S.Korea's GS Caltex restarts 48,000-bpd Yeosu unit after fire

GS Holdings

10/02/2014 11:37

SEOUL, Feb 10 (Reuters) - GS Caltex Corp restarted a 48,000 barrels per day (bpd) continuous catalyst regeneration (CCR) unit at its Yeosu refinery on Friday evening, sources said on Monday. South Korea's second-largest refiner had halted the CCR unit, which helps make feedstock for petrochemicals, after a small fire last week.  ID:nL3N0LC0N7  A company spokesman declined to comment. Its refinery at Yeosu has a capacity of 775,000 bpd.   Separately, sources familiar with the matter said GS Caltex would decide in two to three days on how to offload crude from the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Wu Yi San, which has been waiting to unload at Yeosu following a pipeline crack two weeks ago.  ID:nL3N0LA1YS   ID:nL3N0L80NX  GS Caltex is equally owned by Chevron Corp  CVX.N , the second-largest U.S. oil company, and South Korea's GS Energy, owned by GS Holdings  078930.KS . (Reporting by Jane Chung editing by Keiron Henderson) ((jane.chung@thomsonreuters.com)(+82 2 3704 5667)(Reuters Messaging: jane.chung.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: GSCALTEX KOREA/