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Exxon restarts Beaumont, Texas, refinery FCC: sources
May 14, 2020:
Exxon Mobil Corp completed the restart on Wednesday of the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 369,024-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Beaumont, Texas, sources familiar with plant operations said. The 120,000-bpd FCC and a 75,000-bpd reformer were shut on Monday by a power outage that hit several units on the north side of the refinery, the sources said. Exxon began restarting the FCC on Tuesday. Exxon spokesman Jeremy Eikenberry declined to comment. In addition to the FCC and reformer, two hydrotreaters, another reformer and a power plant were knocked out of production by the power outage, the sources said.
By Reuters
Exxon Mobil Corp completed the restart on Wednesday of the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 369,024-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Beaumont, Texas, sources familiar with plant operations said.
The 120,000-bpd FCC and a 75,000-bpd reformer were shut on Monday by a power outage that hit several units on the north side of the refinery, the sources said. Exxon began restarting the FCC on Tuesday.
Exxon spokesman Jeremy Eikenberry declined to comment.
In addition to the FCC and reformer, two hydrotreaters, another reformer and a power plant were knocked out of production by the power outage, the sources said.
