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.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) said Wednesday that the smaller of two
crude units at its Corpus Christi refinery was shut Monday for
planned maintenance. This is expected to be a short outage, and the
company doesn't expect a significant impact on production, since
the larger East Plant crude unit (95,000 bpd) and the West Plant's
heavy oil cracker (95,000 bpd) remain in operation.
Hovensa LLC (HES) reported an emissions release Tuesday evening
owing to a valve malfunction at the east incinerator at its
refinery in the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix a filing to the
U.S. National Response Center said. It is not clear whether the
event had any impact on operations at the plant.
Valero Energy Corp. said Tuesday that the unit shut Monday for
unplanned maintenance was not a main production unit and that the
outage would have no material impact on production.
Tesoro Corp. (TSO) said Monday that planned maintenance at its
Los Angeles-area refinery in Wilmington, California between Monday
and Wednesday would have not impact on throughput and/or the
company's ability to fulfill customer supply commitments.
Citgo Petroleum Corp. said Monday that operations at its Lemont,
Illinois, refinery weren't affected by a power failure on Saturday,
adding that filings to state environmental regulators were related
to a minor event.
Valero Energy said its Aruba refinery will reach planned rates
by the end of the month following the restart of process units on
Jan. 2. The refinery recently completed months of extensive
turnaround maintenance to facilitate its return to service; the
plant was shuttered in July, 2009 owning to poor refining
economics.
The FCCU at Valero Energy's (VLO) Ardmore, Oklahoma, refinery is
at planned rates, the company said on January 3 following the
unplanned shutdown on December 28 to repair a leaky pipe.
WRB Refining LLC (COP, CVE, CVE.T) said a process upset at
unspecified equipment Saturday caused a brief period of flaring at
its oil refinery in Borger, Texas, a filing to Texas state
environmental regulators said. It is unclear whether the event had
any impact on production.
For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using the code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
CARIBBEAN
Hovensa St.Croix 500.0 Emissions at east incinera- Jan 4
tor owing to valve malfunc-
tion on Jan 4 had no impact
on operations, the co. said
on Jan 5.
EAST COAST
GULF COAST
Delek Tyler, TX 58.0 Emissions and flaring reported n/a
at FCCU equipment on Dec. 31.
Smoke visible at CDU equipment
on Dec. 30 due to electrical snag.
WRB Borger, TX 146.0 Upset at unspecified equipment Jan 1
Refining caused brief period of flar-
ing on Jan. 1, a TCEQ filing said.
MIDWEST
Valero Ardmore, OK 87.4 FCCU at planned rates; restarted Jan 3
last week after shutting un-
planned on Dec. 28 to fix leaky
pipe, company said on Jan. 3.
Gary- Wynnewood, 70.0 Explosion occured on Dec. 26.
Williams OK Extent of damage unknown.
Citgo Lemont, IL 167.0
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
Chevron Richmond, CA 245.0 Plant running despite government Dec 28
filing saying otherwise a county
official said on Dec 28. The plant
experienced a brief upset earlier
in the day.
Chevron Honolulu, 54.0 Mechanical problem resulted in
HA gasoline production stoppage on
Dec. 29, according to local TV
news reports.
PLANNED
CANADA
Shell Montreal 130.0 The refinery will be converted
Quebec into a terminal.
CARIBBEAN
Valero Aruba 235.0 Planned rates seen by end Jan. End Jan
the Co. said on Jan. 3. Restart
procedures got underway in late
Dec.the company said Dec. 30. The
plant shut in July 2009 on poor
economics.
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, 2009.
PBF Delaware 210.0 PBF Energy has closed Apr
Energy (formerly Valero) deal to buy plant. Petroplus 2011
said May 5 the plant would be
restarted in 2Q of 2011.
Western Yorktown 64.5 The refinery will close in Sept
VA September 2010 for economic
reasons. Terminal operations
will continue.
GULF COAST
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 New ULSD Units commissioned,
Co. said Oct 21. ULSD supply
will increase by over 3 million
gallons from Baytown & Baton
Rouge.
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. .
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 315.0 Smaller of two West Plant crude
Christi, TX units shut on Jan. 3 for planned
repairs. Outage expected to be
short; no restart timing available.
West Plant 50,000-b/d FCCU at
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, 100,000 b/d, will be 2Q
revamped and work will take 2011
place at a alky unit, lasting
55 days starting in March, Co.
said Oct. 26.
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 2009 for
economic reasons.
MIDWEST
Holly Tulsa, OK 160.0 West Plant FCCU, alkylation Dec 25
Corp unit seen restarting on
about Dec. 25 following month-
long planned turnaround.
WEST COAST
Tesoro Wilmington, 97.0 Flaring expected to take place
CA throughout Dec. 31, Co. reported
Dec. 30.
Valero Benicia, CA 170.0 Process unit and FCCU down.
FCCU unit to remain down amid
maintenance planned for 1Q 2011.
This unplanned outage will reduce
4Q West Coast previous throughput
estimates by about 30,000 b/d, Co.
said Dec. 30.
Units are in the process of being
shutdown for plantwide turnaround,
expected to last 36 days, Co. said
Dec. 30.