Sunday, July 29, 2007

Taiwan's CPC Says Kaohsiung Crude Unit Is Unaffected by Yesterday's Fire

(Bloomberg) -- CPC Corp., Taiwan's state-owned oil
refiner, said a crude distillation unit at its refinery in
Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan was unaffected by a fire yesterday.
No one was hurt in the incident.

The fire, which broke out during an attempt to restart the
unit, was extinguished within 10 minutes, Jessica Tang, a
Taipei-based spokeswoman, said by telephone today. The plant has
the capacity to process 100,000 barrels of crude oil a day and
closed since June 6 for scheduled maintenance.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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