DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
The following table lists unplanned and planned production
outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswires. The
information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining
sources and doesn't purport to be a comprehensive list.
Tesoro Corp. (TSO) plans to begin restarting at its Anacortes,
Wash., refinery Monday and expects the plant to be fully
operational by Oct. 15, spokesman confirmed Thursday.
The brief fire Saturday at Valero Energy Corp.'s (VLO) refinery
in Benicia, Calif., took place at the coking unit's compressor but
did not significantly impact operations, a company spokesman said
Wednesday.
Murphy Oil Corp. (MUR) experienced a transformer failure at its
120,000-barrel-a-day Meraux, La., refinery Tuesday. It was repaired
and operations were normal Wednesday, a company spokeswoman
said.
BP PLC's (BP) refinery in Texas City, Texas, began work Monday
afternoon on an electrostatic precipitator stack at fluid catalytic
cracking unit No. 1, according to a filing with state environmental
regulators. Up to three out of 10 cells from the emissions control
unit will be removed.
A small, brief fire Thursday shut Isomax Unit No. 2 at Chevron's
(CVX) Pascagoula, Mississippi, oil refinery but did not affect
operations at any other process units at the plant, company
spokesman Steve Renfro said Friday. There was no restart timing
available; the incident is under investigation. said.
For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using the code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
EAST COAST 2
United Warren, PA 70.0 Crude throughput reduced by n/a
35% owning to Enbridge pipe-
line leak/closure on July 26.
Sunoco Philadelphia 335.0 Hydrodesulfirization unit had
PA been shut early Sept. 25 after
releasing a mist of diesel that
settled on 100-150 cars in an
adjacent neighborhood, Co. said
Sept. 27.
CARIBBEAN
GULF COAST
Motiva Port Arthur 275.0 An unidentified unit was shut
TX after a flash fire Sept. 12 at
a process heater, Shell said
Sept. 13. No injuries or impact
to community.
Chevron Pascagoula 330.0 Isomax Unit No. 2 shut Sept.
MS 23 due to small, brief fire.
No other units affected; no
restart timing, the incident
is under investigation.
Citgo Corpus 163.0 FCCU shut Sept 19 owing to mal- n/a
Christi, TX function at associated gas com-
pressor. The unit will be re-
started as soon as repairs are
complete.
Crude unit shut Sept. 16
on leak at a heater. The
leak had sparked a fire
that was isolated, local
reports indicated.
Conoco Belle Chasse 247.0 Part of a sulfur recovery n/a
LA unit was shut for repairs
on Sept. 6. No restart esti-
mate.
Murphy Meraux, LA 125.0 Transformer was repaired and
operations returned to normal,
Co. said Sept. 29. A unit
failure caused an electrical
outage late Sept. 28.
Pasadena Pasadena, TX 100.0 FCCU shut due to failed gas n/a
Refining compressor. No restart esti-
mate.
Shell Deer Park 340.0 Unidentified unit taken out of n/a
TX service after a fire on July 20.
Refinery operations were "stab-
ilizing" following the fire, the
co. said.
Valero Port Arthur 325.0 Coker unit No. 843 operating at
TX normal rates, Co. said Sept. 27,
after an unexpected coker wet
gas compressor snag resulted in
about 45 minutes of visible
flaring on Sept. 25.
Valero Corpus 315.0 Naphtha hydrotreater was shut at
Christi, TX Complex 7 of the East Plant Aug.
17 to repair heat exchanger leak,
Co. said Aug. 18. No material
impact on production is expected.
MIDWEST
BP Whiting, IN 405.0 White Oak pipeline transporting
finished product to 2 Illinois
terminals was ahead of an
excavation that began Aug. 17 to
find a leak., Co. said Aug. 18.
BP/Husky Toledo, OH 160.0 Crude oil throughput reduced n/a
by unspecified amount owing
to Enbridge's crude oil pipeline
leak/closure on July 26.
