Texas Petrochemicals Announces Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter Earnings and Conference...

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 in Houston, 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 and Baytown, Texas and operates a
product terminal in Lake 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.

Investor Relations, Robert Whitlow, robert.whitlow@txpetrochem.com, or Ruth
Dreessen, ruth.dreessen@txpetrochem.com, or Media Relations, Sara Cronin,
sara.cronin@txpetrochem.com, all of Texas Petrochemicals, Inc.,
+1-713-627-7474