Shell Reports Equipment Problem at Martinez Refinery After Earthquake
16 October 2019 - 5:43AM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSB, RDSA.LN, RDSB.LN) on Tuesday
said an earthquake caused equipment issues and above-normal flaring
of gases at its Martinez refinery in northern California.
"During the earthquake a compressor tripped causing a flaring
incident, " the refinery said in a statement to the California
Emergency Management Agency.
Another area refinery, Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s (MPC) Martinez
refinery, also had operational problems due to the earthquake,
which was a moderate, 4.5-magnitude tremor that struck near
Pleasant Hill, Calif. at around 10:30 p.m. local time Monday
night.
Shell said some 562 pounds of sulfur dioxide was released after
the quake, and said the release has since been stopped and
contained.
The 157,000-barrel-a-day Shell refinery is located 30 miles
northeast of San Francisco. In June, PBF Energy Inc. (PBF)
announced its plan to purchase the Martinez refinery from Shell for
between $900 million and $1 billion in a sale expected to close by
the end this year.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
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