Exxon Joliet, IL 239.0 Refinery operations back to nor-
mal the co. said on Sept. 24 fol-
lowing the restart on Sept. 17
of Enbridge's crude oil delivery
pipeline 6A. Rates were cut when
the line was shut when a leak
was discovered the previous week.
Marathon St. Paul, MN 74.0 On-site emergency crew extin- Sep 1
guishes fire on Sept. 1. No
injuries or off-site impact.
Impact on operations unclear.
Frontier El Dorado 130.0 Three sulfur-recovery units
KS restarted shortly after going
offline because of a storm
Sept. 15, Co. said Sept. 16.
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
Shell Martinez 156.4 Wet gas compressor shut Sept 9 n/a
CA due to mechanical failure; flar-
ing and emissions were reported
to environmental regulators.
Conoco Wilmington 139.0 Unplanned flaring due to un-
CA known causes reported Sept 24
to state environmental regula-
tors.
Conoco Ferndale, 100.0 An alkylation unit and butamer n/a
WA shut following a pump fire early
June 15, an environmental agency
said. The refinery continues to
operate, co. said June 15.
Conoco Rodeo, CA 120.2 Equipment malfuntion on Sept. n/a
24 results in vapor release;
impact on production unclear.
Tesoro Anacortes 120.0 Company expects to begin unit Oct. 15
WA startups Oct. 4 and the plant
is to be fully operational by
Oct. 15, Co. confirmed Sept. 30.
Plant was shut after deadly April
2 blast.
Valero Benicia, CA 170.0 Early-day equipment failure & n/a
fire on Sept. 24 results in a
release of pitch. It took place
at a coker's compressor but did
not have a material impact on
production, Co. said Sept. 29.
Exxon Torrance, CA 149.5 Unplanned flaring activity
Sept. 28 lasted two hours. No
units shut and there was no
impact to production, Co. said,
Sept. 29.
PLANNED
CANADA
Shell Montreal 130.0 The refinery will be converted into
Quebec terminal.
CARIBBEAN
Valero Aruba 235.0 Idled refinery to resume opera-
tions after completing turnaround
maintenance in Sept. if it is
profitable to do so, the co. said
on July 27.
EAST COAST
Sunoco Westville 145.0 Idling all Eagle Point refin- n/a
NJ ing operations indefinitely due
to poor economics, co. said
Oct. 6.
Valero Delaware 210.0 PBF Energy has closed Apr 2011
deal to buy plant. Petroplus
said May 5 the plant would be
restarted in 2Q of 2011.
Valero Paulsboro, NJ 185.0 Agreed to sell refinery for
$360 million to PBF Energy,
Co. said Sept. 27. Deal is
expected to close in Q4.
Western Yorktown 64.5 The refinery will close in Sept
VA September 2010 for economic
reasons. Terminal operations
will continue.
Maintenance had been planned
for 3Q 2010.
GULF COAST
BP Texas 455.8 Ultraformer No.4 restarted on
City, TX Sept. 24 following maintenance
and repairs; it is unclear when
the unit was taken out of ser-
vice.
Work on FCCU No. 1's electrostatic
precipitator stack began
Sept. 28. Up to 3 of the 10 cells
will be removed.
Conoco Borger, TX 146.0 Two upsets at Unit 40, FCCU re-
sult in brief emissions and
opacity on Aug. 4. Status of
unit unclear.
Maintenance activity continues,
the co. said on Aug 3. The work
has been underway since June 5.
Maintenance on Unit 50 Coker
on Sept. 16-18, Co.
Chevron Pascagoula 330.0 Pre-commercial heavy oil 2010
Miss. conversion project delayed
from 2008 to 2010 due to
economic factors.
Expansion project including
the replacement of two 30-year-
old reformers and construction
of a 55,000 b/d continuous
catalytic reformer platformer
unit to be completed by late
summer, Industrial Info
Resources said July 6. A
premium base-oil facility
was also being planned, co.
said in late Feb.
Conoco Sweeny, TX 247.0 Unit 27 FCCU being put on
circulation for four days to
repair leak starting Sept. 13.
