Valero to shutdown Ardmore refinery for repairs

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, May 14 -- Valero Energy Corp., San Antonio, said Tuesday it would temporarily shut down its Ardmore, Okla., refinery May 13 to repair a steam generation leak in the sulfur recovery unit of the refinery's only sulfur train.

"An estimated outage of 5-6 days is anticipated," resulting in a loss of about 40,000 b/d of gasoline, said a company spokesperson.