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.'s (TSO) refinery in Mandan, N.D., is operating at
reduced rates after experiencing a fire at an alkylation unit
Wednesday afternoon, but it is unclear whether this will impact
product supply, a company spokesman said. No workers were injured
and there was no offsite impact from the incident.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) is delaying planned maintenance at a
hydrocracker unit located at its McKee refinery in Sunray, Texas,
to April from March, a company spokesman said Tuesday.
LyondellBasell (LYB) plans to begin maintenance activity on a
key gasoline-making unit located at its Houston, Texas, refinery
that will last through March, a company spokesman said Tuesday.
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA, RDSA.LN) said Tuesday maintenance
activities are under way at the Deer Park, Texas, refinery, but a
company spokesman declined to provide further details.
Flint Hills Resources LP will begin work to clear dust from
sulfur recovery unit No. 3 before commissioning the new unit at the
West Plant of its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery, according to a
filing with state environmental regulators. Th work is expected to
last one day. Over the weekend, the refinery reported that sulfur
recovery unit No. 2 unexpectedly shut down. The cause of the
incident is being investigated.
Work at the fluid catalytic cracker Hovensa refinery operated by
Hess Corp. (HES) is ongoing, a spokesman for the refinery said
Thursday. He declined to say when gasoline-making unit -- shut on
Dec. 9 for repairs -- would resume operations.
For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using the code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
Irving Saint John Resid FCCU shut for unplan- Dec
Oil New Brunswick ned work, the Co. said on 4/5
Dec. 1. Restart seen within
72 hours.
CARIBBEAN
Hovensa St. Croix 500.0 FCC shut for unplanned repairs
Dec. 9 that could last 10-14
days, a person familiar with
the refinery's operations said.
EAST COAST
GULF COAST
Alon Big Springs, 67.0 Emissions event reported Dec. 1
TX due to maintenance at high stage
compressor at PDA unit.
Chevron Pascagoula, 333.0 Leak of less than 3 gals. of
MS benzene reported owing to
equipment failure on Dec. 4.
No further details available.
Planned FCCU maintenance ad- Dec
vanced from January to Nov. 20/30
30 due to mechanical issues.
Repairs will take 20-30 days.
Exxon Beaumont, TX 344.5 Work to repair leaking valve
Mobil at coker gas plant got under-
way on Nov. 29. No impact on
production, the Co. said.
Lyondell Houston, TX 270.6 Co. reports emissions event
Basell related to valve issue at a
hydrodesulfurization unit on
Dec. 4.
Emissions also reported on Nov
29 due to operational upset;
FCCU and wet gas scrubber stack
listed as sources of the release.
Conoco Sweeny, TX 247.0 Air compressor problem resulted in
benzene emissions Dec. 5, a Dec. 6
filing stated.
Flint Corpus 300.0 Sulfur recovery unit No. 2 tripped
Hills Christi, TX offline on Jan. 15; the cause is
under investigation.
MIDWEST
Tesoro Mandan, ND 58.0 Experienced a fire at alkylation
unit that lasted 2 hours on Jan. 19.
Plant at reduced rates but unclear
what impact fire may have on product
supply, Co. said Jan. 19.
Exxon Joliet, IL 238.0 Production was minimally affected
Mobil by process unit boiler upset on
Dec. 1; all customer needs will
be met, the Co. said on Dec. 2.
Marathon Robinson, IL 206.0 Trade sources say crude unit Oct 22-
shut around Oct 16-17 for 25
maintenance. Restart seen by
Oct. 22 or 25. Co. wouldn't
comment.
Citgo Lemont, IL 167.0 Hydrotreater resumed operations
after going off line for several
hours Dec. 8; there was no impact
to production, a Co. official said
Dec. 9.
Valero Memphis, TN 195.0 FCCU, shut Nov. 29 for un- n/a
planned maintenance, is
at planned rates, Co. said
Dec. 8.
No impact to production from
flaring on Dec. 14, Co. said Dec. 14.
Flaring was caused by equipment
failure.
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
Tesoro Golden Eagle 166.0 Plant to return to planned through-
Martinez, CA put rates within several days after
a power outage Dec. 9, Co. said Dec. 13.
Outage was caused by sudden voltage
drop and brief electrical fire at an
on-site electrical switching station.
Exxon Torrance 149.5 A process unit was shut on Nov. n/a
Mobil CA 26 owing to a mechanical problem
discovered during its restart
after Monday's power outage. All Nov 29
other units affected by the outage
are at normal rates but one that is
in restart mode, the co. said on
Nov. 29.
Tesoro Anacortes 120.0 A process unit upset at an unnamed
WA process unit on Dec. 6 would not
impact throughput and customer needs
will be met, Co. said Dec. 7.
PLANNED
CANADA
Shell Montreal 130.0 The refinery will be converted
Quebec into a terminal.
CARIBBEAN
Valero Aruba 235.0 Restart procedures for the refinery mid-Dec
are underway, the company said on
Dec. 20. The plant, shut in July
2009 on poor economics,
will use LNG to reduce utility costs.
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.
Valero Delaware 210.0 PBF Energy has closed Apr
deal to buy plant. Petroplus 2011
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.
GULF COAST
BP Texas City 437.0 Ultracracker set to restart
TX Dec. 8, emissions to last
four days.
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 Beaumont, TX 344.5 Finished scheduled turnaround
maintenance, the company said