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Esso Petroleum Company Ltd has shut down the 75,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) at its 270,000-BBL/d Fawley Refinery in the U.K. On the evening of November 8, the plant flare system was activated following an isolated incident involving the FCCU. A damage assessment is underway.