Valero Reports Tank Farm Leak at Corpus Christi, Texas Refinery
May 27 2020 - 6:21PM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
Valero Energy Corp. on Wednesday reported a leak and emissions
inside the tank farm portion of its refinery in Corpus Christi,
Texas.
"A material that appears to be slop oil was observed on the
soil. The source of this material has not yet been determined," the
refinery said in a statement to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality. " The material is being removed from this
location using vacuum trucks."
It said the emissions, including 200 pounds of benzyne, began
Wednesday late-morning and was expected to last about five
hours.
Valero's 293,000-barrel-a-day Corpus Christi refinery includes
both an east and west plant. This incident happened at the east
plant.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 27, 2020 18:06 ET (22:06 GMT)
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