ExxonMobil Corp shut a crude distillation unit at its 502,500 barrel per day (bpd) Baton Rouge refinery on Tuesday as flooding disrupted operations at a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facility, sources familiar with plant operations said. An Exxon spokeswoman declined on Tuesday to discuss operations at the Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery. “We continue to meet our contractual commitments,” said Exxon’s Lana Venable. Continued disruption of operations at the Sorrento, Louisiana Storage Facility by the floods could force Exxon to further cut production at the Baton Rouge refinery due lack of storage for LPG produced by the refinery, the sources said. Exxon shut the 90,000 bpd CDU on Tuesday, according to energy industry intelligence service Genscape. Two of the four CDUs at the refinery have a 90,000-bpd capacity. Neither Genscape […]