HOUSTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises shut the 195,000 barrel-per-day crude distillation unit onFriday at its 600,250 bpd Port Arthur, Texas, refinery asproblems developed while increasing production to full ratesfollowing an overnight restart, said sources familiar with plantoperations.
The crude unit was shut on Tuesday due to a leaking pipe. Itrestarted early on Friday morning following repairs. The CDU,called VPS-4, and the second-largest at the refinery, is one ofthree doing the initial refining of crude oil coming into theplant and providing feedstock for all other units.
Motiva is a 50/50 joint venture between Royal Dutch ShellPlc and Saudi Aramco. (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Chris Reese)