Big Spring Carbon Black Plant
Large load · 1211 North Midway Road, Big Spring, TX
The Big Spring Carbon Black Plant at 1211 North Midway Road in Howard County, Texas, produces carbon black by the furnace process and runs a bottoming-cycle cogeneration facility on its waste gas. A historical cogeneration filing reports maximum net output of 6.5 MW delivered to the carbon black plant and 11 MW to the transmission grid. Tokai Carbon CB Ltd. bought the plant from Sid Richardson Carbon in 2018.
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Overview
The plant produces carbon black by the furnace process. Tokai Carbon CB Ltd. bought the Big Spring Plant from Sid Richardson Carbon in 2018. A 2026 annual operational-status report answers that each listed permitted activity is operational.
Profile
- Cogeneration and grid
- Waste gas from carbon black production fires an incinerator and boilers, and the cogeneration units produce electricity, some used internally and the balance routed to the electrical grid. A historical filing lists a 24 MW turbine generator, maximum net output of 6.5 MW delivered to the carbon black plant and 11 MW to the transmission line grid, and annual average net electric output of 17.5 MW. Generator output of 12.47kV is split to the plant and stepped up to 69kV for the transmission interconnect. TXU Electric Delivery is named as wires provider.
- Registration
- A January 2026 filing states the Big Spring Carbon Black Plant is a registered power generation company.
Facility
- Activity
- Carbon black produced by the furnace process
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Jan 12, 2026
Related records
Timeline
- Jan 12, 2026
- Emergency-operations annual submission describes the plant as a registered power generation company
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