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Canadian oil company Irving Oil Corp. temporarily shut down his refinery in New Brunswick, due to explosion in the diesel fuel compartment. The company is one of the largest fuel suppliers for the northeastern states.

Due to a planned inspection of some facility segments, the explosion was limited only to the diesel fuel compartment, which prevented more serious damage.

Suspension has caused a 15% drop in deliveries of distillates on the east coast, which made the housing owners using fossil fuels for heating extremely vulnerable.

The market is already working to identify the damage caused by the shutdown of the refinery. If this is a problem that can be remedied quickly within the normal planned maintenance measure, it will probably have no effect on the supply of fuels along the eastern coast of the US.

“It is too early to say how long the refinery and the particular department will be shut down”, said Kevin Scott, Chief Executive Officer of Refining and Supply at Irving Oil Corp. “The company works to minimize the impact on customers using the fuel it has in the tanks”, added he.

Four workers were injured during the explosion. They were transported to the local hospital for medical treatment..

The Saint John Refinery is the largest in Canada, capable of processing about 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day. About half of the plant’s fuel is supplied to the northeast of the United States, making Irving Oil Corp a key supplier of gasoline and diesel to New York and New England.

In September, tankers supplied the region with 2.78 million barrels of gasoline, 959,000 barrels of diesel and 119,000 barrels of jet fuel.

The large stocks of fuel can limit the negative impact of the refinery stop.