Europe’s largest oil refinery suffered a malfunction, a potential source of jitters for the continent’s refined fuels market where supply has already been hit by industrial action.
The compressor of fluid catalytic cracker unit 2 tripped on Oct. 12 due to the loss of power supply, according to a fire safety alert from the region’s Rjinmond Veilig service. Known as FCC units, the conversion plants are typically used to make refined products such as gasoline.
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