[StBernard] Valero Shutting Meraux Refinery Units After Power Failure (1
Westley Annis
westley at da-parish.com
Tue Apr 10 21:31:27 EDT 2012
Valero Shutting Meraux Refinery Units After Power Failure (1)
Aaron Clark
Bloomberg Energy Markets Report
t: 212 617 2473
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
BFW 04/10 15:36 Valero Shutting Meraux Refinery After Power Failure: Fire Dept.
BN 04/10 15:35 *VALERO SHUTTING MERAUX REFINERY AFTER POWER FAILURE: FIRE DEPT.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Valero Shutting Meraux Refinery Units After Power Failure (1)
2012-04-10 16:28:12.88 GMT
(Updates with attempt to restore power in second
paragraph.)
By Aaron Clark
April 10 (Bloomberg) -- Valero Energy Corp. is shutting production units at the Meraux refinery in Louisiana after a power failure, a company spokesman said.
Workers are attempting to restore power that was lost at about 9:30 a.m. local time, Bill Day, a San Antonio-based spokesman for Valero, said in an e-mail. The refinery is flaring as the units are shut down, he said.
The entire refinery lost power from unknown causes that led to flaring of multiple products, said Jean Kelly, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
The 135,000-barrel-a-day refinery has a 34,000-barrel-a-day hydrocracker and a 41,000-barrel-a-day hydrotreater, according to the company’s website. The plant processes 50 percent to 80 percent medium sour crude, according to the site.
More information about the StBernard
mailing list