Deer Park Refinery Reports Flaring

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) – Deer Park Refining Limited Partner reported Monday (12/8) an unplanned two-hour flaring event at its 312,500 bpd Deer Park, Texas refinery triggered by a DU2 Unit upset.

The refinery said the upset at DU2 Unit occurred at around 11:30 p.m. CT on Sunday (12/7) due to its “debut level indicator going high, causing excess material being sent to its Central Processing Unit, resulting in flaring at its two key facility areas: the North Property Flare (NPF) and the West Property Flare (WPF)

The flaring began at 12:32 a.m. on Monday and ended 2:46 a.m. the same day, the refinery said.