Posted on 03/31/2009 4:58:57 AM PDT by thackney
Sinclair Oil has reduced crude throughput at its 71,500 b/d refinery in Rawlins, Wyoming, due to a fire at the refinery Sunday, the company said Monday.
"The refinery is currently operating at partial capacity and Sinclair is working as quickly as possible to repair the process unit," the company said in a statement.
Company officials were not available for immediate comment on the refinery's current run rates.
The blaze broke out at a "heater adjacent to a hydro-desulfurization unit" at about 7:10 am MDT (1410 GMT) Sunday, Sinclair said. It was extinguished within 70 minutes and there were no injuries.
Sinclair has since shut the hydro-desulfurization unit and has no timeline for when this unit will return to operation.
The company also operates a 20,000 b/d refinery in Casper, Wyoming, and a 75,000 b/d refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Anybody seen Ellis Wyatt lately?
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