BP reports Texas City crude unit malfunction-filing

Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:04pm EDT
 
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HOUSTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) reported a crude unit malfunction at its 455,790 barrel per day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery, according to a notice filed with Texas pollution regulators.

The malfunction on Friday caused sulfur oxide pollution in excess of limits set by pollution regulators for the refinery, according to the notice filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

The Texas City refinery is the third-largest in the United States. (Reporting by Erwin Seba, editing by Maureen Bavdek)

 
 

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