“(Reuters) – Powerful storms knocked out electrical power to Valero Energy Corp.’s (VLO.N) fire-damaged McKee refinery in Sunray, Texas, on Saturday, according to a notice filed with state pollution regulators.
Valero began restarting units at the refinery as soon as power was restored, according to the filing on Sunday with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
The 170,000 barrel per day (bpd) capacity refinery was operating at 85,000 bpd since Wednesday when it completed a five-day restart after being shut by a Feb. 16 fire.
A Valero spokesman said he did not have information immediately available about the storm’s affect on refinery operations.
The February shutdown of the McKee refinery affected oil and refined products markets across the United States.
Wholesale gasoline prices in Los Angeles jumped immediately after the Feb. 16 shutdown as the refinery supplies Arizona gasoline markets along with other west Texas and Los Angeles refineries.”
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