HOUSTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp was restarting a hydrocracking unit at the west plant of its 315,000 barrel per day (bpd) Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery, according to a notice filed on Sunday with state pollution regulators.
The unit, which uses hydrogen under high pressure to make motor fuel, was shut after a small fire on Oct. 7.
The restart began on Sunday and was expected to last through Wednesday, according to the notice filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba, editing by Maureen Bavdek)
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The unit, which uses hydrogen under high pressure to make motor fuel, was shut after a small fire on Oct. 7.
The restart began on Sunday and was expected to last through Wednesday, according to the notice filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba, editing by Maureen Bavdek)
((erwin.seba@thomsonreuters.com; +1 713 210 8508; Reuters Messaging: erwin.seba.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: REFINERY OPERATIONS/VALERO (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.
