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HOUSTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc
completed the restart of the gasoline-producing residual
catalytic cracking unit (RCCU) at its 230,611 barrel-per-day
(bpd) Norco, Louisiana refinery, sources familiar with plant
operations said on Friday.
Shell spokesman Curtis Smith declined comment.
The 112,000-bpd RCCU was shut last week to repair a leak,
the sources said. Shell began restarting the unit on Monday.
Unlike most gasoline-producing catalytic crackers, the RCCU
converts residual crude into gasoline and other refined
products. Most catalytic crackers convert gas oil into gasoline.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba; editing by John Stonestreet)