Harvest Energy Trust's
(HTE) 115,000-barrel-a-day Newfoundland, Canada refinery
was unaffected by the passing of Hurricane Bill, a spokeswoman from the
refinery said Monday.
High winds resulting from Bill were experienced at the Come By Chance oil
refinery but operations were not impacted, she said.
Friday, Harvest Energy said the plant was running at almost full utilization.
Hurricane Bill - the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic storm season - made
landfall Monday in Newfoundland, Canada's easternmost province as a Category
One hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It was later downgraded
to a storm and lost its tropical characteristics, the NHC said.