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HOUSTON, May 23 (Reuters) – The sole crude distillation unit
at Chevron Corp’s 245,000 barrel per day (bpd) Richmond,
California, refinery was nearing planned production levels for
the first time in 9-1/2 months, said sources familiar with
operations at the San Francisco Bay-area refinery on Thursday.
The CDU, which does the initial refining of crude oil coming
into the refinery and provides feedstock for all other units,
was shut by an Aug. 6 fire that heavily damaged the unit’s
piping.
During the shutdown, Chevron’s production of motor fuels was
cut in half.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
