HOUSTON- Exxon Mobil Corp is shutting the small crude distillation unit (CDU) at its 502,500 barrel-per-day (bpd) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery because of low demand, sources familiar with plant operations said on Monday.
To balance the shutdown of the 90,000 bpd CDU, Exxon plans to boost production on the 210,000 bpd CDU, the largest at the refinery, the sources said. Overall refinery production will be about 420,000 bpd.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) ((erwin.seba@thomsonreuters.com; +1 713 210 8508; Reuters Messaging: erwin.seba.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
