Motiva Enterprises (MOTIV.UL) plans to complete by April 10 the restart of the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker at its 626,000 barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas refinery, said people familiar with plant operations on Wednesday.
The 81,000-bpd FCC was shut on January 21 for a planned overhaul expected to take two months to complete. The unit's compressor was damaged in a restart attempt during the March 29-30 weekend, requiring repairs, the sources said.
A Motiva spokesperson did not reply on Wednesday to a request for comment on refinery operations.
Motiva made the first attempt to restart the FCC on March 22, which ruptured seals on the unit, requiring their replacement.
The 18,000-bpd alkylation unit was shut along with the FCC and has partially restarted. It will return to full production once the FCC can produce additional feedstock for the alkylation unit.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Nia Williams)
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