The flaring is a safety measure. It's actually a requirement.

We dispatched the Lyondell Air Monitoring Team and Harris County Pollution Control (HCPC) was almost immediately on the scene.

Once we lost our steam supply, we were unable to recover and prevent the event that occurred on Wednesday, March 1.

When that [co-generation plant] lost the ability to provide steam, which is essential to our operation, we had to implement our emergency shutdown procedures.

We work very hard not to have these events. We're certainly very prepared to manage.

Our long term goal is to see a satellite office in the North Channel area, but it won't happen without community support.