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.
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) said Monday that the completion of the
expansion of its Detroit refinery will be slight delayed from the
previous mid-2012 deadline.
As of Monday, Tesoro Corp.'s (TSO) hydrocracker at its Martinez,
Calif., refinery is running at planned rates, the company said.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) said Monday morning that it had
restarted a crude unit at its St. Charles refinery in Norco,
La.
Plans are being made to restart its coker and vacuum unit,
spokesman Bill Day said in an email. Those units were shut by a
fire on June 9. The coker will be operated at 50% when its
restarted because of economic conditions. Valero has reduced coker
rates at other refineries.
Valero's Ardmore, Oklahoma, refinery remains shuttered following
a July 4 fire at a hydrotreater unit, the co. said on Aug. 3.
Valero's Benicia, Calif. plant is beginning a shutdown of the
36,000 bpd hydrocracker for a planned repair. "We expect this to be
a brief outage with the unit restarted by the beginning of next
week," company spokesman Bill Day said Monday.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported that a hydrocracker at its Beaumont,
Texas refinery rest shut down after an upset on July 30, according
to environmental regulators.
Tesoro Corp. (TSO) said July 30 its hydrocracking unit at its
Golden Eagle refinery in Martinez, Calif. is restarting and should
return to service in less than a week.
The unplanned turnaround hasn't been very expensive company
executives said Thursday morning during an second quarter earnings
calls with analyst.
Flint Hills Resources will shut several units at its Corpus
Christi, Texas, refinery for unplanned work. The naptha
hydrotreater, a hydrocracker and cyclic catalytic reformer will be
shut as early as July 29; the work may also necessitate the
shutdown a gas oil hydrotreater.
Valero also said July 28 that it has delayed 42 days of
turnaround maintenance its Delaware City, Delaware, refinery FCCU
until 2010 from September of 2009, and reiterated its intention to
perform plantwide maintenance in September at its refinery in Three
Rivers, Texas.
Frontier Oil Corp. (FTO) will in October start 30-40 days of
scheduled turnaround maintenance at an FCCU and hydrotreater unit
at its El Dorado, Kansas, refinery. The work will be concluded in
November, the co. said on July 27.
Total Petrochemicals USA (TOT) July 26 began 10 days of planned
maintenance at a Sulfur Recovery Unit at its Port Arthur, Texas,
refinery.
And ExxonMobil (XOM) said a unit at its Torrance, Calif.,
refinery could be restarted as early as July 26; the unit wasn't
identified, but a hydrogen unit, a sulfur recovery unit and a coker
unit in July. The restart process was expected to conclude by
August 1.
Citgo on July 20 shut the East Plant FCCU at its Corpus Christi,
Texas refinery owning to the July 19 East Plant alkylation unit
fire, according to a report to Texas state environmental
regulators.
Pasadena Refining's crude unit at its Pasadena, Texas, refinery
was back to normal operations July 20 following a lightning strike
Saturday that disabled power to an emergency generator.
And Valero (VLO) July 20 reported a brief snag at the coker unit
at its Benicia, California refinery. The event had no material
impact on operations, the company said. A person familiar with
operations at BP's (BP) Carson, Calif., refinery said the FCCU and
associated units shut over the July 11-12 weekend would be
restarted at the end of the July
ConocoPhillips (COP) recently shut an FCCU at its Alliance
refinery in Belle Chasse, La., for unplanned maintenance, a trade
source said July 15. The work is expected to take seven to 10
days.
For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using
the code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
EAST COAST
Conoco Linden, NJ 238.0 Officials consider run cuts n/a
due to slack demand, a per-
son familiar with operations
said on July 17.
CARIBBEAN
GULF COAST
BP Texas City, 467.0 Resid Hydro-Treating Unit Jul 24
TX following four-year shutdown.
The unit was shut by an explo-
sion in July, 2005.
Citgo Corpus 163.0 FCCU shut due to July 19 n/a
Christi, TX Alkylation Unit fire. No
restart estimate. A worker
was injured during the event.
Conoco Belle Chasse 247.0 FCCU shut unplanned on July Jul
12/13; repairs expected to 19-23
take 7 to 10 days.
Exxon Beaumont 344.0 A hydrocracker shut July 30. n/a
Flint Corpus 288.0 Naphtha hydrotreater, hydro- n/a
cracker, cyclic catalytic
reformer to shut as early as
July 29 to fix a fluid heat
exchanger leak.
Valero Norco, LA 185.0 Crude, restarted after June 9 fire,
co. said Aug. 3. Vacuum, cooker
remain shuttered the co. said
No restart timing. The
units were shut on June 9 owing
to a "minor" fire.
The coker will operate at 50% n/a
of capacity when restarted due
to poor economics, the co. said
on July 28.
MIDWEST
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Valero Ardmore 87.4 July 4 Hydrotreater fire n/a
shuts entire plant. No
restart estimate, the Co.
said on July 27.
WEST COAST
Alon Paramount, 53.0 Naphtha hydrotreater Early
CA shut April 23 due to an July
explosion will take 10
weeks to restart, the
co. said on May 7. The
refinery has been at re-
duced rates since Apr. 23.
BP Carson, CA 265.0 FCCU back at normal rates Jul 27
on July 27 following two
weeks of unlanned work, a
person familiar with opera-
tions said.
PetroStar Valdez, AK 48.0 Refinery shut due to Dec. Jun/Jul
28 fire; expected to re- 2010
start in June/July 2010.
Tesoro Martinez 166.0 Hydrocracker back to Aug 3
planned rates.
PLANNED
CANADA
CARIBBEAN
Valero Aruba 235.0 The refinery is being shut Sep/Oct
for economic reasons. All
units to be down by July
17. Restart will be re-
evaluated in two to three
months.
EAST COAST
Sunoco Philadelphia, 340.0 Reformer unit shut in Girard n/a
PA Point section in early Oct.
for economic reasons. Shutdown
to last one to six months.
Valero Delaware 210.0 Maintenance at 80,000-b/d
FCCU delayed until 2010 from
September 2009, the co. said
on July 27.
GULF COAST
Chevron Pascagoula, 330.0 Pre-commercial heavy oil 2010
Miss. conversion project delayed
from 2008 to 2010 due to
economic factors.
Exxon Baytown, TX 567.0 FCCU No. 3 boiler shut n/a
for planned work July 10;
the work will have no impact
on the company's ability to
supply customers.
Flint Corpus 288.1 $250 mln project for new Spr
Hills Christi, TX diesel desulfurization, 2010
sulfur recovery unit to begin
in Fall 2008. Construction
to last 18 months.
Marathon Garyville 245.0 Project to increase crude oil 4Q
LA refining capacity by 180,000- 2009
b/d 85% complete, the co. said
on Apr. 30. New units expected
start up in 4th-quarter, 2009.
Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Expansion project to increase 1st-Q
TX throughput capacity by 325,000 2012
b/d, to 610,000-b/d, slowed.
Completion now seen in 1st-
quarter 2012, from 2010.
Total Port Arthur Work to replace blower and Aug 5
motor controls at Unit 819,
a sulfur recovery unit starts