Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery CDU work to take 5 weeks
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A planned overhaul of the second-largest crude distillation unit (CDU) at Exxon Mobil Corp’s 502,500-barrel-per-day (
The 110,000-
“The average time a unit may be down can range from several weeks to several months,” said Exxon spokeswoman Megan Manchester. “We continue to meet contractual commitments.”
In addition to PSLA 9, the refinery’s 22,500-
The Baton Rouge refinery’s three CDUs do the primary refining of crude oil into feedstocks for all other production units, as well as producing unfinished motor fuels.
Cokers refine residual crude oil received from distillation units into motor fuel feedstocks.
Reporting by Erwin Seba in Houston; Editing by James Dalgleish and Peter Cooney
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