Montana refineries hit by power outage -local media

HOUSTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Three refineries in Montana were hit by a brief power outage that struck the cities of Billings and Laurel on Friday night.

A spokeswoman for the Cenex Harvest States refinery in Laurel said on the Sunday the plant was back to planned operations.

Also affected by the brief outage were the ConocoPhillips (COP.N) and Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) refineries in Billings, according a report on the Billings Gazette website. (Reporting by Erwin Seba)