PBF's Torrance Refinery Emergency Flare Jan. 21


   
Kristina Davis
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   MIAMI, FL (DTN) -- PBF Energy reported emergency flaring at its 166,000 bpd 
Torrance, California refinery that began Wednesday (1/21) at 12:45 a.m. PT and 
ended at 4:42 a.m. PT, according to a filing with the South Coast Air Quality 
Management District.
The Jan. 21 flaring event follows a series of emergency flares reported at the 
Torrance facility over the weekend. PBF reported emergency flaring that began 
Tuesday (1/20) at 12:05 a.m. PT, as well as another incident that began Monday 
(1/19) at 3:22 a.m. PT, according to separate South Coast AQMD filings. Neither 
of those filings listed an estimated stop time.
An additional emergency flaring incident was reported earlier in the weekend, 
beginning Friday (1/16) at 12:00 a.m. PT, which was attributed to a 
mechanical/electrical malfunction, the filing said.
The emergency flaring occurred alongside planned flaring at the Torrance 
refinery that began January 8 at 8:29 a.m. PT and was estimated to continue 
through Sunday, January 18, at 11:59 p.m. That planned flaring was attributed 
to a "startup/shutdown," according to the South Coast AQMD.




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