NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) - Total Petrochemicals USA said on Wednesday that it shut a unit at its 174,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, according to a filing with state pollution regulators.
The unit, which was only identified as 'unit 836' was shut on Wednesday afternoon and is expected back on Thursday, the company said in a notice filed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Unit 836 has been identified in previous reports as a part of the refinery's system to remove sulfur from motor fuel.
On Friday, the refinery shut its gasoline-producing fluidic catatlytic cracking unit for unplanned work, according to notices filed with the Texas Commission.
Total Petrochemicals USA is the U.S. subsidiary of French energy giant Total SA.
((Additonal reporting by Erwin Seba in Houston))
(Reporting by Rebekah Kebede)
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The unit, which was only identified as 'unit 836' was shut on Wednesday afternoon and is expected back on Thursday, the company said in a notice filed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Unit 836 has been identified in previous reports as a part of the refinery's system to remove sulfur from motor fuel.
On Friday, the refinery shut its gasoline-producing fluidic catatlytic cracking unit for unplanned work, according to notices filed with the Texas Commission.
Total Petrochemicals USA is the U.S. subsidiary of French energy giant Total SA.
((Additonal reporting by Erwin Seba in Houston))
(Reporting by Rebekah Kebede)
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