SUMMARY:
DJ Refinery Status: Valero Shuts Houston Refinery FCCU For
Planned Maintenance
The following table lists unplanned and planned production
outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswire's. The
information ...
ORIGINAL TEXT:
DJN Material
DJ Refinery Status: Valero Shuts Houston Refinery FCCU For
Planned Maintenance
The following table lists unplanned and planned production
outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswire's. The
information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining
sources and doesn't purport to be a comprehensive list.
Valero Energy confirmed the shutdown of a fluid catalytic
cracker at it's 160,000 barrel-a-day Houston, Texas, refinery for a
total of eight weeks. In addition, maintenance at Valero's 170,000
barrel-a-day McKee, Texas, refinery wasn't expected to have any
material impact to production, according to company spokesman Bill
Day. That work began early Thursday and was expected to conclude on
Friday, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality
A power failure the evening of Sept. 20, led to the release of
excess hydrogen sulfide at Calumet's 35,000 barrel-a-day refinery
in Superior, Wisconsin, according to the U.S. National Response
Center. Units were restarted as soon as possible after the power
failure.
Another emission event took place on Sept. 20 at the Alon USA's
67,000 barrel-a-day Big Spring, Texas, refinery, according to the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The emissions were
related to a gas leak around a boiler unit. Repairs are being made
to the boiler unit.
A processing unit was upset on Sept. 20, at BP's 226,000
barrel-a-day refinery in Cherry Point, Washington, according to the
Northwest Clean Air Agency. Intermittent flaring was expected, but
it wsn't known which unit was affected. The company also reported a
malfunction with the hydrogen plant on Sept. 11, that forced a
compresser to be taken out of service in the hydrocracker
Maintenance will continue for several weeks on a flexicoker at
ExxonMobil's 560,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Baytown, Texas,
according to traders doing business with the company. The
flexicoker was taken out of service on Sept. 11, due to a heat
exchanger leak.
An equipment malfunction took place on Sept. 18, at the 146,000
barrel-a-day refinery owned and operated by WRB Refining in Borger,
Texas, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality.
An emissions event took place on Sept. 18 and 19, at the 58,000
barrel-a-day refinery owned and operated by Delek Group LTD, in
Tyler, Texas, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality. The emissions resulted from an electrical malfunction at a
sulfur recovery unit.
A gas compressor shut and caused an emissions event the morning
of Sept. 20, at Citgo's 168,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Lemont,
Illinois, according to the U.S. National Response Center. No
indication was given regarding the cause or if any remedial action
was taken.
Several units at Phillips 66's Los Angeles refinery have been
brought back online and all units are seen back by the end of the
week, the co. said on Sept. 20 Record heat and a power outage on
Sept. 15 forced a facility-wide shutdown.
Maintenance will continue for several weeks on a flexicoker at
Exxon Mobil Corp.'s (XOM) 560,000-barrel-a-day refinery in Baytown,
Texas, the company said on Sept. 20. The flexicoker was taken out
of service on Sept. 11, due to a heat exchanger leak.
An equipment malfunction took place on Sept. 18 at the 146,000
barrel-a-day refinery owned and operated by WRB Refining in Borger,
Texas, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality.
An emissions event took place Sept. 18-19 at the 58,000
barrel-a-day refinery owned and operated by Delek Group LTD in
Tyler, Texas, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality. The emissions resulted from an electrical malfunction at a
sulfur recovery unit.
A small delayed coker has been returned to service at BP's
337,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Whiting, Indiana after shutting
down on July 27 due to a fire, a person familiar with operations at
the plant said on Sept. 18.
Normal operations have resumed at the ExxonMobil/PDVSA
joint-venture refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana, the company said on
Sept 18. The refinery was shut in advance of Hurricane Isaac on
Aug. 27. Efforts continue to restart the Baton Rouge refinery which
was shut for the same reason on Aug. 27.
