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Shell announces that work on the Louisiana refinery gasoline unit will begin this Friday.

Shell announces that work on the Louisiana refinery gasoline unit will begin this Friday.

Shell confirmed a report on Thursday by confirming that the planned overhaul of its gasoline-producing unit, at Norco's 231,827 barrels per day refinery in Louisiana, would start on Friday.

A leak in the 112,000 bpd unit of resid catalyst cracking caused it to be shut down. The planned overhaul that was scheduled to start in September would begin immediately.

Shell Norco Energy and Chemicals Park is starting a planned turnaround maintenance on the resid catalyst cracking unit (RCCU), as well as other units, earlier than scheduled. Shell spokesperson Krista Edwards said in an email that work will start on Friday, 15 August 2025.

The original schedule had the overhaul beginning on September 15th and lasting for approximately 50 days.

Shell also plans to close the GO-1 ethylene plant, the 40,000-bpd hydrotreating unit for naphtha, and the 14,800 bpd alkylation facility.

The RCCU converts resid oil using a catalyst and high pressure under heat.

Alkylation units turn refining wastes into additives that boost octane in unfinished gasoline.

Hydrotreaters are used to remove sulfur from motor gasolines in order to comply with U.S. Environmental rules.

(source: Reuters)