PBF Energy on Thursday said ExxonMobil would begin restarting an FCCU at the latter’s Torrance, California, refinery in mid-March. The refinery was damaged in an explosion in February 2015 and has been running at partial capacity ever since. PBF agreed to buy the refinery from ExxonMobil last September.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a report last month the explosion was caused by process safety management deficiencies. The blast was triggered when hydrocarbons leaked into an electrostatic precipitator while the FCCU was shut down for repairs.
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