By Nicole Jao
NEW YORK (Reuters) -BP said on Friday power had been restored at its 440,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana, after an external power outage.
The refinery dispatched its emergency response team and temporarily evacuated personnel on Friday due to the outage, BP said in a statement.
A spokesperson declined to provide more details about the plant’s operational status.
Last week, a fire broke out after an operational incident at the Whiting refinery. Multiple units were taken offline due to the blaze.
BP on Friday began the restart process of its 110,000 bpd fluid catalytic cracking unit after the fire, according to industry monitor IIR Energy.
In mid September, the refinery started planned maintenance work on its units, including the crude processing unit and fluid catalytic cracker. The planned turnaround was expected to last for two months.
The refinery, the largest in the U.S. Midwest, produces a wide range of liquid fuels, including gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
(Reporting by Nicole Jao; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
