-- (Updates to add the company's response in the third paragraph.)
Exxon Mobil (XOM) is planning an overhaul in the spring and another at the end of the year at its Beaumont refinery in Texas, Reuters reported late Wednesday, citing people familiar with plant operations.
In May, the company plans to shut the 60,000-barrel-per-day coker for an overhaul that will continue into June, the sources reportedly said, adding that in December, the 120,000-barrel-per-day gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker will go through an overhaul lasting into January.
An Exxon Mobil spokesperson declined to comment on operational details when contacted by.
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