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.
The key gasoline-making unit at Hovensa's refinery on the U.S.
Virgin Island of St. Croix was taken out of service Wednesday for
scheduled turnaround maintenance, the company said Thursday.
The 150,000-barrels-a-day fluid catalytic cracking unit is
expected to return to service in early March, company spokesman
Alex Moorhead said.
Exxon Mobil Corp.'s (XOM) refinery in Baytown, Texas, Thursday
reported a brief power outage had occurred at its sulfur unit,
according to a filing with state environmental regulators.
Exxon's Baton Rouge, La., refinery reported a sulfur incident
Wednesday but the company declined to say what sort of impact it
had on operations.
BP PLC (BP) said Wednesday that it restarted tje ultracracker at
its Texas City, Texas, oil refinery after it was shut unexpectedly
Monday, according to a filing to state environmental
regulators.
Holly Corp. (HOC) reported Monday that a fire damaged its crude
unit at its Artesia New Mexico plant over the weekend.
The fire was put out in one hour and the unit should be repaired
in about three weeks, the company said in a news release.
For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using
the code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
Korean Newfoundland 115.0 Hydrocracker was shut Jan. 7
National after a brief fire broke out in
Co. the stripper tower. No word on when it
restart, co. said Jan. 12.
EAST COAST
Sunoco Marcus Hook, 178.0 Pressure buildup caused the Clark
compressor to trip, flaring lasted
about two hours Jan. 9.
CARIBBEAN
GULF COAST
Alon Big Spring 67.0 Restarts alky unit year after Jan. 15
explosion
BP Texas City 455.0 Restarts ultracracker after Jan. 20
1-day shut down
Exxon Baytown, TX 572.5 Brief power outage Jan. 20
Exxon Beaumont 344.50 Reports snag, filing said. Jan 11.
Tx
Citgo Corpus 163.0 Rat shorts out power, shuts Jan. 13
Tx down FCCU #2 Jan. 11
Flint Corpus 300.0
Leaky component in hydrobon unit
was isolated at the East Refinery
on Dec. 28.
Lyondell Houston Unidentified process unit upset,
TX possibly on SRU, filing said Jan. 10
Crude Unit, 130 b/d, restarted
over the weekend after completing
mechanical repairs, Co. said Dec. 28.
It was at 50% after a leak was
discovered in an overhead line
Dec. 16, but was shut completely last
week to replace pipe.
Valero Corpus 315.0 Coker restarted at East Plant
Jan. 18
Hydrocracker restarted after
a compressor trip caused it to
shut down Jan. 8.
Complex 8 unit down for unplanned
maintenance, BTX unit impacted,
Jan. 9 filing said.
Complex 7 controller malfunctioned
due to inclement weather conditions;
ops returned to normal quickly, a
Jan. 8 filing said.
Cold weather caused vent flaring
from a sour water stripper unit
at the East Plant's Complex 7,
a Jan. 10 filing said. Ops returned
to normal as soon as possible.
Valero McKee, TX 170.0 Cold weather caused a lights end
compressor to trip Jan. 8; restart
as soon as possible.
Citgo Corpus Christi 163.0 Platformer reactor was shut after
TX a brief fire Dec. 30. No injuries.
Co. still assessing damages.
Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 FCCU went offline Jan. 8 after
TX a transmitter in a boiler failed,
allowing water into the high-
pressuer unit. The FCCU's wet gas
compressor and lift air blower
units tripped. The unit was put
into circulation.
Shell Deer Park 340.0 Wet gas compressor at a coking unit
TX tripped Jan. 8, but restarted as soon
as possible.
Delek Tyler, TX 58.0 Cold weather caused #9 boiler to shut
and FCCU operations were adjusted,
Jan. 8.
MIDWEST
Husky Lima, OH 160.0 Refinery was being returned to
normal operations after a minor
fire damaged isocracker Nov. 21,
Co. said Jan. 7. Plant was running
at a reduced rate of 120,000 b/d.
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Conoco Billings, MO 58.0 A fire erupted at a heavy oil tank
Dec. 24 and was contained with no
injuries. Plant operated normally
throughout, and the cause is being
investigated, Co. said Dec. 29.
Holly Artesia, 100.0 A fire erupted at crude unit, early Feb.
N.M. should be repaired in 3 wks
Tesoro Salt Lake City 58.0 A small, brief fire erupted at a
UT low-sulfur pump Jan. 4 due to a
minor seal leak; no damages.
WEST COAST
Chevron El Segundo 250.0 An unplanned compressor problem Jan. 9-10
CA affecting a large processing unit
caused a refinery outage, Co.
said Jan. 8. No injuries. Restarted
weekend.
BP Ferndale 225.0 Refinery operations nearing Dec 10
WA normal rates Dec 10 after
steam/boiler snag on Dec 11.
BP Carson, CA 265.0 Unplanned flaring
event Dec. 28 was caused by
shutdown of fluid feed hydrogen
desulfurizer, which had no impact
on production, company said Dec. 29.
Reported unplanned flaring on Jan. 7.
Tesoro Wilmington 96.8 A crack in a storage tank caused
CA 4,600 barrels of naphtha to leak
Jan. 4. Co. said it had no impact
on operations.
PLANNED
CANADA
Shell Montreal 130.0 The refinery will be converted
Quebec into a fuel terminal, Co. said
Jan. 7. No timeline provided.
