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                                                <p>Hurricane Harvey has shut down more than 16 per cent of the US oil refining capacity as record rain and flooding battered Texas today.</p>

<p>Supply shortages have sprung up as the tropical storm moved up the Gulf Coast, with pipelines lowering deliveries or shutting down completely due to low supply.</p>

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<p>Around three million barrels per day (bpd) of refining capacity has been closed off already, and rebooting the plants is expected to week or more.</p>

<p>More refinery closures are expected to take place, with possible implications for oil prices.</p>

<p>Explorer Pipeline, which runs between Texas and Chicago, will close down two of its lines on Wednesday.</p>

<p>Motiva Enterprises warned it may decide to close the Port Arthur refinery, which is the biggest in the country.</p>

<p>High water in the refinery, which produces 603,000 bpd, was causing operational problems, Reuters reported. Water had submerged the pumps responsible for clearing waste water from the crude distillation units.</p>

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