BP restarts Texas City refinery reformer -filing

HOUSTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) began restarting Ultraformer No. 4 at its 475,000 barrel per day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery on Sunday, according to a notice filed on Saturday with state pollution regulators.

The Ultraformer is a reformer, which converts low-octane refining byproducts in to high-octane blending components in gasoline.

The restart could last through Nov 12, according to the notice filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (Reporting by Erwin Seba, editing by Martin Golan; +1 713 210 8508; Reuters Messaging: erwin.seba.reuters.com@reuters.net))