CARIBBEAN
Hovensa St. Croix 500.0 150,000 bbl/d FCCU shut March
for work in late Jan.
Valero Aruba 235.0 The refinery that was shut
in June for 2-3 months for
economic reasons is being
closed indefinitely.
EAST COAST
Sunoco Westville, NJ 145.0 Idling all refining Mid-Nov
operations indefinitely due
to poor economics, Co. said
Oct. 6.
Reformer unit shut in Girard n/a
Point section in early Oct
for economic reasons. Shutdown
to last 1-6 months.
Valero Delaware City 210.0 Plant to be permanently shut due
DE to poor economics, announced
Nov. 20. Delaware Official said
it would be shut on Nov. 22.
The plant's production units will
be dismantled and disposed of in
coming months, Co. said Dec. 23.
Valero Paulsboro 185.0 Refinery will operate during Dec. 14-21
NJ FCCU work that began on Nov.
Nov. 28-29. The entire refinery
was scheduled to shut during the
work; the Co. also shortened the
duration of the FCCU work to 2-3
weeks from 6 on Dec. 3.
Conoco Linden, NJ 238.0 The Bayway refinery is undergoing
planned maintenance, Co. said Jan.7.
No details regarding unit(s) or
duration provided.
Western Yorktown 64.5 Planned work scheduled 3Q 2010.
Va.
MIDWEST
BP Toledo,Ohio 155.0 $400 million upgrade 2012
to start this year.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Western Bloomfield, 16.8 Co. announced plans Nov. 9
NM to idle plant and shift
production to Gallup plant.
Tesoro Salt Lake City, 58.0 Planned turnaround in 2010;
Utah no timetable disclosed.
Tesoro Mandan, N.D. 58.0 Planned turnaround in 2010;
no timetable disclosed.
GULF COAST
Alon Krotz Springs 80.0 Plantwide turnaround starts Nov. Dec.
LA. in Nov.
Chevron Pascagoula, 330.0 Pre-commercial heavy oil 2010
Miss. conversion project delayed
from 2008 to 2010 due to
economic factors.
Conoco Sweeny, TX 247.0 FCCU No. 3 shut 12/7 to con- Dec 17
nect wet gas scrubber.
Unit 3 shut to connect an Jan. 18
emission control device (wet
gas scrubber), which will not
affect refining operations,
a Jan. 4 filing stated.
Conoco Borger 146.0 FCCU, Unit 40, scheduled for
TX restart Jan. 7; flaring to last
10 days.
Flint Corpus 288.1 $250 mln project for new Spring
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
LA refining capacity by 180,000-
b/d completed on schedule and
new units were being integrated,
company said Jan. 8. Entire
plant reaches full capacity 2Q'10,
Co. said previously.
Planned turnaround at plant
is expected to start and end
in Jan. 2010, Co. said Jan. 8.
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 340.0 Coker unit shutdown for econo- n/a
Christi, TX mic reasons and planned work;
delayed to June 19 from June
12. The 20,000-b/d unit will
remain off line through July
but could restart at any time
if margins improve.
20,000-b/d FCCU in East n/a
Plant shut; West Plant
50,000-b/d FCCU at reduced
rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
15,000-b/d HCU in East Plant
set for 18 days of work Jan. 12
36,000-b/d HCU in West Plant
sent for 18 days of work in Feb.
Valero Norco, LA 250.0 Upgrade project to build 2012
a new diesel hydrotreater
unit moved from 2010 to
4Q 2012.
Turnaround at crude/ coker unit 1Q
set for 36 days in Jan.
Entire Plant
to be shut for work.
The coker will operate at
50% of capacity when
restarted due to poor
economics.
Valero Port Arthur 325.0 44-days of work starts at late Feb.
Tx FCCU, co. said Jan. 10
77,000-b/d FCCU at reduced n/a
rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
45,000 b/d HCU to undergo Spring
38 days of work in March.
Valero Sunray, TX 170.0 55,000-b/d FCCU at reduced n/a
rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
Marathon Texas City 76.0 Shutting entire plant for
TX 14-day turnaround starting
Jan. 4; emissions expected
from FCC, SRU, platformer,
alkylation units.
Western El Paso, TX 29.5 Planned work at south side of
plant, including crude unit
and FCCU in Jan for 20 days.
WEST COAST
BP Carson, CA 265.0 Refinery operations will n/a
not be impacted by a
planned flaring event
Dec 13-16.
A crude and a coker unit shut
for planned seasonal work, source
said Jan. 6. No details re duration
but supporting units may be shut
as well. Co. reported planned flaring
for Jan. 6-15.
Tesoro Golden Eagle 166.0 40 days of work, including FCCU, Feb.
alky starting Jan. 8
Tesoro Oahu, HI 94.0 Planned turnaround in 2010;
no timetable disclosed.
Valero Wilmington, 135.0 FCCU unit operating at normal rates,
CA Co. said Dec. 28, after turnaround
started in November was completed.
The crude and coker units shut for
part of this work were restarted
Dec. 9 and are operating normally.
Some units restarted, in- Dec 9
cluding crude and coker
units, while turnaround work
continues since Nov. 11 at
the FCCU. The FCCU is seen Dec 20
restarting around Dec 20.
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