Motiva Port Arthur Crude Unit Said to Stay Shut as Barges Scarce
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Motiva Enterprises LLC’s Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, may keep its largest crude unit offline because vessels able to transport its output of vacuum gasoil are in tight supply, a person familiar with operations said.
The 325,000-barrel-a-day crude unit, stopped since an Aug. 17 fire damaged a hydrocracker that normally processes the gasoil, may stay idle as long as Motiva can’t find an outlet for the intermediate feedstock, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.