Phillips 66's Alliance refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, is
expected to be back in service by Sept. 22, the company said on
Sept. 17. Plantwide operations were shut on Aug. 28, in advance of
approaching hurricane Isaac.
Unspecified unit maintenance began Sept. 16 at Tesoro's 166,000
barrel-a-day Golden Eagle refinery in Martinez, Calif., marketers
and traders doing business with the company said. Some traders said
work is being performed at the plant's reformer unit.
Delek's refinery in Tyler, Texas, experienced excessive
emissions on Sept. 15 and 16, according to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
A heat exchanger hydrogen leak took place on Sept. 14, at
Chevron's 245,000 barrel-a-day Richmond, Calif., refinery, traders
and marketers doing business with the company said. The crude unit
remains shut after a major fire on Aug. 6.
A wet gas compressor valve problem at Total's 174,000
barrel-a-day Port Arthur, Texas, caused a coking unit to
malfunction which resulted in flaring on Sept. 14 and 15, according
to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Fluid Catalytic cracking units at WRB Refining LLC's 146,000
barrel-a-day refinery in Borger, Texas, will be shut from Sept. 15
to Sept. 29, for maintenance, according to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using
the code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
CARIBBEAN
EAST COAST
MIDWEST
Holly Tulsa, OK 125.0 Repair to diesel hydrotreater
Frontier shut by a fire on Aug 2 will
take 6-8 weeks, the co. said
on Aug 8.
GULF COAST
Alon Big Spring 67.0 FCCU running at reduced rate
TX on Sep 13 due to maintenance
at associated wet gas compres-
sor.
Chal- Chalmette 192.5 Normal operations have re-
mette LA sumed, the co. said on Sep 18.
Refining The entire plant was shut Aug
27 ahead of Hurricane Isaac.
Delek Tyler, TX 60.0 Excessive emissions due to elec-
US trical malfunction at SRU on Sep
18-19 reported to regulators.
Exxon Baton Rouge 503.0 Efforts continue to restart the
Mobil LA the refinery, the co. said on
Sep 18. The entire plant was shut
ahead of Hurricane Isaac.
Exxon Baytown, TX 560.0 Crude runs temporarily reduced
Mobil on Sep 13 during fractionation
tower restart.
Flexicoker shut Sep 11 because
of a heat exchanger lead will be
down for several weeks of repairs
the co. said on Sep 20.
Motiva Port Arthur 600.0 Newly commissioned 325,000-b/d Early
TX CDU was shut by a small fire 2013
over the Jun 9-10 weekend. Re-
start seen in early 2013; lengthy
repairs needed to correct cor-
rosive issue at new equipment.
Phillips Belle 247.0 Refinery expected to be back in Sep 22
66 Chasse, LA service by Sep 22, the co. said
on Sep 17. The plant-wide shutdown
occurred on Aug 28 ahead of Isaac.
Pasadena Pasadena, TX 100.00 Flaring of off-spec product re-
Refining ported to regulators on Aug. 10.
Total Port Arthur 174.0 Flaring reported to regulators
USA on Sep 14-15 due to wet gas
compressor snag at coking unit.
Valero Norco, LA 270.0 FCCU shut on Aug 10 is expected
to return to service before the
end of August, the Co. said.
WRB Borger, TX 146.0 FCCUs shut Sep 15-29 for main- Sep 29
tenance a filing to regulators
said.
Equipment malfunction on Sep 19
reported to regulators. No further
information available.
MIDWEST
BP Whiting, IN 337.0 Small coker unit has been in ser- Sep 18
vice for several weeks following
an unplanned shutdown after a fire
on Jul 27, a person familiar with
operations said on Sep 18.
Citgo Lemont, IL 167.0 FCCU shut Jul 28 for unplanned Aug 8
repair in Tulsa East Plant is in
restart mode, an Aug 8 filing to
regulators said.
Refinery operations are being
affected by Enbridge crude oil
pipeline shutdown since July 27,
the Co. said on July 30.
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
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