Patriarch Petrochemical Plant of the Southwest

Osage County · on Main Street in Barnsdall

The manufacture of chemicals from petroleum had its beginnings in the Southwest at the Tallant gas-processing plant, built in 1926 and located three miles north of Barnsdall. Liquid by-products were first processed into a formaldehyde preservant and alcohols. Processing refinements produced other petrochemicals used in a variety of products and materials. Recognized as the patriarch petrochemical plant, the Tallant facility was retired in 1954.

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