Rat shorts power to unit at Citgo Corpus Christi refinery in US

12 January 2010 23:01  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS news)--A rat shorted the electrical wiring in a fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC) at Citgo’s 156,000 bbl/day Corpus Christi refinery in Texas, a regulatory filing said on Tuesday.

The rat shorted out the power train on the No 2 FCC at around 21:00 hours Houston time (3:00 GMT) on 11 January, causing the unit to shut down, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

“Once wiring repairs are completed, [the] unit will be restarted,” the filing said.

Citgo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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