and cool the bottom product
streams simultaneously. The bottoms are then stored in storage tanks listed in
Section B Products are stored in the storage tanks until they are to be
loaded into tank trucks by pump for shipment.
A smokeless, steam-assisted flare handles vapor emissions from all process
units (relief valves) and storage tanks which flow through common vent lines.
Vapor emissions from the loading and unloading operations of tank trucks are
vented to a vapor balance system which is connected to the storage tanks. The
distillation columns may be operated under pressure, at atmospheric pressure,
or under a vacuum, depending on the feedstream that is being processed. Vapor
emissions from the discharge of the vacuum pumps are vented to the plant flare.
Fugitive emissions are monitored quarterly by Team Environmental. The SPCC plan
for the plant was developed by
Meridian Alliance Group and is available for review.
As you can see below, each tank is equipped with its own loading line. This
mitigates contamination issues. A lab with a GC for quality control and a glass
tower simulator of unit #2 are both in service for process simulations.
Process steam used in the reboilers of the different distillation columns is
provided by a 1.7 MM BTU/hr boiler. This boiler is designed to produce a
maximum of 10,000 pounds of steam per hour but normally operates at about 40%
of maximum. The boiler is authorized to burn fuel oils. The fuels are stored in
three (3) existing 400 barrel fixed-roof tanks currently used for fuel storage.
A plot plan showing the location of the various facility units is provided as
Figure 2.
 Chemical Process
and Production has the resources to provide turnkey processing including
research and development, quality assurance, transportation and process
optimization. CP&P offers flexibility in the processing of streams
including:
1. Toll processing of a feed stream where all the components are returned to
the owner.
2. Toll processing of a feed stream where all or part of the stream is sold and
remaining components are returned to the owner.
3. Brokerage of chemical streams.
4. Terminaling of streams for short or long term processing and/or storage.
5. Processing, evaluation and analytical techniques to produce a valuable
quality product.
6. Processing of byproduct streams to produce marketable streams and achieve
waste minimization.
Chemical Process and Production is dedicated to serving the needs of the
petrochemical industry by handling coproduct and byproduct streams with an
emphasis on the total package approach including a commitment to safety,
environment and quality control. CP&P feels certain that it can meet many
processing needs.
Additional documents of interest:
Permit
Facility Summary
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Vent System Schematic
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