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.
Crude oil throughput and production rates at Hovensa's (HES) oil
refinery on the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix will soon return to
newly established normal rates following the completion of
scheduled turnaround maintenance at one of the plant's sulfur
recover units, a company spokesman said Tuesday.
Operations at Marathon Oil Corp.'s (MRO) oil refinery in Texas
City, Texas, returned to normal late in the day Monday following an
afternoon power disruption within the plant, a filing to Texas
state environmental regulators made available on Tuesday said.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) said Tuesday the process of shutting
down a 90,000-barrels-a-day crude distillation unit for 24 days of
planned turnaround maintenance at its Houston refinery got underway
on Monday.
ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) said Tuesday that several weeks of
scheduled turnaround maintenance got underway earlier in the day at
a hydrocracking unit, a saturated gas plant and one of the hydrogen
units at its Torrance, California, refinery.
Tesoro Corp. (TSO) said Tuesday that its Mandan, N.D., refinery
continues to operate at minimally reduced rates following a fire at
the plant's alkylation unit furnace on Jan. 19. No estimate yet on
when the alkylation unit will restart and the return to normal
operations.
Holly Corp.'s (HOC) Navajo oil refinery in Artesia, N.M., has
been operating at 40% of capacity, or 40,000 barrels a day, since a
plant-wide power failure on Jan. 26 due to an interruption in power
supply from its local utility, the company said in a statement
Monday. Return to normal operations expected in "several more
days," the company said on Monday.
ConocoPhillips (COP) said Monday that a leak and fire Sunday at
its San Francisco-area oil refinery in Rodeo, Calif., occurred at
the plant's coker unit. The company did not comment on the impact
on operations.
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) said Sunday that a leak of isobutane
vapor at it's oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, on Saturday did
not cause any injuries and that the "all clear" was sounded after
the leak was stopped, allowing residents to return to their homes
after being evacuated. The leak did not impact operations.
Flint Hills Resources confirms brief fire Sunday at east plant
FCCU II, but would not say whether the event had an impact on
operations.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) said Friday that its Aruba refinery is
nearing planned rates after being offline for roughly 18 months.
The company also announced turnaround plans at six of its
refineries in the first and second quarters of 2011 on
Wednesday.
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
EAST COAST
GULF COAST
Flint Corpus 300.0 Fire at East Plant on Jan. 31
Hills Christi, TX results in excess opacity at
FCCU II. Fire extinguished with-
in 15 minutes. Company would
not comment on status of FCCU
operations.
Holly Artesia 100.0 Refinery operating at 40,000 b/d
Corp. NM since Jan. 26 following plant-wide
power failure; return to normal
will take several more days, the
co. said on Jan. 31.
Marathon Texas City 76.0 Operations returned to normal Jan. 31
TX late on Jan. 31 following an
afternoon power disruption.
Leak of isobutane vapor on Jan.
29 did not impact operations,
the company said on Jan. 30.
Valero Port Arthur 287.0 No impact to production from
TX flaring at gulfining unit Jan. 23, 23, Co. said on Jan. 25.
MIDWEST
Tesoro Mandan, ND 58.0 Refinery continues to operate at
minimally reduced rates following
fire at alkylation unit furnace on
Jan. 19. All customer requirements
are being met. Estimate on return
to normal not yet available, the co.
said on Feb. 1.
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
Conoco Rodeo, CA 120.2 Leak and fire occurred Jan. 30
Phillips at coker unit, the Co. said on
Jan. 31, but would not comment
on impact on operations.
Tesoro Wilmington 97.0 The Los Angeles Area plant completed
CA the restart of unnamed process unit
Jan 27 after an upset 2 days earlier.
PLANNED
CANADA
Shell Montreal 130.0 The refinery will be converted
Quebec into a terminal.
CARIBBEAN
Hovensa St. Croix 500.0 Operations will soon return to
USVI newly established rates as turn-
around maintenance at SRU nears
completion, the Co. said on Feb.1.
The SRU turnaround began in Jan.
Shutting smaller, older process
units on west side of plant, which
will reduce crude distillation to
350,000-b/d, Co. said Jan. 26.
Coker, FCCU will not be affected.
Valero Aruba 235.0 Plant nearing planned rates,
the company said on Jan. 28.
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, 185.0 Sale of refinery to PBF Energy Dec.17
NJ completed on Dec. 17.
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 A crude unit is going into
TX turnaround maintenance
as similar work is being done
on FCCU No. 1, which was taken
out of service on Jan. 12, a
person familiar with ops said
Jan. 25.
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.
Shell Deer Park 327.0 Maintenance activities are
TX underway, Co. said Jan. 18,
but the duration and type
of work were not disclosed.
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.
FCCU was taken out of service on
Jan. 22, but the rest of refinery
is operational.
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 Houston, TX 145.0 Shut down of 90,000-b/d CDU Feb. 24
got underway on Jan. 31/Feb.
1 for 24 days turnaround main-
tenance, the Co. said on Feb. 1.
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, 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.
Work planned at 90,000-b/d
alky unit in March for 56 days.
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.
Crude and coker work lasting 1H 2011
51 days to begin in February.
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.
Planned hydrocracker turnaround,
delayed from March, to take place
in April and will last 24 days,
Co. said Jan. 26.
Flint Corpus 300.0 Final dust clearning for sulfur
Hills Christi, TX recovery unit No. 3 on Jan. 19-20,
so the new unit can be commissioned.
Citgo Corpus 163.0 Turnaround activities in process
Christi, TX and will continue to Feb. 28, Co.
said Jan. 20. Sources said work is
being performed at FCCU.
New 42,500 B/D ULSD new unit has been
started, now allowing the company to
produce all of this fuel entirely in-
house, Co. said Jan. 27.
Pasadena Pasadena, TX 56.0 FCCU, 56,000-b/d, will be taken out
of service Feb. 28 for 44 days for
planned work, Co. reported Jan.25.
MIDWEST
Valero Ardmore, OK 90.0 Plantwide turnaround expected to take
place in March 2011.
CVR Coffeyville 115.7 Periodic turnaround will take place
KS in two phases beginning in Fall 2011
and completed in Spring 2012.
WEST COAST
Conoco Rodeo, CA 120.0 Planned maintenance underway, Co.
said Jan. 20, but declined to say
what units are involved and how
long the work will last.
Exxon Torrance 149.5 Hyrocracker, Sat. Gas Plant and
Mobil CA hydrogen unit shut Feb 1 for several
weeks of planned turnaround mainte-
nance, the co. said on Feb. 1.
Valero Benicia, CA 170.0 Process unit and FCCU down.
FCCU unit to remain down amid
maintenance planned for 1Q 2011.
Plantwide turnaround is taking
place and will last about 42 days,
Co. reported Jan. 26.
BP Carson, CA 264.0 Planned flaring activity to take
place on Jan. 22-27, Co. reported
Jan. 20.