Valero Reports Emissions Due to Rain at Corpus Christi, Texas Refinery

By Dan Molinski

Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) reported above-normal emissions caused by a rainstorm over the weekend at its refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas.

"During a rain event, a loss of containment occurred at a waste-water storage tank due to a faulty level indicator. This resulted in reportable air emissions," the refinery said in a statement to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. "The issue was identified and flow was switched to another tank."

It said the emissions included 158,000 pounds of "unspecified VOCs," or volatile organic compounds and lasted for less than an hour on Saturday.

The 293,000-barrel-a-day Corpus Christi refinery includes an East and West plant, and this incident happened at the West plant.

Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com

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September 17, 2018 08:18 ET (12:18 GMT)

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