By Dan Molinski

 

Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA said heavy rainfall at its refinery in Port Arthur, Texas has led to an oil spill and emissions of gases that are expected to continue through Wednesday afternoon.

"Due to the heavy rain fall that occurred on October 15, 2018, the refinery was forced to divert the storm water from the North Storm Water Tank," the refinery said in a statement to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. "In the process of diverting this stream, oil was also released into the tank dike."

The emissions, which included benzene and toluene, began Tuesday afternoon and were expected to last about 24 hours, it said.

"Recovery efforts are underway for remediating the residual hydrocarbon," the refinery said.

The 225,000-barrel-a-day refinery is located 95 miles east of Houston.

 

Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 17, 2018 09:01 ET (13:01 GMT)

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