The BP logo is seen at a BP gas station in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
HOUSTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - BP Plc’s (BP.L) 435,000 barrel-per-day Whiting, Indiana, refinery is shut and undergoing damage assessment following loss of electrical power and cooling water systems in a Wednesday fire, sources familiar with plant operations said on Friday.
The timing for the refinery’s restart remains unknown as all of the refinery’s units will have to be checked for damage following the sudden loss of electrical power on Wednesday afternoon, the sources said.
BP spokesperson Christina Audisho said on Friday the refinery is "continuing to assess when a restart of the affected units can take place."
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Following the assessment, any damage found will have to be repaired.
A few of the refinery’s units have been on cold circulation since, but will require being heated to operating temperatures that can reach 1,000 Fahrenheit (538 Celsius), the sources said.
The Whiting refinery outage sent Chicago CBOB gasoline up 30.5 cents a gallon on Thursday and ultra-low sulfur diesel up 17 cents.
The shutdown of one of the largest refineries in the Midwest comes as farmers are beginning fall harvest across the northern central states.
Whiting is the sixth-biggest by capacity in the United States and the company's largest in the nation, according the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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SandMan3914 on August 28th, 2022 at 14:19 UTC »
So I supply this refinery with Sulfuric Acid and process their spent acid (24/7/365 process), which is key to their alkylation process
I know they're working on restarting right now. Perhaps the refinery operations team are being overly optimistic in their start-up as they aren't painting a grim a picture
weluckyfew on August 28th, 2022 at 13:28 UTC »
here's a better article about the emergency declaration
It affects four states, and basically relaxes some rules that will make it easier to transport more gas to the region from nearby states.
Sounds like this plant will only be shut down for maybe a few weeks.
B-in-Va on August 28th, 2022 at 12:41 UTC »
Great, just as gas prices were coming down.