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.
Total SA (TOT) reported to environmental regulators that it
restarted a unit at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery. The report
only lists the unit by number, 837.
Valero Energy (VLO) restarted on the fluid catalytic cracking
unit at the McKee plant in Sunray, Texas, according to a filing
with state environmental regulators. The unit had been shut down
for planned work.
On Wednesday, the second of the two Sunoco Inc. (SUN) fluid
catalytic cracking units at the Philadelphia refinery was restarted
after it shut down the day before because of mechanical problems.
The first one was shut down last month for economic reasons and
could be restart by the end of next week, a source close to
refining operations said. .
WRB Refining said Tuesday that planned maintenance at its
Borger, Texas refinery had concluded. No specifics were offered,
but previous Texas State filings listed a gas oil
hydro-desulfurization unit, a SCOT unit, a reformer, Units 42, 43
and 45 shut May 1 for 20 days of maintenance and month-long
maintenance at FCCU No. 40 and Sulfur Recovery Unit No. 34 that
started April 27.
Valero Energy 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.
Separately, on May 22 the company notified Texas State
environmental regulators of its intention to restart the FCCU shut
May 19 owing to a fire.
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 underway 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 FCCU shut following explosion n/a
Hook, PA and fire at an ethylene complex
on May 17. The plant is running
at about 85% of capacity.
Output at two other East Coast
refineries is ramped up to cover
shortfall, the Co. said. No word
on FCCU restart timing.
Sunoco Phila 335.0 Both FCCUs shut down. One broke
down, restarted May 27. June 4-5
The other was shuttered
for economic reasons. Could
restart end of week of June 1.
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 restarted May 5 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 Work at hydrocracker unit May 18
TX completed, the Co. said on
May 18. The unit was shut
in week of May 11.
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 FCCU twice
during week of May 11
Valero Corpus 315.0 Butamer Unit No. 36 in West May 25
Christi, TX Plant Complex 6 in restart
mode Monday following maintenance.
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.
BP Carson, CA 268.0 Maintenance underway at May 29
unspecified unit(s) a
person familiar with opera-
tions said on May 22. Work
expected to conclude by May
29.
PetroStar Valdez, AK 48.0 Refinery shut due to Dec. Jun/Jul
28 fire; expected to re- 2010
start in June/July 2010.
PLANNED
CANADA
North Newfound- 115.0 Plantwide shutdown will begin May 22
Atlantic land first week of April for 21
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 Coker Unit repairs to con- end-
DE tinue through end-May; runs May
cut until then.
Refinery restarted end-April
after shutting down for eco-
nomic reasons while work was
performed at the coker.
FCCU will be shut in Sept. Sep
for 42-days maintenance, the
Co. said on Apr. 28. The
80,000-b/d FCCU has been at
reduced rates for economic
reasons, the Co. said on
Dec. 16.
Valero Paulsboro 160.0 27,000-b/d coker unit main- May 18
NJ tenance completed, the Co.
said on May 18. The unit was
shut in April for 35-days
of planned work, the Co.
said.
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
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.
Valero Corpus 340.0 20,000-b/d FCCU in East n/a
Christi, TX Plant shut; West Plant
50,000-b/d FCCU at reduced
rates since mid-Dec. for
economic reasons.
Valero McKee, TX 170.0 21-days of planned mainte- May
nanace starts May 1 at small- 22
er of two crude units, the
60,000-b/d FCCU and alky-
lation unit. FCCU restarted
May 28.
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 Planned maintenance has May 26
concluded, the Co. said on
May 26.
The scope of the work was
20-days of maintenace that
started May 1 at several pro-
cess units, including a gas oil
hydro-desulphurization unit,
a SCOT unit, a refomer and
units 42, 43 and 45. And month-
long maintenance that started
April 27 at FCCU No. 40 and
Sulfur Recovery Unit No. 34.
according to a TCEQ filings.
Work began at a sulfur recover
unit on May 13.
MID-WEST
BP Whiting 410.0 FCCU shut in April for Spring June
IN turnaround maintenance. Restart
seen in late May or early June.
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.
Co. said April 14 that planned
work was ongoing at the refinery.
Co. did not give more specifics.
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
BP Ferndale 225.0 Hyrdrocracker and reformer May 24
WA down for maintenance on Apr.
15.
Conoco Rodeo, CA 153.5 Maintenance has been concluded May 22
Phillips the company said on May 22 with-
out naming the unit(s) involved.
Industry sources said a hydro-
cracker and reformer unit were
shut in early March for what was
expected to be 45 days of planned
work that was extended.
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 Late
Martinez, CA shut for planned mainte- June
nance May 9-10. Units to
return to service by late
June. Co. previously said
the work would take 39 days.
Tesoro Wilmington, 97.0 39-days of turnaround main-
CA tenance is planned for
fourth-quarter 2009.