BP Husky to delay cat cracker restart at Ohio refinery -source

Feb 24 (Reuters) - BP Plc and Husky Energy Inc (Toronto: HSE.TO - news) plan to delay for 30 days the restart of the fluid catalytic cracker at their 160,000-barrel-per-day refinery joint venture in Toledo, Ohio, according to a source familiar with the facility.

The 55,000-bpd catalytic cracker was shut down unexpectedly just days before the refinery's union employees went on strike on Feb. 8. The company had hoped to restart the unit quickly, but more problems were uncovered, the source said. (Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw in New York; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)