HOUSTON --- CITGO Petroleum Corporation has been notified by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) that it has returned to CITGO an amendment application for a minor project at the Corpus Christi refinery, which seeks to increase gasoline production through the installation of small modifications to the Fluidized Catalytical Cracking Unit.
CITGO is reviewing the concerns expressed by the TCEQ and evaluating a path forward.
CITGO is committed to complying with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and TCEQ mandates to reduce emissions.
CITGO, based in Houston, is a refiner, transporter and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, refined waxes, asphalt and other industrial products. The company is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
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