NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips on Wednesday reported a Tuesday process upset in the gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracker unit at its 146,000-barrel-per-day Borger, Texas, oil refinery.
'Unit 29 FCCU experienced a process upset that resulted in excess opacity,' Conoco said in a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
'There were three, six-minute periods of high opacity during the process upset,' it said, adding an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the upset.
Conoco officials were not immediately reachable for comment.
(Reporting by Haitham Haddadin)
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'Unit 29 FCCU experienced a process upset that resulted in excess opacity,' Conoco said in a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
'There were three, six-minute periods of high opacity during the process upset,' it said, adding an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the upset.
Conoco officials were not immediately reachable for comment.
(Reporting by Haitham Haddadin)
((New York Energy Desk; +1 646 223 6045; Reuters Messaging: haitham.haddadin.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: REFINERY OPERATIONS/CONOCO BORGER (For help: Click 'Contact Us' in your desk top, click here or call 1-800-738-8377 for Reuters Products and 1-888-463-3383 for Thomson products; For client training: training.americas@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646-223-5546) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
