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.
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.
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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
BP Cherry Pt 226.0 Hydrotreater operations upset
WA occurred on Sep 13.
Chevron Richmond, 245.0 Heat exchanger hydrogen leak
CA reported on Sep 15; impact on
operations unclear.
CDU No. 4 is shut after Aug 6
fire. Most other process units
continue to operate, the co.
said, although gasoline production
was reduced by an unspecified
amount, a Sep 12 DJ report said.
No restart estimate.
Exxon Torrance 155.0 Unplanned flaring reported to
Mobil CA regulators on Sep 13. Unit(s)
involved not specified.
Phillips Wilmington/ 140.0 Some units have returned to ser-
66 Carson, CA vice and the entire plant will
be fully operational by Sep 22,
the co. said on Sep 20.
Record heat and a power outage
on Sep 15 forced plantwide shut-
down, a report to regulators said.
Restart expected by end of week.
PLANNED
CANADA
Husky Saskatchewan Major turnaround to take place Spring
Refinery in spring of 2013. Plant-wide 2013
shutdown for inspection and
equipment repairs.
CARIBBEAN
Valero Aruba Refinery still up for sale, the
Co. said on July 31, 2012.
EAST COAST
Monroe Trainer, PA 185.0 Some units will restart Sep 8-9;
Energy full ops expected by month's end
the co. said on Sep 6.
Delta Airlines subsidiary buys Late
refinery in April, plans turn- Summer
around through summer. Startup 2012
planned in late summer 2012.
Sunoco Philadelphia 335.0 Energy Partners buys Sunoco Inc.; 4Q
PA deal to close 4Q 2012. 2012
Sunoco Marcus Hook 190.0 Marcus Hook shut Dec. 1 ahead of
schedule due to poor refining
economics.
GULF COAST
Valero Houston, TX 160.0 Eight weeks of maintenance set Oct/Nov
to begin in Sept. 2012 at FCCU. 2012
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Valero McKee TX 170.0 Expansion project announced
March 2011 to increase crude oil
throughput by 25,000 b/d to
195,000 b/d.
Valero Norco, LA 185.0 Hydrocracker project will pro- 2013
ceed and be completed in late
2013, the co. said on 7/27/10.
Upgrade project to build 2012
a new diesel hydrotreater
unit moved from 2010 to
4Q 2012.
Valero Port Arthur 325.0 Hydrocracker project will pro- Late
TX ceed and be completed in late 2012
2012.
MIDWEST
BP Whiting, IN 336.0 Largest of 3 CDUs will shut in 2nd-
4Q 2012 for expansion project, Half
the Co. said July 31. Project 2013
completion set 2nd-half 3013.
BP/Husky Toledo, OH 160.0 4 weeks of maintenance will Oct 11
begin at FCCU and coker com-
pressors on Sep 13, a person
familiar with the plant said
on Aug 7.
CVR Wynnewood 54.0 30-40 days maintenance planned Q3
OK in 3rd Q 2013, the co. said on 2013
Nov. 3, 2011.
Holly Tulsa, OK 125.0 The entire refinery will be shut Late
Frontier while West Plant section under- 2012
goes major turnaround maintenance
in late 2012, the Co. said on
Aug. 5, 2011.
Holly El Dorado 139.0 Coker unit undergoing maintenance
Frontire KS until further notice, traders said
on Sep 14. No significant impact to
production is expected.
Husky Lima, OH 160.0 30-day maintenance will begin Sept
Energy in Sept. the Co. said on July 24. 2012
Scope of work not disclosed.
15-day maintenance planned at 4Q
diesel hydrotreater; 29-days at 2012
aromatics unit, set for 4Q 2012,
the Co. said on Feb 9.
New 20,000-b/d kerosene hydro- 1stH
treater will start up in 1st 2013
half 2013, to co. said on Feb 9,
2012.
45-days of major turnaround
scheduled in 2014; 70% of units
involved. Remaining 30% will under
go major turnaround in 2015, the
co. said on Feb 9, 2012.
Tesoro Mandan, ND 58.0 Total crude-oil processing capa- 2nd Q
city to increase by 17% to 2012
68,000-b/d by 2nd quarter 2012.
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
BP PLC Carson, CA 265.0 Planned flaring event will Aug 20
start on Aug. 4 through Aug. 20,
the co. said in a filing on Aug.
2. The event isn't due to equip-
ment breakdown.
Tesoro Martinez, CA 166.0 Unspecified maintenance began
Sep 16 a report to regulators
said. Sources said the work is
being done at the plant's re-
former.
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