{"id":6199,"date":"2023-06-24T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T13:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=6199"},"modified":"2023-06-24T13:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T13:27:26","slug":"marathon-awaits-oshas-ok-to-start-reformer-repairs-at-texas-refinery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/6199\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon awaits OSHA’s OK to start reformer repairs at Texas refinery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roydad Naft News Agency – Marathon Petroleum Corp\u00a0is waiting for approval from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to begin repairs to a fire-damaged reformer at its 593,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas, said people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OSHA has control over the 75,000-bpd Ultraformer 3 (UU-3) reformer while investigating a deadly May 15 fire on the unit at the refinery in Texas City, Texas, the sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Marathon employee was killed and two contract workers were burned by the blaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marathon spokesperson Jamal Kheiry declined to discuss operations at the refinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S Labor Department spokesperson Juan Rodriguez declined to discuss OSHA’s investigation of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without the reformer, gasoline production, especially of high-octane fuel, is reduced, the sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reformers convert refining by-products into reformate, which is added to unfinished gasoline to make higher-octane fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OSHA has allowed Marathon to remove damaged equipment from UU-3 after documenting the location of the equipment and photographing it, the sources said.<\/p>\n

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