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(Reuters) – Operations were not affected at most of the 20 refineries in the path of Tropical Storm Bertha this week, according to people familiar with operations at the individual plants.
Phillips 66 said on Friday that unit 35 of its 277,000 barrel-per-day Sweeny, Texas refinery malfunctioned because of a lightning strike as the remnants of Bertha passed southwest of Houston on Thursday night.
Among the 19 unaffected by the storm, which weakened in south Louisiana on Wednesday and became a tropical depression over Houston on Thursday, are the nation’s largest refinery: Motiva Enterprises 656,400-bpd Port Arthur, Texas refinery on the Louisiana border.
The 20 refineries Bertha passed over or near, have a combined production capacity of 5.8 million bpd or 32% of national capacity.
Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Nick Zieminski and Chris Reese
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