CALGARY, Alberta, April 30- TransCanada Corp. Company spokesman Shawn Howard said in an email that the line was closed in order to work on a piece of electrical equipment. The line carries Canadian crude from Hardisty, Alberta, to storage hubs in Patoka, Illinois, and Cushing, Oklahoma.
*Phillips 66 238,000 bpd Bayway refinery in New Jersey, which had been shut down for almost a month after the storm, made "some improvements" such as raising electrical equipment above ground to avoid water contact. *Hess Corp's 70,000 Port Reading refinery in New Jersey, also shut down after Sandy, has since closed down.
*Phillips 66 238,000 bpd Bayway refinery in New Jersey, which had been shut down for almost a month after the storm, made "some improvements" such as raising electrical equipment above ground to avoid water contact. *Hess Corp's 70,000 Port Reading refinery in New Jersey, also shut down after Sandy, has since closed down.
Europe has just three leading manufacturers of high-voltage direct current cables: Swiss engineering firm ABB, Italy's Prysmian and France's Nexans. Siemens also is a major supplier of converter station equipment. In Europe, DC cables already link Nordic countries and Britain to the continent and Mediterranean islands to mainland Spain.