HOUSTON, July 7 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises 235,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana, refinery plansto begin an overhaul of a portion of the heavy-oil hydrocrackingunit on Monday, said sources familiar with the refinery's plans.
The entire 45,000-bpd hydrocracker, called the H-Oil Unit,is expected to be out of production for about two days duringwhich a tower on the unit is isolated, the sources said.
If the isolation of the tower is successful, the remainderof the H-Oil Unit will return to production while the overhaulcontinues for about a month.
A Motiva representative was not immediately available todiscuss operations at the refinery. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)