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) completed the turnaround at its Texas
City, Texas, refinery Wednesday and will be restarting units in a
process that will span February 4-15.
Tesoro (TSO) said Wednesday that turnaround maintenance at its
Golden Eagle refinery in Martinez, California, continued. The work
at the FCCU and alkylation unit was moved up to start in early
December 2009, from January 2010 and was initially expected to last
for 40 days.
Tesoro also said major turnaround at its Salt Lake City, Utah,
refinery will begin in the first quarter of 2010; turnaround at its
Mandan, North Dakota, plant will begin in the second quarter, and
the Kapolei refinery in Hawaii will undergo turnaround maintenance
in the third quarter.
Valero Energy Corp.(VLO) Wednesday reported brief maintenance to
repair a leak at Complex 3 in the West Plant of its Corpus Christi
refining complex. A company spokesman said the work had no material
impact to production.
A 66,000-b/d FCCU at Valero's Jean Gaulin refinery in Quebec,
Canada, was shut following an early-day fire on Tuesday. Restart
timing not yet clear.
Suncor Energy (SU) said Tuesday that planned maintenance at its
Commerce City, Colorado, refinery will start on February 28
starting with the No. 2 crude unit; the unit will restart on March
3. Planned work at the No. 1 crude unit will start on March 6 and
it will return to service on March 22. And a cryo unit will shut
for planned maintenance on March 20 and restart on April 4.
Reformer unit maintenance has been deferred to Fall 2010 from
February 28.
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 will restart, the co.
said on Feb 2.
Valero Quebec City 235.0 66,000-b/d FCCU shut by early- n/a
Quebec day fire on Feb 2. Damage asses-
ment underway; restart timing
not yet known, Co. said Feb 3.
CARIBBEAN
EAST COAST
GULF COAST
Citgo Corpus 163.0 Platformer reactor was shut after
Christi,TX a brief fire Dec. 30. No injuries.
Co. still assessing damages.
Motiva Norco, La. 236.4 Crude unit, DU-5, shut by fire Early
on Jan 22 seen restarting in April
early April, the Co. said on
Feb 2.
Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Crude oil throughput will soon End
return to normal rates the co. Jan
said on Jan 28; runs were re-
duced due shipping delays caused
by the closure of the Sabine-
Neches Waterway, the co. said on
Jan. 26.
Valero Port Arthur 325.0 Part of delayed coker unit no. n/a
TX 843 was depressurized for
maintenance on Jan. 30. No
impact to production.
Valero Texas City 245.0 1 of 3 crude units was re- Jan 28
TX started Jan 28; a fire on Dec
24 shut the crude unit and a
coker unit. The coker unit was
restarted on Dec. 31.
WRB Borger, TX 152.0 Process upset occurred on n/a
Refining Jan 30 at FCCU and wet gas
compressor causing brief
period of flaring. Impact on
production unclear.
MIDWEST
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Holly Artesia, 100.0 A fire erupted Jan. 18 at crude early
N.M. unit; restart seen in 3 weeks. Feb
Marathon Catlettsburg 226.0 Refinery operating at reduced n/a
KY rates owing to the closure
since Jan 27 of the Ohio River
due to damage at the Greenup
Locks and Dam.
WEST COAST
Conoco Wilmington 139.0 Flaring reported on Feb 2 at
CA unspecified unit(s) for un-
known reason; investigation
underway. Impact to production
unclear.
Shell Martinez 155.6 Delayed coker unit caused steam n/a
CA and coke dust emissions Jan. 27;
cause is unknown. No impact on
production.
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 early
Jan. 20 for turnaround. March
Valero Aruba 235.0 The plant, which
was shut in June for 2-3
months for economic reasons was
closed indefinitely in Nov.
EAST COAST
Conoco Linden, NJ 238.0 Refinery operating at planned
rates, following turnaround
maintenance at the plant's
140,000-b/d FCCU since early
Jan, a person familiar with
the plant said on Feb 2.
Hess Port Month-long turnaround work
Reading NJ will take place in April at
the plant's 70,000-b/d
FCCU; the refinery does not
process crude oil.
Sunoco Westville 145.0 Idling all Eagle Point refin- Mid-Nov
NJ ing 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 210.0 Plant to be permanently shut due
City, 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.
