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BP says Texas City hydrocracker shut by storm


    HOUSTON (Reuters) - A hydrocracking unit was shut by a lightning strike on Friday at BP Plc's 406,570 barrel per day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery, a company spokesman said.

    The shutdown of the hydrocracker triggered a fire in a pipe flange on the unit. The fire was brought under control by the refinery's fire-fighting unit, said BP (BP..LO)spokesman Scott Dean in a statement.

    There were no injuries reported due to the fire.

    On Friday night, BP did not have an estimate of when the hydrocracker would restart.

    A hydrocracker uses hydrogen to increase the production of motor fuel from a barrel of crude oil.

    (Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by Gary Hill)