MOSCOW (MRC) -- Valero shuts FCCU at Port Arthur refinery in Texas following fire, said Reuters.
The fire stemmed from a hole in the FCCU's fractionator, Reuters reported, citing company sources. The time needed to repair and return the unit to normal operations was unknown.
A gasoline-producing fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) was not running on Monday after a fire at Valero's 335,000-bpd refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, according to a report from news agency Reuters.
The fire stemmed from a hole in the FCCU's fractionator, Reuters reported, citing company sources.
The time needed to repair and return the unit to normal operations was unknown on Monday, accourding to Reuters' sources.
Valero did not respond to a request for comment.
As it was written earlier, in February 2015, Valero Energy Partners LP approved the partnership's acquisition of certain businesses from subsidiaries of Valero Energy Corporation. In the transaction, the partnership will receive the outstanding membership interests in Valero Partners Houston, LLC and Valero Partners Louisiana, LLC for total consideration of about USD671 mln.
Valero Energy Corporation is a Fortune 500 international manufacturer and a marketer of transportation fuels, other petrochemical products, and power. It is based in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The company owns and operates 16 refineries throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and the Caribbean with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3 million barrels (480,000 m3) per day, 10 ethanol plants with a combined production capacity of 1.2 billion US gallons (4,500,000 m3) per year, and a 50 megawatt wind farm.
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