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 (VLO) on July 26 announced 3rd quarter 2011
turnaround maintenance plans for a crude and coker unit in the east
plant at its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery for three weeks
starting in October. Six weeks of planned maintenance will begin in
October at a crude unit and FCCU at its Three Rivers, Texas,
refinery.
Alon USA (ALJ) recently began turnaround maintenance at a key
gasoline-making unit at its oil refinery in Big Spring, Texas, a
report to Texas state environmental regulators made public on July
25 said. The date of the unit's return to normal service wasn't
provided.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) on July 25 confirmed an equipment
malfunction and the emissions associated with the event at its
Joliet refinery in Channahon, Ill., but would not provide further
details.
Valero Energy on July 25 said a coker unit at its refinery in
Texas City, Texas, continues to operate following a power "blip" at
an associated compressor. The event had no material impact to
production.
Separately, the restart of the third crude distillation unit at
Texas City, shut around July 18 to repair a leak, is expected "some
time this week," Valero spokesman Bill Day said on July 25. The two
other crude distillation units at the Texas City plant remained in
operation.
ConocoPhillips' (COP) on July 23 reported flaring at its oil
refinery in Rodeo, California, when a drop in power caused some
process units to shut down, the company said in a report to
California state environmental regulators. No other details were
provided.
A residual hydrotreating train was depressurized on July 18 at
BP PLC's (BP, BP.LN) oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, to
facilitate repairs to fix a leak at the unit's heat exchanger, a
filing to Texas state environmental regulators made public on
Tuesday said. A source familiar with operations at the plant said
operations at the residual hydrotreating unit, or RHU,were reduced,
but that two out of three trains continue to operate normally. It
is not clear when the RHU will resume normal operations.
A planned flaring event will take place between July 18 and July
27 at ConocoPhillips (COP) 140,000 barrel-a-day refinery in
Wilmington, Calif., according to the South Coast Air Quality
Management District. It wasn't known which unit, or units, would be
affected.
A flaring emissions event was reported by the Texas Commission
On Environmental Quality due to an upset with two fluid catalytic
cracking units at ExxonMobil's massive 562,000 barrel-a-day
refinery in Baytown, Texas. The flaring took place from 1 pm to
3:34 pm on July 16 and caused feedstock to the units to be
minimized.
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
BP Texas City 437.0 Residual hydrotreating unit train
TX depressurized on July 18 to re-
pair heat exchanger leak; two out
three trains still operating.
Refinery should return to full
capacity in August after April
power outage reduced rates.
Exxon Baytown, TX 560.6 Upsets at two FCCUs results in
flaring on July 16. Status of
of units unclear.
Hydrocracker down because of leak,
according to a July 1 filing.
Exxon Beaumont 344.5 Company expects some impact to
TX to production after electrical
malfunction affects processing
unit July 5.
Motiva Norco, LA 233.5 Shutdown waste gas compressor
caused flaring July 4, according
to federal filings.
Valero Texas City 245.0 Coker unit continues to operate
following a compressor snag on
July 24.
The plant's third crude unit, By July
July 18 to repair a leak, will 30
restart some time between 7/26
and 7/30, the co. said on 7/26.
MIDWEST
Exxon Channanhon, 238.6 July 24 equipment malfunction
Mobil IL (Joliet) and emissions confirmed by Co.
on 7/25. No further details
provided.
ROCKIES
Exxon Billings, 60.0 Production at minimum rates due
MT to ruptured Silvertip Pipeline.
Company looking for alternative
crude sources, to co. said on
July 5.
WEST COAST
Conoco- Rodeo, CA 120.2 Some process units were shut on
Phillips July 23 due to a drop in power
supply.
PLANNED
CANADA
North St. John's 115.0 Turnaround extended 10 days, End of
Atlantic company said July 5. July
CARIBBEAN
EAST COAST
GULF COAST
Conoco Borger, TX 146.0 Planned maintenance of Unit 29 July 16
electrostatic precipitators start-
ing July 6.
Alon Big Spring 67.0 FCCU turnaround maintenance under-
TX way, a filing to environmental reg-
ulators made public on July 24 said.
Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Expansion project to increase 1Q
TX 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 Crude & coker unit turnaround Oct.
to start in Oct. for three 2011
weeks.
Valero McKee TX 170.0 Crude Unit and FCCU to undergo 3Q 2011
turnaround maintenance for six
weeks starting in Oct. 2011, the
co. said on July 26.
Vacuum unit turnaround planned for
first half of 2012, co. said.
Expansion project announced
March 2011 to increase crude oil
throughput by 25,000 b/d to
195,000 b/d.
Valero Norco, LA 185.0 Hydrocracker project will pro- 2013
ceed and be completed in late
2013, the co. said on 7/27/10.
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.
MIDWEST
BP Whiting, IN 405.0 Turnaround at Pipestill 12 de-
layed by 3 months; it was sup-
posed to begin in November, a
source said on Mar 25.
Cenovus Roxana, IL 306.0 Coker and refinery expansion Q4 2011
(Conoco/WRB) project on track for comple-
tion 4thQ 2011, the co. said
on July 26, 2011.
CVR Coffeyville 115.7 Periodic turnaround will take 2012
KS place in two phases beginning in
Fall 2011 and completed in Spring
2012.
Tesoro Mandan, ND 58.0 Total crude-oil processing capa- 2nd Q
city to increase by 17% to 68,000 2012
b/d by 2nd quarter 2012.
WEST COAST
Tesoro Wilmington 97.0 An unspecified processing unit July 22
CA will be restarted on July 22 fol-
lowing planned maintenance.