BP delays crude unit start-up at Whiting refinery

Reuters 1:13 p.m. CDT, August 31, 2011

Plc has pushed back the start date for a replacement crude distillation unit at its 405,000-barrel-per-day Whiting, Ind., refinery to October 2012 from August 2012, according to sources familiar with refinery operations.The change in schedule will not delay the completion of the Whiting refinery modernization project in 2013, according to the sources.

A BP spokesman declined to discuss operations at the refinery.