	bp grangemouth refinery shut hydrocracker damaged the entire british petroleum co plc refinery at grangemouth in scotland has been shut down following the explosion and fire that severely damaged the hydrocracker at the site a refinery spokesman said he said the rest of the bpd refinery including the bpd catalytic cracker was undamaged the whole refinery was closed pending enquiries but a decision when to reopen the main units will be taken in the next couple of days he said but there was extensive damage to the central part of the bpd hydrocracker which upgrades heavy oil products to gasoline and it will be out of operation for some months the spokesman said bp will not suffer supply shortages as a result of the explosion as it will be able to bring in product from other sources bp has a bpd refinery in rotterdam a bpd unit at ingolstadt west germany a bpd plant at lavera in france and a smaller swedish plant he said the explosion and fire in which one worker was killed occurred when the hydrocracker was not in operation the refinery as a whole had been operating at about half of its capacity since the end of january while an extensive overhaul was carried out on the north side of the complex where the hydrocracker is sited he said this work was scheduled to be completed by mid april but this is now being assessed following the hydrocracker accident two people were killed in an explosion and fire in a flare line at the grangemouth refinery on march but the spokesman said this incident was some yards from the latest accident reuter 
