| (CORRECTED) - MOBIL <MOB> TO UPGRADE REFINERY UNIT | |
| Mobil Corp said it will spend over 30 | |
| mln dlrs to upgrade a gasoline-producing unit at its Beaumont, | |
| Texas, refinery. | |
| It said the unit is a catalytic reformer, which converts | |
| low-octane components of gasoline into high-octane components | |
| for use in Super Unleaded gasoline. | |
| The company said the modernization will allow the unit to | |
| regenerate catalysts on a continuous basis without shutdown. | |
| Currently, it must be shut twice a year. The unit produces | |
| 46,000 barrels of gasoline components a day. Construction will | |
| start late this year, with completion set for mid-1989. | |
| (Correcting unit's output to barrels/day from barrels/year) | |