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Pemex's Deer Park Shuts 70kbd CDU After Fire

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A fire broke out on Tuesday in the small crude distillation unit (CDU) at Pemex’s 312,500 bpd Deer Park, Texas refinery.

  • The fire was the second time a fire erupted on the 70,000 bpd DU-1 CDU in the past three weeks.
  • It was unclear how long DU-1 would be shut. The last fire shut the unit for around two weeks.
  • The 270,000-bpd DU-2 CDU remained in operation.

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