HOUSTON, March 29 (Reuters) - A fire-damaged crude distillation unit (CDU) at the 236,400 barrel-per-day (bpd) Motiva Enterprises LLC joint-venture refinery in Norco, Louisiana, is back up, trade sources said on Monday.
Shell Oil Co had said earlier this month that Motiva was close to finishing repairs from a Jan. 22 fire and hoped to restart the unit by the end of March. The previous target had been early April.
A CDU performs the initial refining of oil that comes to a refinery, providing the feedstock for other units that produce finished motor fuels.
A company spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Motiva is 50-50 joint venture between Saudi Aramco subsidiary Saudi Refining Inc and Shell Oil Co.
(Reporting by Kristen Hays, Editing by Rene Pastor) ((kristen.hays@thomsonreuters.com; +1 713-210-8538; Reuters Messaging: kristen.hays.reuters.com@reuters.))
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Shell Oil Co had said earlier this month that Motiva was close to finishing repairs from a Jan. 22 fire and hoped to restart the unit by the end of March. The previous target had been early April.
A CDU performs the initial refining of oil that comes to a refinery, providing the feedstock for other units that produce finished motor fuels.
A company spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Motiva is 50-50 joint venture between Saudi Aramco subsidiary Saudi Refining Inc and Shell Oil Co.
(Reporting by Kristen Hays, Editing by Rene Pastor) ((kristen.hays@thomsonreuters.com; +1 713-210-8538; Reuters Messaging: kristen.hays.reuters.com@reuters.))
Keywords: REFINERY OPERATIONS/MOTIVA (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.