Valero: planned work on Pembroke crude unit under way

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp said on Wednesday planned work on the crude unit at its 270,000-barrels-per-day Pembroke refinery in Britain was under way.

The other units at the plant were being idled even though the crude unit was the only one being worked on, a company spokesman said. Earlier this year, the company said it planned an eight-week turnaround at the refinery, beginning in October.

Valero bought the refinery in 2011 from Chevron Corp .