Motiva moves start for FCC overhaul Texas refinery to Jan 27, sources say

HOUSTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises [RIC:RIC:MOTIV.UL] moved the start date for a planned two-month overhaul of the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker 3 (FCC 3) at its 626,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas refinery back by a week to Jan. 27, people familiar with plant operations said on Wednesday.

The 81,000-bpd FCC, along with a coker and the reformer were operating normally on Wednesday after sustaining malfunctions due to frigid weather that blanketed southeast Texas on Tuesday, the two sources said.

(Reporting by Erwin Seba)

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