Motiva Port Arthur gasoline, alky, coking units return
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises returned the gasoline-producing, alkylation and small coking units to normal operation at its 603,000 barrel-per-day (
Motiva’s media relations office declined to comment.
The 82,000
A control valve on the 54,000-
FCCUs use a catalyst under high heat and pressure to convert gas oil to gasoline.
Alkylation units convert refining by-products into octane-boosting components of gasoline.
Cokers convert residual crude oil into feedstock for motor fuels and petroleum coke, a coal substitute.
Motiva is a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company.
Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Steve Orlofsky and Bill Trott
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