Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast recovery cluster

Role: recovered sulfur supply region. Public USGS and open-news context.

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries place Louisiana and Texas together near half of US elemental sulfur output in recent years (about 54% in the 2026 summary for 2025). Recovery is dominated by petroleum refineries, with natural-gas processing and other sources secondary. This is a regional production geography, not a single company plant.

Public figure: LA+TX ~half of US elemental (USGS) share of US output (verified_public). USGS MCS 2026: US elemental sulfur production about 7.6 Mt in 2025; Louisiana and Texas about 54%.

Logistics: Mix of molten domestic deliveries into industrial and fertilizer consumers, plus dry bulk solid export where forming and load-out exist. Not every Gulf recovery site can stem seaborne granular.

Nodes

Gulf Coast petroleum refineries (multiple): Louisiana / Texas (recovery)
Largest US elemental sulfur source class per USGS. Individual refinery sulfur Mt/a rarely published as a clean sales line.
Gulf Coast natural-gas processing plants: Louisiana / Texas / inland feed (recovery)
Secondary recovered-sulfur source class in USGS ranking after refineries.

2021–2026 history

2021: USGS: February freeze and Hurricanes Ida/Nicholas cut Gulf refining/sulfur mid-year; Canada remained the dominant US elemental import source.
2022: Open Argus news: USGC spot dry bulk swung in a greater-than-$440/t range over six months; USGS noted strong Gulf Coast production gains earlier in the year.
2023: Open Argus news: USGC dry bulk midpoints soft into mid-year as supply weighed and Brazil outlet constraints limited a key destination.
2025: USGS MCS 2026: US elemental production about 7.6 Mt; LA+TX about 54%.
2026: Open Argus news: spot Gulf export indications rose far above Tampa molten contracts during Middle East logistics disruption; some producers without solid-export kit stayed molten-domestic dependent.

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Regional shares are not plant capacities. Not investment advice.