Western Yorktown 64.5 Planned work scheduled 3Q 2010. Q3 2010
VA
GULF COAST
Chevron Pascagoula 330.0 Pre-commercial heavy oil 2010
Miss. conversion project delayed
from 2008 to 2010 due to
economic factors.
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 Q2
LA refining capacity by 180,000- 2010
b/d completed on schedule and
new units were being integrated,
company said Jan. 8. Entire
plant to reach full capacity
2Q, 2010, the Co. said Feb 1.
Planned turnaround at plant End
is expected to start in Jan Q1
2010 and end late in Q1. 2010
Marathon Texas City 76.0 Turnaround completed Feb. 3,
TX restarting Feb. 4-19. Entire
plant shut Jan. 4; work at FCCU,
SRU, alkylation units.
Motiva Convent, LA 235.0 Planned turnaround maintenance Early
began Jan 28 at several un- April
specified process units. Re-
start seen in early April.
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.
Shell Deer Park 340.0 Several process unit begin Feb 17
TX restart on Jan 31 following
work that began on Jan 4.
Those include a hydroprocessing
unit, coker, catalytic reformer,
platformer, gas oil hydrotreater.
Valero Corpus 340.0 Brief unplanned maintenance to
Christi, TX repair leak in Complex 3 at the
West Plant on Feb 3 has no mat-
erial impact to production, the
Co. said.
Coker unit returned to service Jan
in Jan 2010, the Co. said on 2010
Feb 2. The 20,000-b/d unit was
shut in June 2009 for economic
reasons and for planned mainte-nance.
nance.
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.
Work completed Feb 2 at the Feb 2
15,000-b/d East Plant HCU, the
Co. said on Feb 2. The unit was
shut for 18 days of work, the
Co. said on Jan 12.
36,000-b/d HCU in West Plant March
set for 18 days of work in Mar;
delayed from Feb, the Co. said
on Jan 27.
Valero Norco, LA 250.0 Crude and coker unit turnaround March
began Feb 1. Entire plant will
be shut for 30 days.
Upgrade project to build 2012
a new diesel hydrotreater
unit moved from 2010 to
4Q 2012.
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.
Western El Paso, TX 29.5 Planned work at south side of
plant, including crude unit
and FCCU in Jan for 20 days.
MIDWEST
BP Toledo, OH 155.0 $400 million upgrade 2012
to start 2010.
Valero Memphis, TN 195.0 105K-B/D Crude unit, FCCU April
and alkylation unit will
shut in March for 45 days
planned maintenance, the co.
said on Jan 27.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Western Bloomfield, 16.8 Co. announced plans Nov. 9
NM to idle plant and shift
production to Gallup plant.
Suncor Commerce 93.0 No. 2 Crude unit will shut for Mar 3
City, CO planned maintenance on Feb 28;
restart on Mar 3.
No. 1 Crude unit will shut for Mar 22
planned maintenance on Mar 6;
restart Mar 22.
Cryo Unit will shut for planned Apr 4
maintnenance Mar 20; restart
April 4.
Planned work at reformer unit Fall
deferred to Fall 2010 from Feb 2010
28 start date.
Tesoro Salt Lake 58.0 Major turnaround work will
City, Utah begin in 1Q 2010, the Co. said
on Feb 3.
Tesoro Mandan, N.D. 60.0 Planned turnaround will 2Q
begin 2Q 2010, the Co. said
on Feb 3.
WEST COAST
BP Carson, CA 265.0 Filings to state environmen- Feb 5
tal regulators about planned
flaring are seen as indicators
of the end of planned mainte-
nanace. A crude and a coker unit
shut for planned seasonal work,
source said Jan 6. Flaring will
continue through Feb 5.
Tesoro Golden Eagle 166.0 Turnaround work began in early n/a
Martinez, Dec at FCCU and alkylation
CA unit, the Co. said on Feb 3.
Restart timing unclear.
Other major turnaround mainte- 2011
nance deferred to 2011 from
late 2009, the Co. said Feb 3.
Tesoro Oahu, HI 94.0 Planned turnaround work will
Kapolei begin 3Q, 2010, the Co. said
on Feb 3.
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