HOUSTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plcexpects to return the gasoline-producing unit at its209,787-barrel-per-day Convent, Louisiana, refinery toproduction early next week, two sources familiar with plantoperations said on Friday.
Shell spokesman Ray Fisher said operations at the Conventrefinery were stable.
The 92,000-bpd gasoline-producing Fluidic Catalytic CrackingUnit (FCCU) was shut eight days ago when a compressor developedexcessive vibration, the sources said.
The FCCU was just coming back into production after beingshut for a planned overhaul from May 30 until Aug. 9.
The FCCU uses catalyst under high heat and pressure toconvert gas oil to gasoline.(Reporting by Erwin SebaEditing by Tom Brown and Rosalba O'Brien)
