Indiana's BP refinery restarts after severe flooding
The facility aims to be back running at full rates by early next week, IIR said.
The refinery reported flaring due to flooding caused by a severe thunderstorm.
Materials will continue to be burned in the flares as needed to maintain safe operations, BP said in a social media post on Wednesday, adding that response and operations teams have been on site since Monday evening.
BP declined to comment on the refinery's restart timeline.
The Whiting refinery, the largest in the U.S. Midwest, produces a wide range of liquid fuels, including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
Consumers in the Great Lakes region including in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Illinois will likely see retail gasoline prices rise 15 to 30 cents a gallon due to disruption at the Whiting refinery, while those in Chicago might see prices surge 20 to 50 cents, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said in a social media post on Wednesday.
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