Facilities / ExxonMobil Baytown advanced recycling (pyrolysis) units

ExxonMobil Baytown advanced recycling (pyrolysis) units

Facility info

Field	Value	Source
Location	Baytown, Harris County, TX	AI-found
Operator	Exxon Mobil Corporation	AI-found
Facility type	pyrolysis	AI-found
Stage	operating	AI-found
First report mention	2026-10-05	AI-found

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Summary from the latest report mention, 2026-10-05 AI-written

Stage operating AI-found

C&EN (2026-09-30), quoting ExxonMobil [company statement in news]: three pyrolysis units started at the Baytown complex since 2021, with 110,000 t/yr of plastics-processing capacity in total. A fourth unit is planned by year-end 2026, which would bring capacity to 200,000 t/yr. About 70,000 t of waste processed since the first unit opened in 2022.
Lux Research (in C&EN) says the first unit ran at about 50% of capacity over its first two years. Feedstock is pre-sorted, processed regrind and repro from suppliers such as Triton Group, not raw bales.
No permit record for the fourth unit has been located. TCEQ's pending NSR list has no date column (Channel Map note, 2026-10-04), so check TCEQ Permit Search by the Baytown site's regulated-entity number.

From report 2026-10-05-watchlist

Open deadlines AI-found

None listed.

Sources (1) AI-found

Date found	Kind	Title	Note	Report
2026-10-05	news	C&EN: With recycling plants closing, is plastic pyrolysis worth saving? (2026-09-30)	Capacity, fourth-unit timing, and throughput are ExxonMobil statements (Eloissa Wells) reported by C&EN; not agency-confirmed. Company page for third unit: https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/locations/united-states/baytown/newsroom/2026/baytown-becoming-one-of-the-largest-advanced-recycling-operations	2026-10-05-watchlist