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.
ExxonMobil (XOM) said Wednesday that operations at its
Chalmette, La., refinery are nearing normal following a leak of a
mixture of compressed gas and hydrogen sulfide and the death of a
contract worker last week. It is not clear whether the worker died
from exposure to the leak or had a previous medical condition.
Production was cut while repairs to the leak were being made.
Hovensa (HES) said Wednesday that operations at its
145,000-barrels-a-day FCCU were nearing normal after shutting down
as a precaution following a weather-related electrical failure on
Oct. 6. The unit was restarted on Oct. 8.
BP PLC (BP) will begin about seven days of planned flaring
activity at its Carson, Calif., refinery Wednesday morning,
according to a filing with state environmental regulators. The
report to Calif. state environmental regulators did not specify
what unit, or units, are involved with the flaring.
Tesoro Corp. (TSO) Tuesday notified California state
environmental regulators of a flaring event planned at its Los
Angeles-area oil refinery in Wilmington. The flaring, scheduled to
begin at around 5 a.m. PDT Thursday, isn't due to an equipment
breakdown, the filing to Calif. state environmental regulators
said. The event is scheduled to end just before midnight on Friday.
The report didn't specify what unit, or units, are involved with
the flaring.
Enbridge Inc. (ENB, ENB.T) said Monday that its crude oil
delivery pipeline, Line 6A, will operate at reduced rates for an
indefinite period of time to facilitate further integrity
inspections along the span. Line 6A services ExxonMobil's Joliet,
Illinois, refinery and Citgo's refinery in Lemont, Illinois.
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.
CARIBBEAN
Hovensa St. Croix 500.0 FCCU at near normal operations Oct 8
VI on Oct 13, the company said.
The unit was shut on Oct 6 as
a precaution and restarted on
Oct 8.
GULF COAST
Exxon Chalmette 192.0 Operation nearing normal follow- n/a
LA a leak discovered Oct 4 and the
death of a contract worker on
Oct 6 the company said on Oct 13.
The cause of the leak and fatality
are still under investigation.
Flint Corpus 290.0 Multiple East Plant units shut
Hills Christi, TX Oct. 1 on system malfunction
because of steam venting at the
East Plant. There was no fire,
Co. said. No details about units
involved or impact were available.
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.
Pasadena Pasadena, TX 100.0 FCCU shut due to failed gas n/a
Refining compressor. No restart esti-
mate.
MIDWEST
BP/Husky Toledo, OH 160.0 Crude oil throughput was reduced n/a
by unspecified amount owing
to Enbridge's crude oil Line 6B
leak/closure since July 26.
Exxon Joliet, IL 239.0 Refinery operations may be af-
fected by Enbridge's decision
to reduce crude oil delivery rates
on Line 6A while integrity in-
spections continue. Co. not im-
mediately available for comment
on Oct. 13.
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
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.
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 City 455.8 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 Maintenance on Unit 50 Coker
on Sept. 16-18, Co. said
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.
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 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.
Hydrocracker shut for planned
work Oct. 4 with emissions
expected to end Oct. 6.
$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.