Brine Via Pipeline

Today, Texas Brine Company, LLC, and its related entities supply
a third of the brine used to make chlorine in the United States.
This brine is supplied by pipeline directly from our salt domes.
In fact, our pipelines cover over 400 miles, bringing brine direct to
customer facilities safely and reliably.

BRINE VIA PIPELINE

Texas Brine has relationships spanning over half a century founded on supplying our customers high-quality and high-reliability brine.

Long-Term Brine Supply

Texas Brine built its first brine pipeline in 1950 and has continually expanded its pipeline network to supply new chlor-alkali facilities in need of large amounts of continuous salt supply.

Beginning with its first operation at Pierce Junction Salt Dome near Houston in 1946, Texas Brine helped pioneer the commercial production of brine through solution mining. At the time, chlor-alkali producers in the region were transporting solid salt by barge or rail to make their own brine onsite. Texas Brine founder Lloyd Webre Sr. introduced an easier, safer, more cost-effective way to do it.

Texas Brine would develop and mine near-by salt domes and build pipelines to deliver the brine directly to customers. This gave customers a safe and reliable source of consistent-quality salt without the need to manage barge and rail traffic and deal with the dust and salt residues associated with handling many tons of solid salt every day.

Over the years, Texas Brine has either operated customer-owned assets or developed and owned solution mining facilities dedicated to a specific customer’s needs. Virtually every major brine customer’s relationship spans several decades, some for more than half a century.

Texas Brine has extensive salt reserves at its producing salt domes for new brine customers. Texas Brine also has multiple undeveloped salt domes strategically located near petrochemical hubs for new brine supply. The location of these assets can be found on our asset map. Texas Brine is continually looking to expand and can assist any new chlor-alkali customers assess the viability of brine supply via pipeline.

THE CHLOR-ALKALI PROCESS

Salt, one of nature’s most abundant minerals, is used to make chlorine and caustic soda, which are chemical building blocks for thousands of essential consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and industrial products.

Salt, one of nature’s most abundant minerals, is used to make chlorine and caustic soda, which are chemical building blocks for thousands of essential consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and industrial products.

In the early 1800s, scientists discovered they could form chlorine by applying electricity to salt-saturated water or brine. By the late 1800s, the chlor-alkali process, as it is known today, had reached commercial scale. The electricity causes the sodium chloride and water to react and create chlorine, caustic soda and hydrogen.

Chlorine is essential to our everyday lives. It is used to disinfect drinking water and sanitize sewage and industrial waste. Chlorine is also used in hundreds of production processes to make everything from toothpaste and detergents to paints, plastics and bleach. Caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide, is a key component in chemical processes for hundreds of packaging, construction, transportation and household and medical products.

Brine used in the chlor-alkali process must be specially treated and requires precise levels of saturation and purity. To this end, the chlor-alkali industry relies heavily on brine producers like Texas Brine for a reliable supply of on-spec brine.

In the early 1800s, scientists discovered they could form chlorine by applying electricity to salt-saturated water or brine. By the late 1800s, the Chlor-Alkali process, as it is known today, had reached commercial scale. The electricity causes the sodium chloride and water to react and create chlorine, caustic soda and hydrogen. Chlorine is essential to our everyday lives. It is used to disinfect drinking water and sanitize sewage and industrial waste.

Chlorine is also used in hundreds of production processes to make everything from toothpaste and detergents to paints, plastics and bleach. Caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide, is a key component in chemical
processes for hundreds of packaging, construction, transportation, household and medical products.

Brine used in the Chlor-Alkali process must be specially treated and requires precise levels of saturation and purity. To this end, the Chlor-Alkali industry relies heavily on brine producers like Texas Brine for a
reliable supply of on-spec brine.

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Texas Brine Company and its related entities have developed and continue to strengthen our award-winning environmental, health and safety culture based on Responsible Care, the chemical industry performance standard. As members of the American Chemistry Council, we subscribe to the Guiding Principles of Responsible Care, which encompass environment, health, safety, security and community outreach.