Exxon Reports Unit Shutdown at Baytown, Texas, Refinery
December 11 2017 - 8:25AM
Dow Jones News
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) reported an unscheduled shutdown over
the weekend of a pipe still, or distillation unit, at its Baytown,
Texas, refinery, but said the impact to production was minimal.
"Unplanned shutdown of PS-8 [Pipe Still 8] resulted in a safe
utilization of the flare system," the refinery said in a statement
to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. "Unit was
returned to service and operational adjustments were made to
eliminate residual material."
Exxon said the shutdown led to above-normal emissions that began
Saturday and ended Sunday.
"There is minimal impact to production," it said. "We expect to
meet our contractual commitments."
The 561,000-barrel-a-day Baytown refinery, located 25 miles east
of Houston, is the nation's second-largest refinery after Saudi
Aramco's 600,000-barrel-a-day Motiva Port Arthur refinery.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 11, 2017 08:10 ET (13:10 GMT)
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