LyondellBasell Reports Flaring After Shutdown at Houston Refinery
June 06 2017 - 7:24AM
Dow Jones News
LyondellBasell Industries NV reported flaring at its refinery in
Houston after an emergency unit shutdown that forced it to reduce
operating rates.
"Emergency shutdown by third party recipient of refinery
propylene/propane stream resulted in refinery flaring," the
refinery said in a statement to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
It said the flaring of emissions happened Monday morning and
lasted about an hour. After the reduction of operating rates, it
said the third party "returned to service."
The 264,000-barrel-a-day refinery is located along the Houston
Ship Channel.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 06, 2017 07:09 ET (11:09 GMT)
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