PORT NECHES ... morning explosion happened in the area of the plant that manufactures or processes butadiene, which is used to make synthetic rubber and other products, like tires, plastics ...

PORT NECHES ... is a chemical component used in the making of synthetic rubber. TPC officials say they had about 30 people working at the plant when the explosion occurred early this morning.

Roughly a week after a massive explosion tore through a petrochemical plant in Port Neches ... 1,3-Butadiene — a chemical associated with synthetic rubber and plastics processing that, when ...

An afternoon blast at the TPC Group plant in Port Neches, about 80 miles east ... TPC manufactures butadiene and other chemicals used in synthetic rubber, fuels, lubricant additives, plastics ...

The first blast at the TPC plant in Port Neches, located in Jefferson ... a chemical used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber and other products. TPC officials know that at least three tanks ...

PORT NECHES, Texas - More than 24 hours after ... which is a chemical component used in the making of synthetic rubber. According to TPC, several agencies including the Jefferson Count Judge ...

Related: Layoffs to hit blast-damaged TPC Group plant The company announced ... an essential monomer used to create synthetic rubber. Before the explosion, the Port Neches site produced about ...

The Port Neches chemical processing plant that exploded ... Monk said butadiene is a hydrocarbon used in the manufacturing of synthetic rubber. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ...

The blast occurred in an area of the plant that processes a colorless gas known as butadiene used in the production of synthetic rubber and plastic. In Port Neches, a city of about 13,000 ...

Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick confirmed that thousands of his county's residents remain evacuated on Thursday following a fire and explosion at an industrial plant Port Neches, Texas.