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Exxon reports Beaumont refinery coker upset -filing

Fri May 22, 2009 8:03pm EDT

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HOUSTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) took a coker drum out of service at its 348,500 barrel per day Beaumont, Texas, refinery on Friday after a crack was discovered in the drum, according to a notice filed with state pollution regulators.

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A coker increases the amount of motor fuel made from a barrel of oil and converts gunky unrefinable residual oil into petroleum coke, a coal substitute, in giant drums that have to function under high heat and high pressure. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Gary Hill)

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