SUGAR LAND, Texas, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- CVR Energy, Inc.
(NYSE: CVI) announced today that its subsidiary, Coffeyville
Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, has restarted its urea
ammonium nitrate (UAN) plant taken out of service Sept. 30 after a rupture in a high pressure
vessel.
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Because of the rupture affecting the UAN vessel, the company
moved up a planned biannual turnaround for the entire plant by a
few days. With the turnaround completed on Oct. 29, the company subsequently has been
producing and selling only anhydrous ammonia fertilizer pending
resumption of UAN production.
About CVR Energy, Inc.
Headquartered in Sugar Land,
Texas, CVR Energy, Inc.'s subsidiary and affiliated
businesses include an independent refiner that operates a 115,000
barrel per day refinery in Coffeyville,
Kan., and markets high value transportation fuels supplied
to customers through tanker trucks and pipeline terminals; a crude
oil gathering system serving Kansas, northern Oklahoma, western Missouri and southwestern Nebraska; an asphalt and refined fuels storage
and terminal business in Phillipsburg,
Kan.; and through a limited partnership, an ammonia and urea
ammonium nitrate fertilizer business located in Coffeyville, Kan.
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