Valero Reports Power Loss to Equipment at McKee Refinery
September 14 2015 - 3:04PM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
Valero Energy Corp. reported a loss of power to a piece of
equipment at its McKee refinery which it said caused an emission of
particulates and above-average opacity.
In a filing posted Monday on the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality website, Valero said there was "excess
opacity" at the refinery for an hour Sunday "caused by a loss of
power 'due' to the Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) shutting down."
An ESP is used to reduce particulates from the fluid catalytic
cracker unit, a key part of the refinery.
"The refinery did not receive any complaints from neighbors as a
result of the incident and does not have knowledge that the event
caused or contributed to a condition of air pollution," said the
statement from the 195,000 barrel-a-day refinery. It said power to
the ESP was later restored.
Representatives from the refinery, located in the Texas
panhandle, weren't immediately available to comment on the filing,
so it wasn't clear if production was impacted or if operations were
now back to normal.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
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