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Exxon says no production impact from Baytown fire-filing

Mon Sep 8, 2008 10:50pm EDT

SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A small fire on a an unrelated structure at Exxon Mobil Corp's XON.M Baytown, Texas refinery has had no impact on production and has been extinguished, the company said on Tuesday in a filing.

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The structure, described as a "non-process related structure" has burned to the ground, the company said in a filing with the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality.

It was unclear where the fire broke out at the 563,000 barrel-per-day refinery. (Reporting by Maryelle Demongeot; Editing by Louise Heavens)

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