HOUSTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - All vacuum distillation units, which do the initial refining of crude oil, and a coking unit were shut at Motiva Enterprises 285,000 barrel per day refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, following the collapse of a crane, sources familiar with refinery operations said on Thursday.
The refinery's gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit was running at reduced rates using intermediate feedstocks, the sources said.
A Motiva spokesman declined to discuss operations at the refinery.
(Additional reporting by
(Reporting by Erwin Seba and Selam Gebrekidan)
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The refinery's gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit was running at reduced rates using intermediate feedstocks, the sources said.
A Motiva spokesman declined to discuss operations at the refinery.
(Additional reporting by
(Reporting by Erwin Seba and Selam Gebrekidan)
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