By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 24 -- Tulsa-based Citgo Petroleum Corp. has completed construction and started up the second of two identical gasoline hydrotreaters at its Lake Charles, La., refinery.
The units will maintain the gasoline stream's octane value while removing sulfur to meet the new Tier II fuel regulations that will be phased in over a 3 year period. Both new units currently are operating at their 35,000 b/d design capacities.
Citgo, owned by Petroleos de Venezuela SA's US subsidiary PDV America Inc., said it is planning additional investments at the refinery during the next 5 years to meet future environmental regulations.
