Union Pacific Honors Safe Chemical Transporters with Pinnacle Award

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May 10, 2021, 15:00 ET

OMAHA, Neb., May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Railroad today announced that 63 companies won the 2020 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 committed to safely moving the chemical shipments that support our customers' supply chains," said Jacque Bendon, vice president - Industrial. "We applaud this year's Pinnacle Award winners for their commitment to eliminating rail car chemical releases and thank them for their continued collaboration to safely move chemical products through the communities where we live and work."

Union Pacific's Hazardous Materials Safety team supports customers with joint rail safety training programs and rail car inspections. More information about these efforts is available in the Strengthening our Communities section of Union Pacific's 2020 Building America Report.

The 2020 Pinnacle Award winners are:

Afton Chemical Corporation	Formosa Plastics Corporation
Arkema Inc.	Georgia Pacific Chemicals LLC
Indorama Ventures	Golden Gate SET Petroleum Partners of NV
BASF	Howard Energy Partners GT Logistics Terminal
Bayer CropScience	HJ Baker Sulphur LLC
Berryman Chemical Inc.	HollyFrontier Refining
BP	Ineos Phenol
Celanese	International Chemical Company
ChampionX	International Raw Materials LTD
Chevron Phillips Chemical	Itafos Conda LLC
Cross Oil and Refining	Kemira
DuPont Specialty Products USA LLC	Kennecott Utah Copper
Dyno Nobel Inc.	KMTEX
Eastman Chemical Company	Koch Fertilizer
El Dorado Chemical Co.	Koppers Inc.
Elbow River Marketing Ltd	Louis Dreyfus Company Grand Junction LLC
Enlink Midstream	Manly Terminal LLC
ERCO Worldwide	Marathon Petroleum Corp.
Factor Gas Liquids Inc.	Martin Operating Partnership LP
Foremark Performance Chemicals	Messer LLC
Mexichem Fluor	Solvay Chemicals Inc.
Murex LLC	Stepan Company
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation America	Sulphuric Acid Trading Company Inc.
NGL Supply Wholesale LLC	Tessenderlo Kerley Inc.
NorFalco Sales Glencore Canada Corporation	Texmark Chemicals Inc.
NOVA Chemicals	The Chemours Company
Nutrien	Univar Solutions USA Inc.
Phoenix Park Energy	US Magnesium LLC
Roehm America LLC	Valero Marketing and Trading Company
SNF Holding Company	Veolia Regeneration Services
Shell Petroleum Inc.	Williams Companies Inc.
Shintech, Inc.

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