	bp scottish refinery set to restart this week the british petroleum bp l co plc s refinery at grangemouth scotland shut down after an explosion and fire in the hydrocracker on march will probably be back in operation towards the week end a refinery spokesman said he said the refinery will resume at about half its barrels per day bpd capacity as work on overhauling the north side of the complex which began at the end of january will not be completed before the end of april he said the refinery had been closed for longer than originally expected due to the lengthy safety checks being carried out prior to restarting the explosion and fire in which one worker was killed caused extensive damage to the central part of the hydrocracker and the spokesman said today this unit would be out of operation for several months the remainder of the refinery including the catalytic cracker was undamaged he said inquiries into the accident which happened while the hydrocracker was not in operation were continuing in an earlier incident two people were killed in an explosion and fire at the refinery on march reuter 
