Motiva Enterprises' new 325, 000-barrel-per-day (bpd) crude distillation unit at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery will likely not be repaired before Friday or Saturday, sources familiar with operations said on Tuesday.

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But the costly distillation process is so energy-intensive that just 1.1 units of energy are produced for every unit used.

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