Exxon Mobil has begun restarting its giant Baytown refinery complex, which only needs minor repairs after flood waters swamped the facility, the company said.
Exxon’s Baytown refining is the second-largest facility of its kind in the United States, with a refining capacity above 560,000 barrels a day.
“We’re making good progress,” said Suann Guthrie, a spokeswoman for Exxon. “But the timing depends on the availability of transportation infrastructure” to get fuel to markets.
Exxon has been working with the Port of Houston to expedite vessels traveling through the Houston Ship Channel and helping to coordinate repairs to railroads in the region, she added.
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