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 Corp. (VLO) said an upset at its Wilmington, Calif., refinery on Thursday resulted in flaring. The filing to California state environmental regulators did not say if the event had an impact on production.

Citgo shut the East Plant FCCU at its Corpus Christi, Texas refinery owning to Sunday's East Plant alkylation unit fire, according to a report to Texas state environmental regulators. The fire is under control as emergency crews were on-site while residual hydrocarbons burn off, the Co. said.

Pasadena Refining's crude unit at its Pasadena, Texas, refinery was back to normal operations Monday following a lightning strike Saturday that disabled power to an emergency generator.

Also, Citgo said Monday that the fire at the East Plant alkylation unit at its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery was under control. The fire started early on Sunday and injured a worker who was airlifted to a San Antonio hospital. The alkylation unit remains shut.

And Valero (VLO) Monday reported a brief snag at the coker unit at its Benicia, California refinery. The event had no material impact on operations, the company said.

BP (BP) Monday restarted a Resid Hydro-Treating Unit at its Texas City, Texas refinery; the unit was shuttered by an explosion during the last week of July in 2005.

On Friday, a person familiar with operations at BP's Carson, Calif., refinery said the FCCU and associated units shut over the July 11-12 weekend would be restarted at the end of the month.

ConocoPhillips (COP) recently shut an FCCU at its Alliance refinery in Belle Chasse, La., for unplanned maintenance, a trade source said Wednesday. The work is expected to take seven to 10 days.

ConocoPhillips on Wednesday began the process of restarting a hydrotreating unit and a desulfurization unit at its Bayway Refinery in Linden, New Jersey. The units were shuttered on Tuesday due to a "minor" fire, a person familiar with operations at the plant said.

And repairs are ongoing at Valero Energy Corp.'s (VLO) St. Charles refinery in Norco, La., the company said on July 13. A fire on June 9 shut the crude unit, the vacuum unit and a coker unit; the outages weren't expected to be lengthy at that time. There is no restart estimate yet.

Valero on July 7 said that the crude and fluid catalytic cracking units at its Ardmore, Okla., refinery still aren't producing any product following a power outage and fire. The fire was put out, but the hydrotreater is still shut down, a company spokesman said.

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 
 
Conoco     Linden, NJ    238.0  Officials consider run cuts      n/a 
                                due to slack demand. 
                                Hydrotreater and Desulfur-       Jul 15 
                                ization unit in restart 
                                start on July 15; units 
                                shut by a minor fire on 
                                July 14. 
 
CARIBBEAN 
 
GULF COAST 
 
BP         Texas City,   467.0  Resid Hydro-Treating Unit        Jul 24 
           TX                   following four-year shutdown. 
                                The unit was shut by an explo- 
                                sion in July, 2005. 
 
Citgo      Corpus        163.0  FCCU shut due to July 19         n/a 
           Christi, TX          Alkylation Unit fire. No 
                                restart estimate. A worker 
                                was injured during the event. 
 
Conoco     Belle Chasse  247.0  FCCU shut unplanned on July      Jul 
                                12/13; repairs expected to       19-23 
                                take 7 to 10 days. 
 
Pasadena   Pasadena, TX  120.0  Crude unit back at normal rates  Jul 20 
                                rates after running in circula- 
                                tion mode since late July 18 
                                owing to a lightning strike. 
 
Total      Port Arthur,  232.0  Unit 835, an FCCU, restarted     Jul 14 
           Texas                Jul 13 following a main air 
                                blower malfunction; it is 
                                unclear when the snag occurred. 
 
Valero     Norco, LA     185.0  Crude, vacuum, coker units       n/a 
                                remain shuttered the co. said 
                                July 13. No restart timing. The 
                                units were shut on June 9 owing 
                                to a "minor" fire. 
 
Valero     Port Arthur   250.0  FCCU at planted rates, fol-     Jul 13 
           TX                   a malfunction on July 10, the 
                                co. said on July 13 
 
MIDWEST 
 
ROCKY MOUNTAINS 
 
Valero     Ardmore        87.4  July 4 Fire puts crude, FCCU    n/a 
                                on circulation. Hydrotreater 
                                shut. 
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   265.0   FCCU recently shut for           End- 
                                unplanned work, a person         July 
                                familiar with operations 
                                said on July 14; no restart 
                                estimate. 
 
 
PetroStar  Valdez, AK    48.0   Refinery shut due to Dec.        Jun/Jul 
                                28 fire; expected to re-         2010 
                                start in June/July 2010. 
 
Valero     Benicia, CA  170.0   Brief coker unit upset on        n/a 
                                July 20 has no impact on 
                                production. 
 
Valero     Wilmington,  135.0   Co. reports a flaring event;     n/a 
           CA                   impact on production unclear 
 
 
PLANNED 
 
CANADA 
 
CARIBBEAN 
 
Valero     Aruba         235.0  The refinery is being shut   Sep/Oct 
                                for economic reasons. All 
                                units to be down by July 
                                17. 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. 
 
Valero     Delaware      210.0  FCCU maintenance will begin     n/a 
           City, DE             in September 
 
 
GULF COAST 
 
Chevron    Pascagoula,   330.0 Pre-commercial heavy oil         2010 
           Miss.                conversion project delayed 
                                from 2008 to 2010 due to 
                                economic factors. 
 
Exxon      Baytown, TX   567.0  FCCU No. 3 boiler shut              n/a 
                                for planned work July 10; 
                                the work will have no impact 
                                on the company's ability to supply 
                                customers. 
 
 
Flint      Corpus        288.1  $250 mln 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  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. 
 
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. 
 
 
WRB        Borger, TX    152.0  Planned maintenance at Unit      Jul 12 
                                29 FCCU electrostatic precipi- 
                                tators starts May 31. Work 
                                will conclude on July 12. 
 
 
MID-WEST 
 
 
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. 
 
                                Judge halts construction on 
                                expansion project July 1. 
 
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. 
 
                                Work began July 7, on SRU 
                                Hydrogen Unit. Will last 
                                few weeks 
 
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    Wilmington,     97.0  39-days of turnaround main- 
          CA                    tenance is planned for 
                                fourth-quarter 2009. 
 
 
 
Tesoro    Wilmington,     97.0  39-days of turnaround main- 
          CA                    tenance is planned for 
                                fourth-quarter 2009. 
 
 
 

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