Flooding Forces Exxon to Shut Down Beaumont Refinery

Reuters, September 19, 2019

BP Whiting Refinery Shuts FCCU for Maintenance; CDU to Run at Partial Capacity

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BP Plc began a planned overhaul on Wednesday of the small gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) at its 430,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery
Reformer at Marathon's Galveston Bay Refinery May Restart by Weekend

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Marathon Petroleum Corp may restart a reformer at its 585,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, by the end of the week.
Valero Overhauling HCU, SRU at its Port Arthur Refinery

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Valero Energy Corp shut a hydrocracking unit (HCU) and sulfur recovery unit (SRU) at its 335,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Monday.
Motiva Port Arthur Refinery CDUs Back to Normal Operations

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Motiva Enterprises returned two crude distillation units (CDUs) back to normal operations at its 607,000 barrel per day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery over the weekend.
Exxon Experiences Weekend Fire at its 560,000 bpd Baytown Refinery

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Exxon Mobil Corp cut back gasoline production at its 560,500 barrel per day (bpd) Baytown, Texas, refinery after a hydrotreater fire on Saturday, said sources familiar with plant operations. There were no injuries reported in the blaze.

Exxon Mobil Corp began shutting its 369,024 barrel-per-day (bpd) crude oil refinery in Beaumont, Texas, on Thursday morning because of flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda, sources familiar with plant operations said.

Exxon earlier on Thursday shut the Beaumont chemical plant, which adjoins the refinery, company spokesman Jeremy Eikenberry said.

(Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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