Marathon Confirms OSHA Is Investigating Fatal Galveston Bay Refinery Fire -- OPIS
May 23 2023 - 2:35PM
Dow Jones News
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is
investigating last week's fire at Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s
625,000 b/d Galveston Bay, Texas, refinery that left one worker
dead, a company spokesman said Tuesday.
"A full investigation is being conducted to determine the root
cause, and OSHA is performing their own investigation," spokesman
Jamal Kheiry said in an email to OPIS. "The safety of our workers
and the community remains paramount and fundamental in everything
we do."
Kheiry, however, did not respond to a question about market
speculation that a gasoline production unit was damaged by the May
15 fire and could be offline for an extended period. "We don't have
additional information to provide on our operations," he said.
A Marathon filing last week with the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality said the facility's "Ultraformer Unit No. 3,"
the larger of the refinery's two reformers, was involved in the
fire that left one worker dead and two more injured.
A reformer upgrades heavy naphtha into gasoline blendstock by
raising its octane.
Any possible gasoline supply outages would draw attention as
refiners typically maximize their gasoline production ahead of the
U.S. Memorial Day weekend, which is traditionally considered the
start of the high-demand summer driving season.
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--Reporting by Frank Tang, ftang@opisnet.com; Editing by Jeff
Barber, jbarber@opisnet.com
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