Tue Jun 5, 2012 3:02pm EDT
* Crude unit expected back in operation Wednesday A.M.
* New unit was centerpiece of $10-billion expansion
HOUSTON, June 5 (Reuters) – A newly commissioned 325,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude distillation unit at Motiva Enterprises’ 600,000 bpd Port Arthur, Texas, refinery remained out of production on Tuesday for repairs to a leaking valve, according to sources familiar with refinery operations.
The unit was expected to return to production as early as Wednesday morning once the repairs are completed, the sources said. The CDU was placed on circulation meaning it has crude oil in it and remains at the high temperature needed for refining.
Gulf Coast conventional M2 gasoline differentials on Tuesday fell slightly in early trading, but later rebounded by a quarter cent per gallon to hold Monday’s 2.00 cent gain at 9.50 cents under July RBOB futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange, traders said.
A Motiva spokeswoman declined to discuss refinery operations.
Motiva officially commissioned the CDU, the centerpiece of a $10-billion, five-year expansion project that more than doubled the refinery’s capacity, in a ceremony last week attended by the chief executives of Motiva owners Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Saudi Aramco.
The addition of the 325,000 bpd crude unit made the Motiva Port Arthur refinery the largest in the United States.
A CDU does the initial refining of crude oil coming into a refinery and provides feedstock for all other units.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
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