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Motiva Port Arthur expansion sees 2nd crane accident
Tue Jan 4, 2011
"At approximately 10:15 a.m. (CST 1615 GMT), a crane incident occurred inside the Motiva Port Arthur Refinery," said Motiva spokeswoman Verna Rutherford in a statement. "There are no injuries and no impact to the community. The area has been secured."

Motiva Port Arthur crude units shut
Thu Jan 6, 2011

All vacuum distillation units, which do the initial refining of crude oil, and a coking unit were shut at Motiva Enterprises 285,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, following the collapse of a crane, sources familiar with refinery operations said on Thursday.

The refinery's gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit was running at reduced rates using intermediate feedstocks, the sources said. ... The 90,000 bpd cat cracker is running at about 70,000 bpd.

Crude falls a couple bucks...related?

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Motiva Said to Start Units, Boost Rates at Port Arthur Refinery
By Barbara Powell
Jan 10, 2010

Motiva Enterprises LLC restarted a crude unit over the weekend at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery and boosted rates on a fluid catalytic cracker after a crane accident Jan. 4 forced the shutdown of the main production equipment, according to two people familiar with refinery operations.

The refinery plans to restart a second crude unit and six hydrotreaters as early as Jan. 12 and to operate at normal rates by Jan. 15, said the people, who declined to be identified because they aren’t authorized to speak for the plant.

Motiva restarted the 75,000-barrel-day crude unit and increased rates on the catalytic cracker to 85,000 barrels a day from 70,000 barrels last week, the people said. The hydrotreaters and the largest crude unit, with a capacity of 195,000 barrels a day, will be restarted by late Jan. 13 or early Jan. 14, the people said.

... The Port Arthur plant can process 300,000 barrels a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The refinery produces gasoline, aviation fuel, diesel, industrial fuel oil and petrochemical feedstocks, according to a Motiva website. ...