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.
Sunoco, Inc. (SUN) on Sep. 6 said it will exit the refining
industry and will idle main processing units at its east coast
refineries by July 2012 if a buyer isn't found by then. Converting
the properties into a terminal/storage facility is under
consideration.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) on Sep. 6 said upsets over the weekend
at its St. Charles oil refinery in Norco, La., had no material
impact on production.
ConocoPhillips (COP) on Sep. 5 experienced an equipment
malfunction at its Alliance refinery in Belle Chasse, La. The
refinery was operating at very low rates at that time due to
Tropical Storm Lee. No further details were provided.
Sinclair Oil Corp.'s Wyoming refinery is operating at reduced
rates following two separate fires at the plant's crude processing
unit on Sep. 2 and Sep. 3. Repairs and damage assessments underway,
the co. said on Sep. 6.
ExxonMobil (XOM) said an electrical power supply failure at its
Joliet refinery in Channahon, Ill., on Sep. 3 caused emissions and
flaring.
Flint Hills Resources on Sep. 3 reported a second emissions and
flaring event, due to the second power disruption in as many days
at its oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. Equipment failure at
Substation No. 3 on Sep. 3 resulted in a loss of power that caused
an unscheduled shutdown of the West Refinery. On Sept 2 a
transformer outage and loss of power affected operations at the
Mid-Plant Complex and SRU No. 3.
ConocoPhillips' Bayway refinery in Linden, N.J. resumed
production on Sep. 2 after shutting down ahead of
Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene on August 27.
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 resumes production, a Week of
Phillips source said on Sep. 2. The re- Aug. 30
start process began on Aug. 30.
Refinery shut on Aug 28 as pre-
caution ahead of Hurricane Irene.
GULF COAST
Conoco Belle Chasse 247.0 Equipment malfunction occurred on
Phillips La. Sep. 4 while refinery was opera-
ting at very low rates due to
Tropical Storm Lee. No details
were provided.
Flint Corpus 300.0 Second power disruption in as
Hills Christi, TX many days shut West Refinery on
Sep. 4. On Sep. 3 the Mid-Plant
Complex and an SRU resumed nor-
mal operations after a brief
power snag.
Valero Norco, LA 250.0 Rate reduction due to upsets at
tail gas treating and an SRU on
Sep. 4 had no material impact
on production, the co. said on
Sep. 6.
MIDWEST
Exxon Channahon 268.0 Power failure on Sep. 3 causes
Mobil IL emissions and flaring; impact
on production unclear.
ROCKIES
Sinclair Sinclair 74.0 Refinery at reduced rates fol-
WY lowing fires at CDU on Sep. 3
and Sep. 4. Repairs and damage
assessments underway, the co.
said on Sep.6.
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
PLANNED
CANADA
CARIBBEAN
EAST COAST
Sunoco Philadelphia 335.0 Refineries up for sale on
Marcus Hook 190.0 Sep. 6; process units will
be shuttered in July 2012
if no buyer is found.
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