A petrochemical disaster outside Houston that has disrupted ship traffic for day...
HOUSTON - A petrochemical disaster outside Houston that has disrupted ship traffic for days at a major U.S. oil port led two major refineries on Monday to reduce fuel production, according to people familiar with the matter.
Officials on Friday closed a seven-mile stretch of the channel after chemicals, including benzene, were detected in the water. That shutdown has caused a bottleneck of tankers unable to enter or exit a busy area of the Houston port. Lyondell reduced its output by 14 percent because it cannot remove sulfur generated at the plant during fuels production and has limited storage capacity on site, the people said.
On Monday, 31 vessels were waiting to enter the busiest U.S. oil port and another 31 were unable to depart, said Coast Guard Supervisor Ashley Dumont, up from 26 each on Sunday morning.
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