Marathon Petroleum's El Paso Refinery Reports Power Outage That Caused Shutdown -- OPIS

Dow Jones
Jul 10, 2025

Marathon Petroleum's El Paso refinery suffered a power outage Tuesday that led to five hours of flaring, the company reported in a filing with Texas regulators. It was one of two reports of refinery issues in the region Tuesday.

The incident began at 4:42 p.m. MT and ended at 9:42 p.m. and caused a facility-wide shutdown at the 133,000 b/d refinery, according to the filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

The filing said refinery personnel stabilized process units in response to the outage.

Also on Tuesday, Exxon reported a malfunction in the light oil treater at its 588,000 b/d refinery in Baytown. The company said the incident involved the emergency block valve in the unit and lasted about 45 minutes, starting at 3:30 p.m. CT. Exxon said there was minimal impact on production.

This content was created by Oil Price Information Service, which is operated by Dow Jones & Co. OPIS is run independently from Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.

--Reporting by Steve Cronin, scronin@opisnet.com; Editing by Michael Kelly, mkelly@opisnet.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 09, 2025 12:10 ET (16:10 GMT)

Copyright (c) 2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

At the request of the copyright holder, you need to log in to view this content

Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.

Most Discussed

  1. 1
     
     
     
     
  2. 2
     
     
     
     
  3. 3
     
     
     
     
  4. 4
     
     
     
     
  5. 5
     
     
     
     
  6. 6
     
     
     
     
  7. 7
     
     
     
     
  8. 8
     
     
     
     
  9. 9
     
     
     
     
  10. 10