NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - Chevron Corp reported the restart of a gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracker at its 279,000-barrel per day El Segundo, California, refinery, according to a late Wednesday environmental filing.
'Bringing the FCC plant back up and it started flaring lightly ...' said the Chevron filing with the California Emergency Management Agency.
The FCC plant's sulfur oxide flare alarm was activated when the release reached 500 pounds, the filing added.
On Wednesday, a company spokesman said Chevron expects normal operations to return soon at its El Segundo refinery in the Los Angeles-area which began flaring on Tuesday due to issues with its instrument air system.
Chevron had warned of unplanned flaring at the refinery in a notice filed with California pollution regulators on Wednesday. The notice said the flaring could last through Thursday morning.
(Reporting by Haitham Haddadin)
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'Bringing the FCC plant back up and it started flaring lightly ...' said the Chevron filing with the California Emergency Management Agency.
The FCC plant's sulfur oxide flare alarm was activated when the release reached 500 pounds, the filing added.
On Wednesday, a company spokesman said Chevron expects normal operations to return soon at its El Segundo refinery in the Los Angeles-area which began flaring on Tuesday due to issues with its instrument air system.
Chevron had warned of unplanned flaring at the refinery in a notice filed with California pollution regulators on Wednesday. The notice said the flaring could last through Thursday morning.
(Reporting by Haitham Haddadin)
((New York Energy Desk; +1 646 223 6045; Reuters Messaging: haitham.haddadin.reuters.com@reuters.net))Keywords: REFINERY OPERATIONS/CHEVRON EL SEGUNDO (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 2010. 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.
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