Exxon's Beaumont, Texas refinery restarts CDU, coker
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp’s 365,644 barrel-per-day (
In addition to the 110,000
“Exxon Mobil continues to re-start units that were safely idled following an electrical fire that occurred,” said company spokeswoman Sarah Nordin.
The fire in a transformer at the refinery’s co-generation plant on Saturday caused no injuries, the sources said.
The refinery’s return to full production would probably stretch into next week, the sources said.
Crude A is the smaller of two
The coker converts residual crude oil from distillation units into hydrocarbon feedstock or petroleum coke, a coal substitute.
The alkylation unit converts refining byproducts into octane-boosting components that are blended into gasoline.
Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by James Dalgleish and Marguerita Choy
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