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.

Most recently, Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) reported in a Thursday evening filing that a pump failure at its Baytown, Texas refinery resulted in a loss of cooling water supply resulting in the shut down of some units. Exxon said that production was not impacted and all customer needs were being met, according to the state environmental report.

A fire early Thursday at Lion Oil Company's El Dorado, Arkansas, oil refinery has reduced crude oil throughput to about 60% of capacity, company spokesman Wallace Moody said.

Repairs to electrical instrumentation and insulation damaged by the fire are underway; crude throughput is expected to return to normal rates by Saturday, he added.

The El Dorado refinery is able to process up to 70,000 barrels of crude oil a day and will be shutting down in September for 60-days of plant-wide turnaround maintenance, Moody said.

Total S.A. (TOT) restarted an unnamed unit at its Port Arthur, Texas Refinery, according to a report issued Monday.

Tesoro Corp. (TSO) said it expects its Kenai, Alaska and Martinez, Calif. refineries to be processing at normal capacity rates by the end of the week, a company spokesman said Monday.

On June 4, two units at the Alaska refinery were shut down because of a power failure. The refinery has a capacity to process up to 72,000 barrels a day.

In May, the hydrocracker and reformer at the Golden Eagle refinery in Martinez were shut down for planned maintenance. The refinery can process up to 166,000 barrels a day.

Exxon said a boiler unit at its Baytown, Texas, refinery hit a snag over the weekend but production has not been impacted.

On June 19, the refinery restarted one boiler unit only to have another trip off, a company spokeswoman said. The second boiler is being restarted, according to Neely Nelson. Both boilers are located at the refinery's fluid catalytic cracking unit #3.

On June 17, Exxon shut hydrocracking unit No. 1 at the Baytown refinery. It was not clear whether the outage was planned or unplanned, nor was the duration noted in the filing to Texas state regulators.

And a SCOT unit shut down for unknown reasons June 17 at Total Port Arthur. It is no clear when the unit will be restarted.

BP (BP) 16 shut a distillate desulfurization unit at its Whiting, Indiana, refinery due to a leak in an associated compressor. The outage is expected to be short-lived, and a restart was expected in 24-36 hours.

Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) said on June 15 that the restart of a crude unit, vacuum unit and coker at its Norco, La., refinery is a least three weeks away. The units were shut due to a minor fire on June 9.

Also on June 15, Valero said it would delay the plant-wide shutdown of its Aruba refinery to mid-July rather than early July. The process of shutting down the units will begin in early July.

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 
 
CARIBBEAN 
 
GULF COAST 
 
Delek      Tyler, TX      58.0  SCOT unit shut June 9            Jun 14 
                                for approximately four 
                                days of unplanned work. 
 
Exxon      Baytown, TX   567.0  Hydrocracking unit no. 1         n/a 
                                shut June 17. No restart 
                                timing available. Boiler 
                                hit snags, restarted June 23. 
 
                                Exxon shuts down some units       n/a 
                                after loss of cooling water 
                                supply June 24. No production impact, co said. 
 
Total      Port Arthur   232.0  SCOT unit shutdown June 17       n/a 
                                for unknown reason. 
 
Valero     Norco, LA     185.0  Crude, vacuum, coker unit shut   Jul 5 
                                to restart in 3 weeks following  (est.) 
                                June 9  minor fire. 
 
 
MIDWEST 
 
ROCKY MOUNTAINS 
 
BP          Whiting, IN  410.0  Distillate desulfruization       June 17 
                                shut June 16 due to leak in 
                                compressor; restart seen in 
                                24-36 hours. 
 
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. 
 
PetroStar  Valdez, AK    48.0   Refinery shut due to Dec.        Jun/Jul 
                                28 fire; expected to re-         2010 
                                start in June/July 2010. 
 
Tesoro     Kenai, AK     72.0   Power failure shuts hy-          June 
                                drocracking and isomeri-         26-27 
                                zation unit on June 4; 
                                restart seen some time 
                                next week. Will return to 
                                normal rates by June 26, 27 
 
 
PLANNED 
 
CANADA 
 
CARIBBEAN 
 
Valero     Aruba         235.0  The refinery will be shuttered   Sep/Oct 
                                for economic reasons by mid- 
                                July. 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. 
 
 
GULF COAST 
 
Chevron    Pascagoula,    330.0 Pre-commercial heavy oil         2010 
           Miss.                conversion project delayed 
                                from 2008 to 2010 due to 
                                economic factors. 
 
