HOUSTON, July 1 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises' Convent, Louisiana refinery has shelved plans for a gasolineunit overhaul in October despite a six- to nine-month delay ina planned revamp of the refinery, according to sources familiarwith the company's plans on Friday.
Earlier this year, Motiva began planning the Octoberoverhaul of the 92,000 barrel per day (bpd) fluidic catalyticcracking unit at the 235,000 bpd Convent refinery.
Instead, the FCCU will remain in operation until at leastJune 2017 when it will be permanently closed, said the twosources who were not authorized to speak to the media about thematter.
The refinery's sulfur recovery units are to be overhauled inOctober and two hydrotreaters will be reconfigured in November,the sources said. The heavy oil hydrocracker is scheduled for arevamp in February. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Richard Chang)