Exxon Reports Unplanned Unit Shutdown at Baytown, Texas, Refinery
July 14 2020 - 12:08PM
Dow Jones News
Exxon Mobil Corp. on Tuesday reported an unplanned shutdown of a
unit at its refinery in Baytown, Texas, and said it caused flaring
of gas emissions.
A statement from the refinery to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality said there was an "unplanned Hydrocracking
Unit 1 (HCU-1) shutdown due to a high reactor bed temperature
indication." A hydrocracker is used as part of the process of
transforming oil into usable fuels.
Exxon said the emissions of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and
other gases began Monday and ended Tuesday morning, lasting a total
of some 17 hours.
The 561,000-barrel-a-day Baytown refinery lies 25 miles east of
Houston.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
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