MOSCOW (MRC) -- BP has reported emitting sulfur dioxide from its Cherry Point refinery in Blaine, Washington, after a heater tripped, as per Hydrocarbonprocessing.
According to a filing with the Northwest Clean Air Agency, the line heater at the 225 Mbpd refinery's sulfur plant's went down, leading to an "ongoing release."
"They have an overall reduced rate of emissions among a number of units," the filing states.
A BP spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
We remind that, as MRC informed previously, in late March, 2013, Total PetroChemicals and Refining USA reported emissions at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery owing to leaking exchangers at an alkylation unit's cooling tower. The refinery's crude oil throughput capacity is 174,000 barrels a day.
Earlier, in January, Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA reported a malfunction in the sulfur recovery unit of its Port Arthur, Texas refinery. The malfunction resulted in increased emissions at the 225,500-barrel-a-day refinery.
Total, one of the world's leading petrochemicals companies with business in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia. Total has two main product groups: base chemicals and the consumer polymers (polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene) that are derived from them.
BP is one of the world's leading international oil and gas companies, providing its customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items.
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