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.
ConocoPhillips (COP) said on Aug. 9 its 195,000 barrel-a-day
refinery in Ponca City, Okl., was restarting after a storm-related
power outage on Monday.
Western Refining (WNR) said on Aug. 9 that its 125,000
barrel-a-day refinery in El Paso, Texas, was at normal processing
rates after a power outage on Sunday forced a shutdown of the
FCCU.
BP PLC (BP) said on Aug. 9 it discovered an exchanger leak at
the Ultraformer No. 3 at its 475,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Texas
City, Texas. On the same day, BP said the FCCU at the same refinery
was being restarted.
Motiva Enterprises LLC said on Aug. 6 that the hydrocracker at
its 233,500 barrel-a-day refinery in Norco, La., was shut down
because of unspecificed reasons.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) said Aug. 5 that a fire at its 195,00
barrel-a-day refinery in Memphis, Tenn., forced the shut down of
the plant's two crude distillation units.
Alon USA Energy Inc. (ALJ) said Aug. 4 a compressor trip forced
the shutdown of the FCCU at its 67,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Big
Spring, Texas.
BP Plc (BP) shut one of three crude units at its 405,000
barrel-a-day refinery in Whiting, Ind., for unplanned repairs, a
person familiar with operations said Aug. 3.
Tesoro Corp.'s (TSO) 93,500 barrel-a-day refinery in Kapolei,
Hawaii, shut down after a power outage on August 2, a company
spokesman said. The refinery was expected to restart the following
day. Supply was not impacted, the spokesman said.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) on Aug. 1 said it restarted the third
crude distillation unit at its Texas City, Texas, refinery. The CDU
was expected to be at planned rates within a few days, a Valero
spokesman said.
ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) on July 30 reported emissions at its huge
Baytown, Texas, oil refinery during the planned shutdown of
Hydrofining Unit 3. was in the process of shutting down as planned
Saturday when an associated tower over pressured, releasing
emissions to the flare system, the company said in a report to
Texas state environmental regulators. The report did not state the
reason for the unit's shutdown or how long it will be out of
service.
A key gasoline-making FCCU at BP PLC's Texas City, Texas, oil
refinery lost circulation on July 29, causing an upset that
resulted in excess opacity and emissions at the refinery for about
nine hours, the company said in a report to Texas state
environmental regulators. FCCU was stabilized and resumed normal
operations, the report said.
Valero Energy (VLO) on July 29 said the restart of the third
crude unit at its Texas City, Texas, refinery was on track for late
this week. The unit was taken out of service on July 18 to repair a
leak while the two other crude distillation units remained in
operation.
North Atlantic Refining on July 29 said its 115,000-barrel-a-day
refinery in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, is in the process of
restarting after a longer-than-expected period of planned
maintenance. The plant-wide turnaround began in early May and was
planned to end in mid July. However, on July 5, the company delayed
the start-up until the end of the month.
BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) on July 29 began the process of restarting a
residual hydrotreating unit, or RHU, train at its refinery in Texas
City, Texas. The train was depressurized on July 18 to facilitate
repairs to fix a leak at the unit's heat exchanger. Two other
trains at the RHU continued to operate during the repairs.
Husky Energy (HSE.T, HUSKF) on July 28 said turnaround
maintenance on isocracking units at its Toledo and Lima, Ohio, oil
refineries will take place in the third quarter of 2011. General
maintenance will go on simultaneously at the Toledo refinery.
Western Refining Inc. (WNR) on July 27 said its El Paso, Texas,
refinery is in the process of restarting following a widespread
power outage and plant-wide shutdown the night before.
Total Petrochemicals USA on July 26 began the process of
restarting several processing units at its Port Arthur, Texas, oil
refinery after a lightning strike earlier on July 26 forced
shutdowns, the company said in a report to Texas state
environmental regulators.
Valero Energy (VLO) on July 26 announced third-quarter
turnaround maintenance plans for a crude unit and a 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 Energy Inc. (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 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
EAST COAST
GULF COAST
Alon Big Spring 67.0 FCCI down after compressor trip.
TX
BP Texas City 437.0 FCCU#1 lost circulation on July July 29
TX 29 causing an upset that re-
sulted in increased opacity and
emissions for about nine hours.
The unit was stabilized and re-
sumed normal service.
Residual hydrotreating unit July 29
train in restart on July 29; it
was depressurized 7/18 to repair
heat exchanger leak. Two other trains
trains functioned throughout the repair.
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
Mobil flaring on July 16. Status
of units unclear.
Total Port Arthur 232.0 Several unspecified process units
USA TX restarted on July 26 after light-
ning strike earlier on 7/16 shut
them down.
Valero Texas City 245.0 The plant's third crude unit
restarted on July 30 after
being shut down on July 18 to
repair a leak.
Western El Paso, TX 125.0 Refinery restarting following July 27
Refining plant-wide shutdown on storm-
related power outages on July
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.
Valero Memphis, TN 195.0 Fire on Aug. 5 forces
shutdown of the two CDUs.
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
PLANNED
CANADA
North St. John's 115.0 Refinery in restart on July 29. End of
Atlantic Plant-wide maintenance began in July
early May and was extended on
July 5.
CARIBBEAN
EAST COAST
GULF COAST
Alon Big Spring 67.0 FCCU turnaround maintenance under-
TX way, a filing to environmental reg-
ulators made public on July 24 said
Conoco Borger, TX 146.0 Planned maintenance of Unit 29 July 16
electrostatic precipitators start-
ing July 6.
Exxon Baytown, TX 560.0 The planned shutdown of hydro- N/A
Mobil finer unit 3 caused emissions on;
July 30 reason for unit shutdown
not clear; restart information not
available.
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.