HOUSTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises 285,000 barrel per day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery shut down on Sunday afternoon when the plant lost its nitrogen supply, according to a notice filed with Texas pollution regulators.
This is the second interruption to refinery production in as many months at the Motiva refinery. In January, a crane collapse at the expansion project underway at the refinery interrupted production.
Motiva is a joint-venture between Saudi Refining and Shell Oil Co, the U.S. unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba)
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This is the second interruption to refinery production in as many months at the Motiva refinery. In January, a crane collapse at the expansion project underway at the refinery interrupted production.
Motiva is a joint-venture between Saudi Refining and Shell Oil Co, the U.S. unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba)
((erwin.seba@thomsonreuters.com; +1 713 210 8508; Reuters Messaging: erwin.seba.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: REFINERY OPERATIONS/MOTIVA PORTARTHUR (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 2011. 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.