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) on Aug. 30 notified U.S. regulators of
flaring due to a possible sulfur dioxide release during the restart
of its Bayway refinery in Linden, N.J. The plant was shut on Aug.
28 as a precaution ahead of Hurricane Irene.
ConocoPhillips' Trainer, Pa., refinery was back at planned rates
on Aug. 30, sources said. The plant had been operating at 80% of
capacity since Saturday as a precaution ahead of Hurricane
Irene.
Sunoco Inc's. (SUN) Philadelphia refinery continued to operate
at reduced rates on Aug. 30 because of storm-related equipment
failure, and breakdowns that occurred ahead of the storm. An early
morning fire on Aug. 24 served to shut down a crude unit and
hydrotreater, a filing to state regulators said.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) notified authorities on Aug. 23
that a fluid catalytic cracker at it's 210,000 barrel-a-day
refinery in Catlettsburg, Ky, was still down a week after a
relatively small fire shut down the unit. It wasn't known when the
unit would be restarted.
BP (BP) notified the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
that maintenance would be performed on the number one fluid
catalytic cracking unit at it's 407,000 barrel-a-day refinery in
Texas City, Tx, beginning early Aug. 24 for an unspecified amount
of time. Flaring was expected for at least 24 hours.
BP began shutting down a compressor leading to a coking unit at
it's 405,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Whiting, Indiana, on Aug. 23
after discovering a leak, according to a person familiar with
refinery operations. No estimate of repair time was
forthcoming.
A fluid catalytic cracker at BP's 407,000 barrel-a-day refinery
in Texas City, Tx, tripped off line on Saturday, Aug. 20, causing a
flaring event from 10:10 a.m. to 6:04 p.m., according to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality. It wasn't know how much
gasoline production was lost during the event.
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.
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
Conoco Linden, NJ 238.0 Refinery restart in progress the Week of
Phillips co. said on Aug 30 filing to re- Aug. 30
gulators. Plant shut on Aug. 28
ahead of Hurricane Irene.
Conoco Trainer, PA 185.0 Refinery resumed planned rates Aug. 30
Phillips the co. said on August 30. Pro-
duction was cut as precaution
ahead of Hurricane Irene.
Sunoco Philadelphia 335.0 Plant operating at unspecified
reduced rates on Aug. 30 due to
crude unit shutdown caused by Irene.
A crude unit and hydrotreater were
shut on Aug. 25 due to equipment
breakdown, a filing to state
regulators said.
GULF COAST
Conoco- Sweeny, TX 247.0 Transistor repair may effect
Phillips FCCU, company said Aug. 11.
Motiva Norco, LA. 233.5 HCU down for repair for unknown
reason, company said Aug. 6.
MIDWEST
BP Whiting, IN 405.0 Crude unit shut down Aug. 3. for
unplanned repair.
Valero Memphis, TN 195.0 Restarting one CDU, FCCU and other
key units after Aug. 5 fire shut
down facility. Plans To restart
second CDU by Sept.
ROCKIES
Exxon Billings, 60.0 Production at minimum rates due
MT to ruptured Silvertip Pipeline.
Company looking for alternative
crude sources, the co. said on
July 5.
WEST COAST
Conoco- Ferndale, 100.0 Reported an upset of its alkyla-
Phillips WA tion unit Aug. 15. Production
impact unknown.
PLANNED
CANADA
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.
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.
Christi, TX 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 4th Q 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.
Husky Lima, OH 160.0 15-day isocracker maintenance to
Energy replace reactor catalyst will be-
gin in 3rd Q 2011. Refinery will
operate at 90% of capacity during
that time.
15-days of maintenance planned Autumn
at aromatics unit in the fall 2012
of 2012.
Husky Toledo, OH 140.0 Isocracker maintenance and gen-
Energy eral maintenance for 38 days will
commence in Q3 2011, the Co. said
on July 28.
Minor maintenance planned in 4Q
2011, the co. said on July 28;
no details provided.
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