Total Reports Boiler Issue, Flaring at Port Arthur, Texas, Refinery
January 23 2018 - 8:43AM
Dow Jones News
Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA reported flaring of
gases caused by a boiler problem at its refinery in Port Arthur,
Texas.
"A boiler trip caused a loss of steam header pressure and
resulted in flaring," the refinery said in a statement to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality. "The tripped boiler was
restarted and returned to service."
The refinery said the flaring of emissions happened Monday and
lasted for one hour.
The 225,000-barrel-a-day refinery lies 95 miles east of
Houston.
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