Firefighters said they are responding to a large fire at the Motiva plant in Convent, Louisiana.
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Brandon Keller, public information officers for St. James Parish, says no injuries have been reported.
Martin said that the fire was isolated to a single area, Motiva said the fire is isolated to the H-oil unit, which is otherwise known as the “heavy crude unit”. Motiva emergency response teams are containing the fire and the cause of the incident is under investigation.
She said other units in the refinery were not affected by the blaze and remained operational. Television video from the scene show flames in the center of the plant. Air monitoring confirms there is no impact to the community.
The parish was notified and its emergency responders were placed on standby, but were not deployed inside the plant, Keller said.
The refinery produces conventional petroleum products including regular, premium and low-sulfur gasoline.
The diesel crack spread 1HOc1-CLc1 , an indicator of refiner margins, extended gains by almost 3 percent on news of the fire, climbing to a 7.25 percent gain on the day. The company has been owned for years equally by subsidiaries of Saudi Armaco and Shell Oil Company, but earlier this year the company announced that Shell and Armaco would be parting ways.
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Plant officials did not immediately return calls to The Associated Press.
