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Total reduced FCC rates at Port Arthur refinery

Total reduced FCC rates at Port Arthur refinery

Write: Audun [2011-05-20]
NEW YORK, May 13 - Total SA (TOTF.PA) reduced rates to a gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracking unit at its 174,000-barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Tuesday due to an upset, the company said in a filing with state regulators Wednesday.

In addition, the refinery boosted crude unit rates to help minimize emissions for the upset, the company said.

On Tuesday, the company reported cutting production rates to a gasoline unit and a diesel unit at the refinery on Monday due to a malfunction of a Shell Claus Off-gas treating (SCOT) unit.

The Wednesday filing did not specify whether the FCC affected on Tuesday was the same one affected on Monday.

A company spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment.