HOUSTON, July 25 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises was repairing a leak on the shut gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker 3 (FCC-3) at its 626,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Thursday, said people familiar with plant operations.

The 81,000-bpd FCC-3 was shut after a malfunction on Wednesday, the sources said. It was unknown on Thursday how long the repairs would take to complete.

A Motiva spokesperson did not reply to a request for a comment on Thursday,

Motiva's Port Arthur refinery is the second largest in the United States by capacity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

FCCs use a fine powder catalyst to convert gas oil produced by distillation units into unfinished gasoline.

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