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Texas Petrochemicals Announces Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter Earnings and Conference Call Schedule

HOUSTON, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Petrochemicals, Inc., (OTC: TXPI.PK) announced today it will release its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. In conjunction with the release, the Company has scheduled a conference call that will be broadcast live over the internet at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Central) on Tuesday, September 16, 2008.

    What:  Texas Petrochemicals Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference
           Call
    When:  Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
    How:   Live via Conference Call - Dial (303) 262-2143 at least 10 minutes
           prior to the start time and ask for the Texas Petrochemicals call
           Live via webcast -- Log on to the website address below
    Where: http://www.txpetrochem.com. The webcast can be accessed from the
           Investor Relations/Presentations & Webcast page

For those unable to listen to the live call, a replay will be available through Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by calling (303) 590-3000 using pass code 11119060. Also, an archive of the webcast will be available shortly after the call on the Company's website at http://www.txpetrochem.com for approximately 90 days.

Headquartered inHouston, Texas, Texas Petrochemicals, Inc. is a premier chemical company with more than $2.0 billion in annual sales. Its products are sold to a wide range of performance, specialty and intermediate markets, including synthetic rubber, fuel additives, plastics and detergents. The Company has manufacturing facilities in the industrial corridor adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel,Port Neches andBaytown, Texas and operates a product terminal inLake Charles, Louisiana. For more information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.txpetrochem.com.

     Investor Relations
     Contact:  Robert Whitlow
     Email:    robert.whitlow@txpetrochem.com
     Phone:    713-627-7474

     Contact:  Ruth Dreessen
     Email:    ruth.dreessen@txpetrochem.com
     Phone:    713-627-7474

     Media Relations
     Contact:  Sara Cronin
     Email:    sara.cronin@txpetrochem.com
     Phone:    713-627-7474

SOURCE Texas Petrochemicals, Inc.

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Texas Petrochemicals Announces Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter Earnings and Conference Call Schedule