Chevron's El Segundo, Calif., Refinery Suffers Power Outage, Flaring -- Update
17 Septiembre 2018 - 12:24PM
Noticias Dow Jones
Chevron Corp.'s (CVX) El Segundo refinery in southern California
suffered a power outage to some units, leading to extreme flaring
that included high flames and thick black smoke, a city fire
official said Monday.
Breck Slover, battalion chief with the El Segundo Fire
Department, said by telephone that the refinery had some type of
power loss within the plant. And since the refinery has different
types of oil products running through the pipes at certain
temperatures, Chevron diverted that product to the so-called flare
stacks in a controlled burnoff to avoid an over-pressure situation,
he said.
While such controlled burnoffs are common at refineries, Mr.
Slover said of Monday's incident that he has been in El Segundo for
more than three decades, "and I haven't seen [flaring] that big in
a long time."
He said there is no immediate danger to the community related to
the flaring, and that the fire department will remain on alert when
the refinery begins a restart after the outage.
In a statement to the California Emergency Management Agency,
Chevron confirmed the flaring of sulfur dioxide, and said it
briefed the fire department on the incident.
"Refinery personnel are attempting to stabilize the unit. No
fires or injuries were reported and no evacuations were necessary,"
Chevron said. "The remainder of the facility continues to
operate."
The 270,000-barrel-a-day El Segundo refinery, located among the
beach communities south of Los Angeles, is the largest-producing
oil refinery on the west coast, according to Chevron's website.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 17, 2018 13:09 ET (17:09 GMT)
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