Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) on Tuesday reported an operational disruption that led to flaring of gas emissions at its refinery in Beaumont, Texas.

"A process upset resulted in flaring," the refinery said in a statement to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. "Operations working to isolate upset. The refinery anticipates no impact to production."

While the report was released Tuesday morning, it indicates the emissions event actually happened Friday, and lasted 11 hours. A reason for the delay wasn't immediately clear.

The 362,000-barrel-a-day Beaumont refinery is located 90 miles east of Houston.

 

Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

November 27, 2018 10:17 ET (15:17 GMT)

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