Caltex Australia has unplanned diesel unit outage

PERTH, April 15 (Reuters) - Caltex Australia Ltd (CTX.AX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the country's only listed oil refiner and marketer, said on Tuesday that it has shut down a diesel hydrotreater unit at the 105,000 barrel per day Lytton refinery for urgent unplanned repairs.

Caltex spokeswoman Alison Badger said the unit has been shut down since early April but should resume production by end of the month.

(Reporting by Fayen Wong)