NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Tuesday that an upset at a crude unit at its 475,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Texas City, Texas, caused flaring at the refinery.
The filing did not specify whether the upset caused an impact on production, and a spokesman for the company was not immediately available for comment.
'Personnel reduced the temperature which decreased the pressure in the system alleviating the upset' in the unit, called Pipestill 3B, according to the notice.
((Additional reporting by Erwin Seba in Houston))
(Reporting by Rebekah Kebede)
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The filing did not specify whether the upset caused an impact on production, and a spokesman for the company was not immediately available for comment.
'Personnel reduced the temperature which decreased the pressure in the system alleviating the upset' in the unit, called Pipestill 3B, according to the notice.
((Additional reporting by Erwin Seba in Houston))
(Reporting by Rebekah Kebede)
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