Union Pacific Honors Safe Chemical Transporters with Pinnacle Award

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Apr 25, 2022, 09:00 ET

OMAHA, Neb., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Railroad today announced that 70 companies have won the 2021 Pinnacle Award for their dedication and commitment to safely transporting chemicals by rail. The annual award honors customers who implement release prevention protocols, corrective action plans and have zero non-accident releases (NARs) of regulated hazardous materials shipments.

"Union Pacific is honored to partner with companies that share our commitment to the safe transportation of chemicals and, in the process, the protection of the environment. This award recognizes the work these companies do every single day to prevent releases and safeguard the communities where we all live and work," said Jacque Bendon, vice president-Industrial, Marketing and Sales.

Union Pacific's Hazardous Materials Safety team supports customers with joint rail safety training programs and rail car inspections.

The 2021 Pinnacle Award winners are:

Aeropres Corporation	El Dorado Chemical Co.
Afton Chemical Corporation	EnLink Midstream
American Synthetic Rubber	ExxonMobil
Archer Daniels Midland Co.	Foremark Performance Chemicals
Arkalon Ethanol LLC	FutureFuel Chemical Company
Arkema Inc.	Gibson Energy
ASHTA Chemicals Inc.	HELM US CORP
Berryman Chemical Inc.	Howard Energy Partners
BP	Indorama Ventures
Buckeye Pipeline Company	INEOS Oxide
CALAMCO	International Chemical Company
Cargill Inc.	Irving Oil Limited
Chevron Phillips Chemical	Itafos Conda LLC
CHS Inc.	Kemira
CITGO Petroleum Corporation	Keyera Corp.
Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers	Koch Fertilizer LLC
Covestro LLC	Koch Methanol LLC
Cross Oil Refining and Marketing	Koppers Inc.
Eco Energy	Lotte Chemicals Louisiana LLC
Louis Dreyfus Company Grand Junction LLC	Sulphuric Acid Trading Company
Martin Operating Partnership	Targa Resources
MGP Ingredients	Targray.
Midwest Renewable Energy	The Chemours Company
NorFalco	The Lubrizol Corporation
NOVA Chemicals	The Plaza Group
Olin Corporation	TotalEnergies Petrochemicals and
OQ CHEMICALS CORPORATION	Refining USA Inc.
Phoenix Park Energy Marketing	TPC Group
Ponderosa Petroleum	U S Amines LTD
Reagent Chemical	Valero Energy
Renewable Energy Group	Veolia North America Regeneration and
Roehm America LLC	Recovery Solutions
Sawtooth Caverns	West Plains Propane Inc.
Solvay Chemicals	Wildcat Midstream Limited Partnership
Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy	Williams Companies Inc.
Stepan Company	WRR Environmental Services

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