Shell to Shut Unit at Deer Park Refinery
December 01 2016 - 11:41PM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) said it was reducing feeds and
preparing to shut down a catalytic reforming unit at its Deer Park
refinery near Houston so it can make a repair.
In a statement to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality,
the refinery said a leaky valve sprung Wednesday in its catalytic
reforming unit 3, causing emissions that continued into
Thursday.
"Pressure and feed are being reduced to the unit in order to
minimize emissions and prepare for unit shutdown to repair or
replace valve," it said.
Shell Deer Park is on the Houston Ship Channel, 20 miles east of
downtown Houston. The refinery has a crude-oil capacity of about
340,000 barrels a day.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 01, 2016 23:26 ET (04:26 GMT)
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