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, Valero Energy (VLO) Monday restarted Butamer Unit
No. 36 in Complex 6 of its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery
following maintenance. It is not clear when the unit was taken off
line.
Delek US (DK) shut a SCOT unit at its Tyler, Texas refinery
Sunday due to operational difficulties. The shutdown was not
expected to impact operations at Sulfur Recovery Unit 2 or any
other refining operations.
On Saturday, a lightning strike at Flint Hills Resources' Corpus
Christi, Texas, refinery sparked a brief fire at the floating roof
of a naphtha tank in the West Plant, burning less than 100 gallons
of the product. The event did not impact refining operations.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) Friday said that a coker drum in Coker
Unit No. 6 at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery was taken off line
after a crack was discovered. The impact on the Coker Unit's
operations wasn't clear.
ConocoPhillips (COP) concluded planned maintenance at its Rodeo,
Calif., refinery, the Company said on Friday. The work began in
early March and was initially expected to end within 45 days from
the start-up. Trade sources said the maintenance took place at the
refinery's hydrocracker and reformer units; the Co. would not
confirm.
Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Torrance, Calif., refinery will perform
planned maintenance in July at one of two coker units, traders
doing business with the refiner said on Friday.
And a source with knowledge of operations at BP's (BP) Carson,
Calif., refinery said Friday that maintenance was unnderway at an
unspecified unit(s) through May 29.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) said Wednesday morning that its
Deer Park, Texas, refinery returned to normal operations after a
snag at a crude unit.
A May 17 explosion caused a fire that was put out Monday night
at Sunoco Inc.'s (SUN) Marcus Hook, Pa., oil refinery. The refinery
was running at 85% of planned rates. The company ramped up
production at its two other refineries to cover the production
loss.
Exxon Mobil Corp. on May 18 said it had completed work on a
hydrocracker unit that was shut down unexpectedly last week at its
Baytown, Texas, refinery.
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
Sunoco Marcus 178.0 Fire breaks out May1 18, co.
Hook, Pa ramps up two other East
Coast refineries
CARIBBEAN
GULF COAST
BP Texas City 467.7 Ultraformer, ultracracker in May 19
TX restart May 19 after May 8,
May 10 snags.
Delek US Tyler, TX 60.0 SCOT unit shutdown May 24 n/a
not expected to impact
sulfur recovery unit ops
or any other process units.
Refinery restart May 5
following fatal Nov. 20
fire at sat. gas unit.
Exxon Beamont, TX 315.0 Coker drum shut May 22 at n/a
Mobil Coker Unit No. 6 to repair
crack.
Exxon Baytown 567.0 Hydrocracker shut down n/a
TX week of May 11. No word
on return.
Flint Corpus 228.1 Lightning strike on May 23 n/a
Hills Christi, TX ignites floating roof at
naphtha tank.
FCCU shut May 19 by fire to May 22
begin restart on May 22.
Shell Deer Park 329.8 Power outage impacts production May 16-
Tx May 10, expected to return to 17
normal over weekend.
Crude Unit returned to normal May 20
Total Port Arthur 232.0 Unit 837 was shut on May 7 May 21
TX for two weeks of maintenance.
Restarted 813.
The units were only identified
by number.
Reduced rates at FFCU twice
during week of May 11
Valero Port Arthur 325.0 FCCU at reduced rates since n/a
TX mid-Dec. for economic rea-
sons.
MIDWEST
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Sinclair Sinclair, 66.0 Refinery ops at 50% n/a
WY after March fire.
Plant has large oil
product spill May 10
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.
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.
PetroStar Valdez, AK 48.0 Refinery shut due to Dec. n/a
28 fire.
Shell Anacortes 145.0 Refinery at normal operating May 5
rates on May 5. Force majeure
on crude oil receipts lifted
following plantwide shutdown
due to Apr. 23 power failure,
Co. said on May 8.
PLANNED
CANADA
North Newfound- 115.0 Plantwide shutdown will begin Mid-
Atlantic land first week of April for 21 May
days of planned maintenance.
Upgrade work at hydrotreater
will take an additional 14
days. The co. said May 12 that
work finished and plant
should return to service in 10 days.
EAST COAST
Sunoco Philadelphia 340.0 Point Breeze crude unit and n/a
PA FCCU shut April 20 due to
market conditions. Units will
be restarted as soon as it
makes sense to do so, the Co.
said on Apr. 23
Reformer unit shut in Girard n/a
Point section in early Oct.
for economic reasons. Shutdown
to last one to six months.
Valero Delaware 210.0 80,000-b/d FCCU operating n/a
DE at reduced rate for eco-
nomic reasons, Co. said on
Dec. 16.
FCCU will be shut in Sept. Sep
for 42-days maintenance, the
Co. said on Apr. 28.
Hydrocracker restarted May 10.
Valero Paulsboro 160.0 27,000-b/d coker unit to May
NJ shut in April for 35-days
of planned work, the Co.
said on Mar. 11.
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 Crude/Vacuum Unit shut May 11 n/a
Tx
Conoco Borger, TX 152.0 20-days of maintenace starts May
May 1 at several process 21
units, including a gas oil
hydro-desulphurisation unit,
a SCOT unit, a refomer and
units 42, 43 and 45.
Work begins in sulfur recover
unit May 13.
Flint Corpus 288.1 $250 mil. 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.