Updated at 3:07 p.m., Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Hawaii refinery to be at full rates next month
Bloomberg News Service
Tesoro Corp. said its Kapolei refinery will be at full rates by mid-December, after a storm on Nov. 4 disrupted power supplies and damaged a gasoline-producing unit."It looks like mid-December to have all the repairs done," spokeswoman Natalie Silva said in an interview today. The San Antonio-based refiner said a "severe storm" shut power to the refinery.
By Nov. 8, all units were running except the continuous reformer unit. Production of all petroleum products was reduced to 70,000 to 80,000 barrels a day from 95,000 barrels. Tesoro, which operates one of two refineries in Hawai'i, is the largest refiner in the U.S. West.
