Shell Finishing Overhaul at Norco, Louisiana Facilities

Reuters, August 13, 2019

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Lyondell Basell Industries may keep production cuts at its 263,776 bpd Houston refinery for a week because of shipping disruptions in a key oil port from a chemical spill, Gulf Coast market sources said on Friday.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is restarting the Gas Olefins Unit 1 (GO 1) at its Norco, Louisiana, chemical plant on Monday, sources familiar with plant operations said. Shell plans to begin restarting the 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) coker in the adjoining 225,300 bpd Norco refinery this week, the sources said.

(Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Tom Brown)

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