Motiva Port Arthur, Texas refinery to begin FCC restart by Thursday –sources

Motiva Enterprises LLCHOUSTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises (MOTIV.UL) plans to begin restarting the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic ...

September 4, 2022
2:40 AM

Motiva Enterprises LLCHOUSTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises (MOTIV.UL) plans to begin restarting the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 626,000-barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery by Thursday, said sources familiar with plant operations.Motiva declined to discuss operations at the refinery on Wednesday.The 81,000-bpd FCC was shut on Tuesday to repair a leak in a pipe on the unit, the sources said. Repairs were continuing on Wednesday.The FCC uses a fine powder catalyst under high heat and pressure to convert gas oil to unfinished gasoline.

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