Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery shuts CDU for planned work
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp shut the second-largest crude distillation unit (CDU) at its 502,500-barrel-per-day (
The overhaul of the 110,000-
“The Baton Rouge Refinery has shut down some of its units and associated operations for planned maintenance beginning Feb 11,” said Exxon spokeswoman Megan Manchester.
The sources said the 22,500
Manchester did not identify the units shut at the Baton Rouge refinery.
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; Editing by Dan Grebler
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