Fires Hit Exxon, Phillips 66 Refineries in Texas, California
- Exxon’s Baytown, Texas, refinery is third-largest in U.S.
- L.A. gasoline prices often rise suddenly on refinery outages
Fire crew attend the Philllips 66 refinery in Carson, March 16.
Source: Los Angeles Police Department.
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The third-biggest refinery in the U.S. suffered a fire Saturday near Houston, hours after a Los Angeles plant was partially shut by a blaze, potentially boosting gasoline prices from Texas to California.
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s Baytown, Texas, refinery was fighting a furnace fire at a gasoline hydrofiner, which removes sulfur from fuel to meet clear-air regulations, people familiar with the matter said. Phillips 66 shut a crude unit Friday night at its Carson plant after a fire.