The cold weather during Christmas forced a refinery in Texas to slow production, but now that refinery has plans to expand.
Exxon Mobil says they reduced capacity at its refinery in Beaumont to ninety percent to deal with cold weather before Christmas. The Irving-based company says that production has now restarted, but a couple units at the refinery will stay closed into March as part of planned construction.
Exxon Mobil says the refinery can normally handle almost 370,000 barrels a day, but the construction will cut that by about 135,000 barrels.
Once a new crude distillation unit opens this spring, the refinery's capacity will increase by 250,000 barrels a day.
Exxon-Mobil is also moving its corporate headquarters out of Irving and into Spring, Texas, north of Houston. The company says it'll save $6 billion in structural costs by combining chemical and refining businesses in one place and centralizing engineering and technology.
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