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(Combines Motiva emergencies, adds impacts and non-impacts of the storm at other refineries in the region, as well as unit context) by Erwin Seba
The small crude distillation unit (CDU) and base oil plant were shut down Wednesday at the Motiva Enterprises MOTIV.UL 626,000 barrels per day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, the nation’s largest, people familiar with plant operations said.
No injuries were reported at the four refineries in Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas, following a series of severe thunderstorms that also triggered a tornado warning, people familiar with the operations said in the factories.
The 90,000 bpd VPS-2 CDU and base oil plant were shut down at Motiva after the line of thunderstorms swept east of Port Arthur Wednesday morning, officials said. sources.
The base oil plant produces 40,000 bpd of base oils used to make greases and lubricating oils.
Valero Energy Corp VLO.N’s 335,000 bpd Port Arthur refinery, located near the Motiva plant, suffered superficial damage, but all units remained operational, people familiar said with Valero operations.
The TotalEnergies TTEF.PA Port Arthur refinery, located near Groves, Texas, with a capacity of 238,000 bpd, restarted a diesel hydrotreater on Wednesday following a malfunction on Tuesday.
TotalEnergies’ operations were not affected by the storm, people familiar with operations said.
Exxon Mobil Corp , said people familiar with Exxon’s operations.
The VPS-2 is the smallest of three CDUs that break down crude oil into feedstocks for all other units at the Motiva refinery.
Diesel hydrotreating units use hydrogen to remove sulfur from diesel, in compliance with U.S. environmental rules.