Citgo      Corpus        156.0  SCOT unit shut June 8 to         Jun 14 
           Christi, Tx          remove fouling and to 
                                quench tower and exchangers. 
 
Flint      Corpus        288.1  West Plant Coking Unit in re- 
Hills      Christi, TX          start mode on June 3; unit 
                                shut June 1 for planned 
                                maintenance. 
 
                                $250 mil. project for new        Spr 
                                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. 
 
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, the Co. 
                                said. 
                                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. 
 
Valero     Norco, LA     250.0  Upgrade project to build         2012 
                                a new diesel hydrotreater 
                                unit moved from 2010 to 
                                4th-quarter 2012, the Co. 
                                said on Jan. 27. 
 
Valero     Port Arthur   325.0  77,000-b/d FCCU at reduced       n/a 
           TX                   rates since mid-Dec. for 
                                economic reasons. Mainte- 
                                is planned at a hydrotreater 
                                unit, the company said on 
                                April 17; no details were 
                                given. 
 
Valero     Norco, LA            Turnaround at coker unit         1/Q 
                                delayed until the first          2010 
                                quarter of 2010 from fourth 
                                quarter 2009, the Co. said 
                                on Apr. 28. 
 
Valero     Sunray, TX    170.0  55,000-b/d FCCU at reduced       n/a 
                                rates since mid-Dec. for 
                                economic reasons. 
 
 
 
Valero     Three Rivers   95.0  24,000-b/d FCCU at reduced       n/a 
           TX                   rates since mid-Dec. for 
                                economic reasons. 
                                Plant-wide 24-day turnaround     Sep 
                                to begin in Sept., the Co. 
                                said on Apr. 28. 
 
Western    El Paso, TX   122.0  Crude unit shut May 24 week      Jun 3 
                                for 10-days maintenance. 
 
WRB        Borger, TX    152.0  Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization     Jun 
                                unit will be restart some        6-14 
                                time between June 6 and 14. 
                                It is unclear when then unit 
                                was taken out of service. 
                                Planned maintenance at Unit      Jul 12 
                                29 FCCU electrostatic precipi- 
                                tators starts May 31. Work 
                                will conclude on July 12. 
 
 
MID-WEST 
 
BP         Whiting       410.0  Restart pf FCCU shut in April    2nd- 
           IN                   for Spring turnaround mainte-    Half 
                                nance delayed to 2nd-half        Jun 
                                June from mid-May. 
 
Frontier   El Dorado     130.0  A coker turnaround and expan-    Mid- 
           KS                   sion project was delayed until   Aug. 
                                Mid-July, and subsequently 
                                delayed until August. 
 
Valero     Memphis, TN   195.0  FCCU upgrade originally slated   2012 
                                for completion in 2009 has been 
                                shifted to 2012, the Co. said 
                                on Jan. 27. 
 
 
ROCKY MOUNTAINS 
 
Conoco     Billings,      61.0  On Mar. 5 the Co. delayed for    Jan. 
           MT                   one year an expansion project    2010 
                                which will increase capacity 
                                to 71,000 bbls. Construction of 
                                a new crude unit is now scheduled 
                                to begin in January 2010. 
 
Frontier   Cheyenne       52.0  The refinery is operating at     n/a 
           WY                   reduced rates for economic 
                                reasons. 
 
 
WEST COAST 
 
Alon       Paramount     55.0   Hydrocracker project post- 
           CA                   poned indefinitely, the Co. 
                                said on Feb. 4 
 
Chevron    Richmond,    243.0   Hydrocracking Unit and re-       Jun 27 
           CA                   former shut May 28 for 30- 
                                days planned maintenance. 
 
Exxon      Torrance     155.0   Maintenance will begin in July   July 
Mobil                           at one of two 26,000-b/d coker 
                                units, traders said on May 22. 
 
Flint      North Pole   210.0   One of three processing          n/a 
Hills      AK                   units has been shut due 
                                to low jet fuel demand, 
                                the co. confirmed on Mar. 
                                19. 
 
Shell      Martinez     155.0   Crude Unit and Coker Unit        Aug 15 
           CA                   to shut for planned main- 
                                tenance on July 10; re- 
                                start seen Aug. 15. 
 
Tesoro     Golden Eagle   166.0 Hydrocracker/reformer            Mid 
           Martinez, CA         shut for planned mainte-         June 
                                nance May 9-10. Units to 
                                return to service by mid- 
                                June. Normal rates by June 26-27. 
 
Tesoro    Wilmington,     97.0  39-days of turnaround main- 
          CA                    tenance is planned for 
                                fourth-quarter 2009. 
 
 
 

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