Valero cuts gasoline unit rates on poor margins,other refiners weigh moves

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Houston-Dismal gasoline margins have forced at least one major US refiner to cut run rates on some of its gasoline-producing units and could force others to follow suit if the economics fail to improve,refinery operators and traders said Friday.Valero Energy,the US'largest refiner,has reduced rates on three reformers at US Gulf Coast refineries in response to the dismal margins,said Bill Day,a company spokesman.Day declined to say where the reformers were located or how many were affected.