MOSCOW (MRC) -- Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA reported a malfunction in the sulfur recovery unit of its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery Saturday, Foxbusiness.
The malfunction resulted in increased emissions at the 225,500-barrel-a-day refinery, according to a filing with Texas pollution regulators. The company, a segment of Total SA, reported that "acid gas shedding procedures" were implemented.
A spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
In September 2012, MRC wrote, Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA also reported pollution in excess of permitted levels from a coking unit at the same site in Port Arthur, Texas . The excess emissions resulted from a malfunction on wet gas compressors.
Total, one of the world's leading petrochemicals companies with business in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia. Total has two main product groups: base chemicals and the consumer polymers (polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene) that are derived from them.
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