While BP was officially mum on the issue, at least one petroleum analyst said it may be several weeks before the Whiting refinery is running at full capacity. BP said in an emailed statement one of the largest of three crude oil distillation units at the Whiting refinery was closed Saturday for “unscheduled repair work.” “While the rest of the refinery continues to operate safely, the outage has reduced production,” BP spokesperson Scott Dean said. The refinery is the largest in BP’s portfolio and, with a production capacity of 413,000 barrels per day, the sixth largest in the United States. It can process 19 million gallons of fuel for commercial and private vehicles and the outage has caused […]

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