HOUSTON, March 11 (Reuters) - BP Plc's 240,000 barrelper day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Carson, California,completed the restart of a 102,500 bpd gasoline-producingfluidic catalytic cracking unit over the weekend, sourcesfamiliar with operations at the refinery said on Monday.
The restart had been underway for the past week, after aneight-week overhaul of the FCC and a related alkylation unit.
An alkylation unit transforms refining byproducts intooctane-boosting gasoline additives. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Leslie Adler)