Hurricane Katrina Update #35
Refining
08 Sep 2005
The Motiva Norco Refinery has initiated its start up sequence. The plant will continue to be brought up gradually and safely towards full production over the next several days. The Norco plant has a capacity of 240,000 barrels of crude throughput per day.
The Motiva Convent Refinery is now operating at almost 90 percent capacity and is shipping gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel to the market. The Convent plant has a capacity of 225,000 barrels of crude throughput per day.