Monday, April 23, 2007

Motiva Cuts Feedstock Supplies to Reforming Unit at Port Arthur Refinery

(Bloomberg) -- Motiva Enterprises LLC, a refining joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Saudi Aramco, said it cut feedstock supplies to a catalytic reforming unit at its refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Supplies to the reformer were cut after a hydrogen booster compressor plant shut down, Motiva said in the filing. A catalytic reformer converts fuels into components suitable to make gasoline. The report didn't say by how much the shutdown will cut production at the refinery.


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