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HOUSTON, June 15 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc
completed restarting the second stage of the hydrocracker at its
227,400 barrel-per-day (bpd) Norco, Louisiana, refinery, sources
familiar with plant operations said on Tuesday.
A Shell spokesman declined to comment.
The second stage of the 40,000-bpd hydrocracker was taken
out of production on June 8 because of a malfunction, the
sources said. The first stage of the hydrocracker continued to
operate while the second stage was shut.
Hydrocrackers convert gas oil or other feedstocks into
diesel and other motor fuels by using a catalyst in the presence
of hydrogen under high heat and pressure.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba)
