Total Reports Compressor Trip at Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas
February 23 2017 - 7:53PM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA said Thursday a
compressor unexpectedly shut down at its refinery in Port Arthur,
Texas.
"The Wet Gas Compressor at the Unit 860 unexpectedly shut down
(i.e. tripped) due to low pressure on the Lube Oil System," the
refinery said in a statement to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality, adding that it sent the process gases to the
flare gas recovery system and was "restarting the Wet Gas Scrubber
as soon as possible."
The refinery said the emissions began Thursday morning and
lasted less than an hour. The 225,000-barrel-a-day refinery is
located east of Houston.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 23, 2017 19:38 ET (00:38 GMT)
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