Total Reports Equipment Problems at Port Arthur, Texas Refinery
August 22 2019 - 12:55PM
Dow Jones News
Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA on Thursday reported an
equipment breakdown that led to above-normal gas emissions at its
refinery in Port Arthur, Texas.
"A pump failure at Unit 821 resulted in the lifting of a
pressure safety valve that sent process gases to the flare gas
recovery system," the refinery said in a statement to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality. "Operations started an
alternate pump and began returning the unit to normal
operations."
It said the emissions of nearly 1,800 pounds of sulfur dioxide
happened Thursday morning and lasted about an hour.
The 225,000-barrel-a-day Total Port Arthur refinery is located
95 miles east of Houston.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
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