Valero Reports Excessive Emissions at Corpus Christi, Texas Refinery
May 29 2020 - 08:44AM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
Valero Energy Corp. reported above-normal emissions at its
Corpus Christi, Texas refinery following an incident with a sulfur
recovery unit.
"A loss of integrity was discovered on the outlet pipe of SRU
Train 3 condenser," the refinery said in a statement to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality.
Acid gas is being routed to standby trains to allow for repairs,
Valero said.
It said the emissions of some 100 pounds of hydrogen sulfide
began Thursday and were expected to last about nine hours.
Valero's 293,000-barrel-a-day Corpus Christi refinery includes
an east and west plant. This incident happened at the west
plant.
Write to Dan Mollinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
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