By Dan Molinski

Flint Hills Resources reported equipment problems and excessive emissions over the weekend at its refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas after lightning caused an electricity outage.

"At approximately 1:00 PM [on Saturday], a power outage caused by a lightning strike shut down the Coker Unit Wet Gas Compressor," the refinery said in a statement to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It said the incident also caused emissions that lasted more than one hour.

"After power was restored, the Wet Gas Compressor was started up, ending the flaring event," the refinery said.

Wichita, Kan.-based Flint Hills operates an East and West plant in Corpus Christi, and this incident happened at the West plant. The overall refinery complex has a capacity of around 300,000 barrels a day.

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

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 08, 2022 08:56 ET (12:56 GMT)

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