HOUSTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp has warned neighbors of its 144,000 barrel per day (bpd) San Francisco Bay-area refinery in Benicia, California, they will soon see flaring and hear noise from the plant's restart following a nearly 7-week overhaul.
'The Benicia refinery notified neighbors that there could be flaring and noise as the refinery restarts units from turnaround,' Valero spokesman Bill Day said on Sunday. 'We let the neighbors know this could happen soon.'
The Benicia refinery was shut on Dec 30 for a planned overhaul scheduled to last six weeks. The refinery's gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit was shut on Dec 7 by a breakdown.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba)
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'The Benicia refinery notified neighbors that there could be flaring and noise as the refinery restarts units from turnaround,' Valero spokesman Bill Day said on Sunday. 'We let the neighbors know this could happen soon.'
The Benicia refinery was shut on Dec 30 for a planned overhaul scheduled to last six weeks. The refinery's gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit was shut on Dec 7 by a breakdown.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba)
((erwin.seba@thomsonreuters.com; +1 713 210 8508; Reuters Messaging: erwin.seba.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: REFINERY OPERATIONS/VALERO BENICIA (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.