Exxon Reports Roof Problem, Spill at Beaumont, Texas, Refinery
27 Junho 2020 - 11:46AM
Dow Jones News
By Dan Molinsk
Exxon Mobil Corp. said a storage-tank's floating roof gave way
Friday at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery, causing thousands of
pounds of chemicals to spill out.
"A roof on a floating roof failed," the 362,000-barrel-a-day
refinery said in a filing Friday night to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality. "The material is being pumped into another
tank. Vacuum trucks have been deployed to recover spilled
material."
Exxon said it expected to finish cleaning up on Sunday. The
spill included some 8,000 pounds of benzene, more than 2,000 pounds
of ethylbenzene and other chemicals.
This is at least the third storage tank roof problem Exxon has
reported at its Texas refineries in the past year. Valero Energy
Corp. also reported roof problems at its 293,000-barrel-a-day
Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery earlier this month, saying a
floating roof sank and caused spillage.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 27, 2020 10:31 ET (14:31 GMT)
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