Chemical Transportation Safety Pinnacle Award

The Award's Inception and Philosophy

Union Pacific is committed to providing the safest and most efficient rail transportation service in the industry. That commitment includes striving to eliminate chemical releases from rail cars, which remain a significant problem in our industry, resulting in service delays, employee injuries, environmental damage and unnecessary cleanup costs for both Union Pacific and our customers.

These episodes, known as non-accident releases (NARs), make up the largest portion of Union Pacific hazardous materials incidents. NARs can be prevented through aggressive efforts to identify the root causes of these occurrences, and by the development of systems that ensure continual adherence to proper safety procedures.

UP initiated the Chemical Transportation Safety Pinnacle Award as part of our NAR reduction program. The award program, open to all chemical shippers, annually honors those companies which have successfully implemented prevention and corrective plans and a rate of zero NARs for shipments of regulated hazardous materials.

For more information regarding chemical transportation safety and the Pinnacle Award program, please send an email.

2023 Award Winners

  • AdvanSix Inc
  • Aeropres Corporation
  • Afton Chemical Corporation
  • Altivia Petrochemicals LLC
  • Americas Styrenics
  • Arcanum Infrastructure LLC
  • Arkema Inc
  • Ascend Performance Materials
  • Aux Sable Liquid Products
  • Badger State Ethanol, LLC
  • Bakelite Chemical LLC
  • Bayport Lubrizol
  • Bayer CropScience
  • Berryman Chemical Inc
  • BioUrja Trading LLC
  • BP
  • Buckeye Pipeline
  • Cenovus Energy
  • Centennial Energy LLC
  • CIE Norfolk GNS, LLC
  • CF Industries Sales LLC
  • ChampionX
  • Chemtrade Logistics
  • Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc
  • CHS Inc
  • CITGO Petroleum Corporation
  • Conestoga Energy Partners LLC
  • Cornerstone Chemical Company
  • Corteva Agriscience, LLC
  • Covestro, LLC
  • CVR Energy
  • Cyanco
  • Deer Park Refining LP
  • DK Trading & Supply, LLC
  • DuPont
  • Dyno Nobel Inc
  • ECO ENERGY LLC
  • Eco Services Operations Corp
  • Elite Octane LLC
  • EnLink Midstream
  • ERCO Worldwide USA Inc
  • Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions
  • Evonik Corporation
  • ExxonMobil
  • Flint Hills Resources LLC
  • Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.
  • Freeport-McMoRan Inc
  • FutureFuel Chemical Company
  • Genesis Alkali
  • Gibson Energy Infrastructure Partnership
  • Grain Processing Corporation
  • Grupo Mexico - Mining Division
  • Gunvor USA LLC
  • HELM US Corporation
  • Howard Energy Partners GT Logistics
  • Huntsman International LLC
  • HTP Energy
  • ICL Specialty Products
  • Indorama Ventures
  • INEOS Acetyls
  • INEOS KOH INC
  • INEOS Phenol, a Division of INEOS Americas, LLC
  • INEOS Oligomers USA LLC
  • Ingevity Corporation
  • Inter Pipeline U.S. Marketing Ltd
  • InterChem
  • IMTT St. Rose
  • International Raw Materials LTD
  • Irving Oil Limited
  • JR Simplot
  • K2 PURE SOLUTIONS
  • Kemira
  • Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
  • Keyera Partnership
  • Kinder Morgan Terminals
  • Kiva United Energy Inc
  • Koch Fertilizer LLC
  • Koch Methanol LLC
  • Koppers Inc
  • LACC
  • Lotte Chemical Louisiana LLC
  • Louis Dreyfus Company Grand Junction
  • Messer LLC
  • Methanex Methanol Company
  • Mexichem Fluor SA de CV
  • MGP Ingredients
  • MMTX, Inc
  • Monument Chemical Houston
  • Musket Corporation
  • Nan Ya Plastics Corporation America
  • NGL Supply Co. Ltd.
  • NorFalco, A Glencore Company
  • Nouryon
  • NOVA Chemicals Corporation
  • Occidental Chemical Corporation
  • OCI Methanol
  • OQ Chemicals Corp
  • Parkland Corporation
  • PCI Nitrogen LLC
  • Pencco
  • Pilot Travel Centers
  • Plains All American
  • Ponderosa Solutions LLC
  • Pure Aviation, LLC
  • Rail Logix Holdings, LLC
  • Reagent Chemical and Research Inc.
  • Sabic Innovative Plastics LLC
  • Saconix LLC
  • Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC
  • Sawtooth Caverns, LLC
  • Shintech Louisiana LLC
  • SI Group
  • Siouxland Energy Cooperative
  • SNF HOLDING COMPANY
  • Sojitz Corporation of America
  • Southern Ionics Incorporated
  • Sterling Ethanol, LLC
  • Sulphuric Acid Trading Company
  • Suncor Energy USA Inc
  • Targa Resources Inc
  • Tessenderlo Kerley Inc
  • The Chemours Company
  • The Plaza Group
  • TotalEnergies
  • TPC Group LLC
  • Universal Environmental Services
  • US Energy
  • U.S. Oil & Refining Co.
  • Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC
  • Veolia North America Regeneration Services
  • Wanhua Chemical America Co LTD
  • Watco
  • Western Plains Energy, LLC
  • Westlake Corporation
  • Wildcat Midstream Limited Partnership
  • Williams
  • XCL Marketing LLC