Three Rivers reports minor benzene emissions

OREANDA-NEWS. April 09, 2015. Valero's Three Rivers refinery in south Texas reported a pinhole leak in its flare gas recovery system last night that resulted in a small emission of benzene, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Operators re-routed the stream to the flare to minimize emissions from its west plant complex, according to the report. The refinery's reformer can produce up to 56,000 t/yr of benzene.