By Dan Molinski

 

Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, said it started up a gasoline-making unit at its refinery in Pasadena, Texas.

"During startup of the FCCU [fluid catalytic cracking unit], isolated pressure buildup in the fresh catalyst hopper resulted in fresh catalyst release to the atmosphere," the refinery said in a statement to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It said the event caused emissions Wednesday.

Petrobras had reported an FCCU shutdown earlier this month. The 110,000-barrel-a-day refinery is located in the Houston area.

 

Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 13, 2016 08:06 ET (12:06 GMT)

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