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Sept 5 (Reuters) – Tesoro Petroleum Corp reported a
power outage at its 96,860 barrel-per-day Los Angeles-area
refinery in Wilmington, California, in a filing with state
pollution regulators.
“It is unknown what caused the power outage. The process
unit has been shut down and the plant is in the process of
stabilizing the unit,” the filing with the California Emergency
Management Agency said.
In a filing with the South Coast Air Quality Management
District, the company reported an unplanned flare event which
began at 09:15 pm (local time) on Sept. 4, and ended at 2:00 am
(local time) on Sept. 5.
(Reporting By Shruti Chaturvedi in Bangalore; editing by Miral
Fahmy)
