Exxon Reports Power Outage at Beaumont, Texas Refinery
August 26 2019 - 02:56PM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) on Monday reported an electricity outage
that was disrupting operations at several unit of its refinery in
Beaumont, Texas.
"Multiple unit upset due to loss of power," the refinery said in
a statement to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
"Personnel are working to restore normal operations ... All
contractual commitments are anticipated to be met."
It said the incident was also causing above-normal gas emissions
that began Sunday afternoon and were expected to end Monday
afternoon.
The 362,000-barrel-a-day Beaumont refinery is 90 miles east of
Houston.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 26, 2019 14:41 ET (18:41 GMT)
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