Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Occidental Has Unplanned Maintenance at Its Oil Refinery in Sundown, Texas

(Bloomberg) -- Occidental Petroleum Corp. had
unplanned maintenance and flared some gases at a plant in Sundown,
Texas, according to a report on a state-administered Web site.

The flaring started yesterday at 9 a.m. local time as part of
a process to regenerate catalysts at the Slaughter Gasoline Plant
after a decline in its sulfur recovery efficiency, the report on
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Web said.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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