HOUSTON, June 6 (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Thursdayan upgraded crude distillation unit at the center of a $4billion revamp of its 405,000 barrel per day (bpd) Whiting,Indiana, refinery is on schedule to start up by the end of June.
"It's on schedule to start by the end of the secondquarter," said BP spokesman Scott Dean.
It is the first time BP has offered a time frame forstarting the CDU, called Pipestill 12. Previously, the companyonly said the re-fit of the Whiting refinery would finishsometime in the second half of the year. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; editing by John Wallace)