Exxon reports Beaumont FCC malfunction -filing

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HOUSTON, July 12 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) reported a malfunction in a gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit at its 344,500 barrel per day (bpd) Beaumont, Texas, refinery on Saturday, according to a notice filed with state pollution regulators.

The FCC's wet gas compressor was shut Saturday night after a part on the unit broke releasing hydrocarbons into the air, according to the notice filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)

 
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