REFINERY NEWS: PBF reports fire at Toledo, Ohio, gasoline unit

Refinery: Toledo, Ohio

Owner: PBF Energy

Capacity: 172,800 b/d

Duration: Ongoing, began 11 am EDT

PBF Energy reported a fire in a gasoline unit at its 172,800 b/d refinery in Toledo, Ohio, a company spokesman said on Nov. 23.

"We can confirm that a fire occurred on a gasoline processing unit at the Toledo Refinery at approximately 11:00 am this morning. Refinery crews are actively responding with assistance from the local Oregon, OH Fire Department," said PBF spokesman Mike Karlovich in an email.

Karlovich said there were no injuries on site and that officials had been notified.

Midwest gasoline prices softened despite news of the outage.

The Chicago gasoline complex fell 3.5 cents/gal with all CBOBs settling at NYMEX December RBOB minus 14.75 cents/gal.

In the Group 3 market, Tulsa suboctane started the day trading as low as futures minus 17 cents/gal, but later strengthened to futures minus 15.75 cents/gal based on a standing offer during Platts Market on Close assessment process. Still, suboctane settled 1 cent/gal lower day on day.