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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