MOSCOW (MRC) -- A gas blast that injured five people at Total's 247-Mbpd Gonfreville refinery in northern France did not impact production, because the unit was on scheduled maintenance, said Hydrocarbonprocessing.
Total said in a statement that the gas leak has been reduced and the fire was extinguished.
"The main refinery units and the Petrochemical part of the platform are not affected," Total said, adding that only the bitumen blowing unit was shut down because of the gas leak.
As MRC informed earlier, Total said on 25 October that a gas leak at its 247 Mbpd Gonfreville refinery in Normandy had caused an explosion that injured five workers. The blast in northern France occurred during a scheduled maintenance work on a gas compressor
Total S.A. is a French multinational oil and gas company and one of the six "Supermajor" oil companies in the world with business in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia. The company's petrochemical products cover two main groups: base chemicals and the consumer polymers (polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene) that are derived from them.
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