2008 Environmental, Health and Safety Brochure
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Environmental, Health
and Safety Report


Products & Third Party Certifications

In Flint Hills Resources manufacturing plants, various hydrocarbon productsare the basic feedstocks. At the refineries, the main feedstock is crude oil - high- or low-sulfur. In the olefins plants, the company process natural gas liquidsinto ethylene and propylene. In the polymers plants, those two productsare processed into various forms of polyethylene and polypropylene. In thearomatics plant, products produced during the crude oil refining process becomexylenes, cumenes and other light products. Those products are the feedstockfor many intermediate chemicals, including maleic anhydride, trimellitic anhydride and purified isophthalic acid.

 Products produced by FHR

  • Gasoline
  • Diesel
  • Jet fuel
  • Naphtha
  • Asphalt
  • Benzene
  • Toluene
  • Metaxylene
  • Paraxylene
  • Orthoxylene
  • Cumene
  • Cycohexane
  • Heavy reformate
  • Pseudocumene
  • Sure Sol ® 100
  • Sure Sol ® 150
  • Purified Isophthalic Acid
  • Maleic Anhydride
  • Trimellitic Anhydride
  • Ethylene
  • Chemical Grade Propylene
  • Polypropylene
  • Polyethylene
Products marketed by FHR
(not directly produced)
  • Crude Oil
  • Base Oils


THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT CERTIFICATION

Several chemical sites owned and operated by Flint Hills Resources have earned ISO certifications. This designation is a globally implemented standard for providing assurance about a site’s ability to satisfy product quality requirements and to enhance customer satisfaction.

  • Joliet ISO 14001
  • Odessa ISO 14001
  • Corpus Christi ISO 9001
  • Longview (plant and quality control lab) ISO 9001:2000
  • Longview (technical lab) A2LA