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Delek files lawsuit against Marex and BTX for $30 million in damages to refineries caused by contaminated crude

Delek US Holdings sued London's Marex Group, and Texas' BTX Energy. They were accused of supplying contaminated oil which damaged its U.S. refining plant and caused losses of more than $30,000,000.

Delek, in a court filing in Texas Chambers County District Court, said that it started buying crude oil from Pinnacle Fuel back in January. Deliveries were handled by BTX Energy’s terminal in Winnie.

According to the complaint, Delek detected abnormally high levels organic chlorides by February in its Heavy Naphtha Hydrotreater Unit.

Marex declined comment, and BTX Energy didn't immediately respond to a comment request.

Delek claims that tests revealed chloride concentrations up to 5,668 parts-per-million, almost 1,000 times higher than contractual limits. This caused damage to refinery units and forced lower processing rates. It also contaminated approximately 300,000 barrels clean oil.

Marex, the company that acted as guarantor for Pinnacle's contract of supply, has filed a request to transfer the case to the federal court from the Chambers County Court. (Reporting from Bengaluru by Sumit Saha; Editing by Tasim Zaid and Sahal Muhammad)

(source: Reuters)