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) shut a key gasoline-making FCCU at its oil
refinery in Marcus Hook, Pa., on Oct. 11 for four days of repairs,
a report to the Pennsylvania state environmental protection agency
said. Last week, a Reuters report said a crude unit and a reformer
unit at the 178,000-barrel-a-day refinery were shut on Oct. 3 for
two weeks of work, according to trade sources.
Suncor Energy Inc.'s (SU) oil refinery in Edmonton, Alberta will
be operating at reduced rates over the next two weeks due to a
disruption in hydrogen supplies, a company spokeswoman said on Oct.
11. The disruption in hydrogen supplies occurred at a third-party
supplier which told Suncor it would be unable to supply hydrogen
over the next two weeks.
ConocoPhillips (COP) on Oct. 10 said a process unit at its oil
refinery in Wilmington, Calif., was shut the day before following a
small fire that was quickly extinguished by the plant's on-site
emergency response team. No other details were provided.
Turnaround maintenance is under way at ConocoPhillips' (COP) oil
refinery in Ponca City, Okla., company spokesman Rich Johnson said
on Oct. 6. While he was not able to provide details about the
duration and specific units involved, a local news report referred
to the work as ConocoPhillips' biggest turnaround in the company's
history.
BP PLC's (BP, BP.LN) oil refinery in Ferndale, Wash., on Oct. 7
was added to the list of area-refineries performing maintenance.
Work started on Oct. 3. A hydrocracker, two delayed coking units,
two reformer units are among several units slated for maintenance.
A person familiar with operations at the refinery said catalyst
regeneration will also take place.
PBF Holding Company LLC and Delaware City Refining Company LLC
on Oct. 7 announced the successful restart of the Delaware City
petroleum refinery, which was closed down by previous owners in
2009. Initial operations began in June 2011 and the refinery is now
fully operational.
Unconfirmed reports on Oct. 5 said Sunoco Inc. (SUN) began two
weeks of crude unit, reformer unit and sulfur recovery unit
maintenance at its Marcus Hook, Penna., refinery.
Chevron's (CVX) Bay-area refinery in Richmond, Calif., started
4-6 weeks of scheduled maintenance on unspecified units, the
company said on October 4. Traders in the region said the plant's
crude unit will be worked on during the time frame.
Valero Energy (VLO) on Oct. 4 said scheduled turnaround
maintenance got under way in late-Sept. at its Three Rivers, Texas,
refinery crude unit and FCCU. The work was originally scheduled to
start in Oct.
Pasadena Refining Systems Inc. said on Oct. 4 the cause of a
crude unit fire on Sept. 30 at its Pasadena, Texas, refinery is
still under investigation and that damage assessment continues. The
refinery remains off-line with no estimate on restart.
For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using
the code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
Suncor Edmonton 135.0 Refinery will operate at re-
Energy duced rates for two weeks due
to a disruption in supplies
from a 3rd-party supplier, co.
said on Oct. 11.
CARIBBEAN
EAST COAST
Sunoco Marcus Hook 178.0 FCCU shut for 4 days mainte-
PA nance on Oct. 11. Crude unit,
reformer unit shut Oct. 3 for
two weeks maintenance.
GULF COAST
Pasadena Pasadena 100.0 Sep 30 crude unit fire still
Refining TX under investigation; damage
assessment continues. Refinery
remains off-line, the company said
on Oct. 4.
MIDWEST
ROCKIES
Sinclair Sinclair 74.0 Refinery at reduced rates fol-
WY lowing fires at CDU on Sept. 3
and Sept. 4. Repairs and damage
assessments underway. No update
the company said on Oct. 6.
WEST COAST
Conoco Wilmington 140.0 Process unit shut Oct. 9 by small
Phillilps CA
Tesoro Anacortes, 120.0 FCCU shut Oct. 1 for maintenance
WA traders said on Oct. 3; no further
details provided.
PLANNED
CANADA
CARIBBEAN
Hovensa St. Croix 350.0 Planned maintenance at a
crude unit, reformer and
coker unit in Oct. will
last 2-4 weeks, company said
on Oct. 3.
EAST COAST
Conoco Trainer, PA 185.0 Crude processing halted;
operations winding down,
the company said on Sept. 30.
The refinery will be
shuttered in six months if
not sold.
PBF Delaware City 190.0 All refinery units operation- Oct 7
DE al, the company said on Oct. 7.
Some units came on-line after
major overhaul in June; the
hydrocracking unit was the last
unit to be restarted.
Sunoco Philadelphia 335.0 Refineries up for sale on
Marcus Hook 190.0 Sept. 6; process units will
be shuttered in July 2012
if no buyer is found.
Sunoco Marcus Hook 190.0 Crude unit, reformer unit Oct 16
PA and sulfur recovery unit shut
for 2 weeks work, traders
on Oct. 3. Not confirmed.
GULF COAST
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.
Total Port Arthur 232.0 Several units, including crude
USA TX unit and FCCU shut six weeks
turnaround maintenance, a source
familiar with the plant said on
Sept. 21.
Valero Corpus 315.0 Crude & coker unit turnaround Oct.
Christi, TX to start in Oct. for three 2011
weeks.
Valero McKee TX 170.0 Vacuum unit turnaround planned for
first half of 2012, company 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.
Valero Three Rivers 100.0 6 weeks of turnround work under Nov 6
TX way since late-Sep at FCCU and (est)
crude unit. This work was ad-
vanced from an early-Oct start.
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 March 25.
Cenovus Roxana, IL 306.0 Coker and refinery expansion Q4 2011
(Conoco/WRB) project on track for comple-
tion 4th Q 2011, the company said
on July 26.
Conoco Ponca City 187.0 Turnaround maintenance under
way week of Oct. 3, the co.
said on Oct. 6. No details pro-
vided.
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-days of maintenance planned at
Energy at aromatics unit in the fall
of 2012.
Husky Toledo, OH 140.0 Minor maintenance planned in 4Q
Energy 2011, the company 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
BP Ferndale, WA 225.0 Seasonal turnaround maintenance
started Oct. 3. Hydrocracker, 2
reformers, 2 delayed coking units,
listed among units involved in
the turnaround. Catalyst regener-
ation will also take place.
Chevron Richmond, 240.0 4-6 weeks of planned work under Oct 30-
CA way at unspecified units, the Nov 13
company said on Oct. 4. Traders said
the crude unit will be worked on
in this 4-6 week period.