Two cargoes of gasoline were also provisionally booked with an option to go to West Africa. Phillips 66's 253,600 barrel-per-day (bpd) Alliance, Louisiana, refinery was knocked out of production on Wednesday by a crude distillation unit (CDU) pump failure, said sources familiar with plant operations. Royal Dutch Shell Plc began the restart of the hydrocracker at its 225,300 bpd Norco, Louisiana, oil refinery on Wednesday, said two sources.
Motiva Enterprises returned the large coker at its 607,000 bpd Port Arthur, Texas refinery to production on Thursday, sources familiar with plant operations said.