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(CORRECTED) - MOBIL <MOB> TO UPGRADE REFINERY UNIT |
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Mobil Corp said it will spend over 30 |
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mln dlrs to upgrade a gasoline-producing unit at its Beaumont, |
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Texas, refinery. |
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It said the unit is a catalytic reformer, which converts |
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low-octane components of gasoline into high-octane components |
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for use in Super Unleaded gasoline. |
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The company said the modernization will allow the unit to |
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regenerate catalysts on a continuous basis without shutdown. |
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Currently, it must be shut twice a year. The unit produces |
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46,000 barrels of gasoline components a day. Construction will |
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start late this year, with completion set for mid-1989. |
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(Correcting unit's output to barrels/day from barrels/year) |
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