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The Whiting refinery has continued to bring units onstream during the third quarter.As previously announced, the crude unit started operations in 2Q, as planned. Sincethen, the gas oil hydrotreater, and the largest of two sulphur recovery units alongwith other supporting infrastructure have been commissioned.The Coker is planned to be brought online during November, as scheduled, and whencombined with the gas oil hydrotreater, significantly increases the ability of the plantto produce high yields of low sulphur fuels, from heavy, high sulphur, acidic crudes.Once the coker is online, we expect the refinery to begin a three month progressivetransition to heavy feedstock, reaching full run-rate capacity during in the first quarterof next year. The revamp of a small number of complementary existing units will alsotake place in 1Q.This major investment transforms Whiting into one of the key advantageddownstream assets in our portfolio and underpins the ability to deliver increased cashflow in 2014.26