Consumers Co-op Shuts Coker at Saskatchewan Plant After Fire

Consumers’ Co-Operative Refineries Ltd.’s coker at the Regina refinery in Saskatchewan, Canada, will be shut for an “indeterminate” period after a fire, a company executive said.

Crude demand will be cut by a “minimum” of 10,000 barrels a day to about 80,000 barrels while the company forms a contingency plan, Bud Van Iderstine, senior vice president of refining, said in a conference call today.