The move will sharply boost gasoline and diesel output at the plant and make the refinery the second largest in the US.
Preliminary start-up of a 250,000 barrel per day crude distillation unit at the 369,000 bpd refinery should occur later this month, said the news service. This will allow the facility to process more light sweet crude from the Permian.
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"Construction of the new crude unit is completed. We have initiated startup procedures and commissioning is underway," said the spokesperson in a statement. "The unit will add 250,000 barrels per day of all new supply for the refined products market."
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