HOUSTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plcrestarted the hydrocracker at its 218,200 barrel per day (bpd)Norco, Louisiana, refinery, early on Wednesday, said sourcesfamiliar with plant operations.
The 40,000 bpd hydrocracker was shut on Sunday after a smallfire on a heat exchanger, the sources said. The fire broke outwhere a gasket was found to be leaking. The gasket was replacedand Shell began restarting the unit on Tuesday.(Reporting by Erwin Seba)