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Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery delays shutdown

ExxonMobil Corp. put off plans to shut its Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery after it managed to start a LPG processing unit in the adjoining chemical plant.

Lyondell Houston refinery restoring production after steam loss

LyondellBasell Industries was restoring production at its 263 Mbpd Houston refinery after a midday power interruption robbed the plant of steam supply last week.

Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery HCU shut by steam loss

The hydrocracking unit at Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, was shut Sunday after the steam supply was temporarily lost at the refinery.

Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals says 2 killed from ammonia leak at plant

Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals Group said Tuesday that an ammonia leak at one of its plants in the eastern state of Sabah killed two employees and injured three.

ExxonMobil Baton Rouge refinery shuts CDU due to flooding

ExxonMobil Corp. shut a crude distillation unit at its Baton Rouge refinery Tuesday as flooding disrupted operations at a LPG storage facility.

Total's Port Arthur refinery reformer, SRU shut by fire; no injuries reported

Total SA shut a reformer, sulfur recovery unit and a pressure swing adsorption unit at the company's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery after a small fire.

CSB issues safety alert stemming from fatal Tesoro Anacortes investigation

The US Chemical Safety Board issued a safety alert entitled “CSB Safety Alert: Preventing High Temperature Hydrogen Attack” focused on preventing accidents similar to the fatal 2010 explosion and fire at the Tesoro Refinery in Anacortes, WA that resulted in 7 worker fatalities.

Louisiana refineries not hit by floods, markets expect trouble

Flooding in Louisiana hasn’t affected refinery output in the state, but markets responded to the expectation of reduced production anyway.

Fire at Phillips 66 Louisiana refinery out, no injuries

A fire that started in a processing unit Monday at Phillips 66's Lake Charles refinery in Louisiana, has been put out with no injuries reported.

Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp. naphtha cracker restarted

Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp.’s naphtha cracker in Mizushima has been restarted after production was suspended in July due to a malfunction in its refrigeration system.