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

HOUSTON, April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Petrochemicals, Inc., OTC: TXPI.PK announced today it will release its fiscal 2008 third quarter financial results before the market opens on Monday, May 12, 2008. In conjunction with the release, the Company has scheduled a conference call that will be broadcast live over the internet at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (9 a.m. Central) on Monday, May 12, 2008.

     What:   Texas Petrochemicals Fiscal 2008 Third Quarter Earnings
             Conference Call
     When:   Monday, May 12, 2008 - 10 a.m. Eastern Time
     How:    Live via Conference Call - Dial (303) 262-2141 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 Monday, May 26, 2008 by calling (303) 590-3000 using pass code 11113416. 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 $1.8 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: 713-475-5243