据12月10日Hydrocarbon processing报道，消息人士称，埃克森美孚准备重新启动其位于德州博蒙特(Beaumont)工厂的大型原油蒸馏装置(CDU)。

消息人士称，为修复漏油问题，日产24万桶的Crude B装置于周三关闭。

埃克森美孚发言人杰里米?艾肯伯里(Jeremy Eikenberry)拒绝讨论博蒙特炼油厂各个装置的具体状况。

博蒙特炼油厂的两个大型原油蒸馏装置负责将初级原油精炼为所有其他生产装置所使用的碳氢化合物原料。规模较小的Crude A CDU仍在运行，Crude B则已关闭。

洪伟立 摘译自 Hydrocarbon processing

原文如下：

Exxon restarting large crude unit at Texas refinery

Exxon Mobil Corp began restarting the large crude distillation unit (CDU) at its 369,024 barrel-per-day (bpd) Beaumont, Texas, refinery, sources familiar with plant operations said.

The 240,000-bpd Crude B CDU was shut on Wednesday to repair a leak, the sources said.

Exxon spokesman Jeremy Eikenberry declined to discuss the status of individual units at the Beaumont refinery.

The two CDUs at the Beaumont refinery do the primary refining of crude oil into hydrocarbon feedstock for all other production units. The smaller Crude A CDU remained in operation while Crude B was shut.