The fractionation section, wet
gas compressor and flare gas
recovery system will continue
to operate.
Exxon Baytown, TX 560.6 Extended period of scheduled Est.
maintenance at crude unit, End Oct
several hydrofiners and other
units starts week of Aug 22.
Return to normal operations
unclear, sources say work will
take two months to complete.
Exxon Joliet, IL 239.0 Production impacted by outage of
Enbridge Line 6A pipeline that
was shut to repair a leak last
week, Co. said Sept 16. Plant
continues to operate on other
crude supplies; no supply
disruption to branded stations.
Exxon Chalmette 120.0 Crude throughput will be re- N/A
LA duced to 90,000-b/d as redun-
dant units and about 70 jobs
are taken out of service and
cut for economic reason. These
have begun to take place, the
co. said Aug 26.
Flint Corpus 290.0 FCCU No. 2, Sulfur Recovery Sep 24
Hills Christi, TX No. 1 to shut for maintenance
on Sept. 10.
$250 mln project for new Spring 2010
diesel desulfurization,
sulfur recovery unit to begin
in Fall 2008. Construction
to last 18 months.
Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Expansion project to increase 1Q
throughput capacity by 325,000 2012
b/d, to 610,000-b/d, slowed.
Completion now seen 1Q
2012, from 2010.
Valero Corpus 340.0 West Plant 50,000-b/d FCCU at
Christi, TX reduced rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
Valero Norco, LA 250.0 Hydrocracker project will pro- 2013
ceed and be completed in late
2013, the co. said on July 27.
FCCU will be revamped during 2Q
2Q of 2011, the co. said on 2011
July 27.
Upgrade project to build 2012
a new diesel hydrotreater
unit moved from 2010 to
4Q 2012.
Valero Port Arthur 325.0 Hydrocracker project will pro- 2012
TX ceed and be completed in late
2012, the co. said on July 27.
Six coke drums will be re- 2011
placed in 2011.
77,000-b/d FCCU at reduced n/a
rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
Valero Sunray, TX 170.0 55,000-b/d FCCU at reduced n/a
rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
Expanded crude gather system 4Q
will increase available crude 2010
supplies to refinery by 4Q.
Murphy Meraux, LA 125.0 Plant operations returned to
normal after catalyst change
that lasted a couple of weeks,
Co. said Aug. 24. Production
is at about 120,000 b/d.
Alon Big Spring 67.0 Maintenance activity related to
No. 2 SCOT unit Sept. 16. Co. reported Sept. 16.
MIDWEST
BP Toledo, OH 155.0 $400 million upgrade 2012
to start 2010.
Citgo Lemont, IL 167.0 New ultralow-sulfur diesel Sep 7
unit start up announced on
Sept. 7.
CVR Coffeyville 115.0 New ultra low sulfur gasoline
KS unit will be brought online
in 2Q, co. said May 3.
Previous target was to have
unit up by end of 2010.
Husky Lima, OH 160.0 Scheduled fall turnaround main- Dec
tenance on track to begin in
Oct for 40 days, the co. said
on Aug 26.
Valero Ardmore, OK 90.0 Plant-wide turnaround planned; 2011
work will impact 1Q 2011
results.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Suncor Commerce 93.0 Planned work at reformer unit Fall
City, CO deferred to Fall 2010 from Feb 2010
28 start date.
WEST COAST
BP Carson, CA 265.0 Three days of planned flaring Oct 1
expected starting Sept 28.
Conoco Wilmington 139.0 Planned flaring expected Sept. Sept 30
CA 10-30. The event is not due to
equipment breakdown.
Valero Benicia 170.0 Scrubber installation continues; 2010
CA work seen concluding by year-end,
the co. said on July 27.
Tesoro Golden Eagle 166.0 Major turnaround maintenance 2011
Martinez, CA deferred to 2011 from late
2009, the co. said Feb. 3.
Tesoro Wilmington 97.0 Flaring will start on Sept 7 Sept 11
CA for four days; the event is
not due to equipment breakdown.