Valero Says Floating Roof Sinks at Corpus Christi, Texas, Refinery
04 June 2020 - 6:07AM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinski
Valero Energy Corp. reported the release of volatile organic
compounds on Wednesday after a so-called floating roof atop a
storage tank dropped into the liquids below it.
"The floating roof of the storage tank partially sunk into the
liquid contents," the refinery said in a statement to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality. "The material was transferred
to another floating roof storage tank."
The refinery said the incident happened Wednesday afternoon and
would be resolved by Thursday afternoon. Valero's
293,000-barrel-a-day Corpus Christi refinery has an east and west
plant, and this incident happened at the east plant.
Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com
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June 03, 2020 15:52 ET (19:52 GMT)
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