DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
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.
Phillips 66 (PSX) said Sept. 6 that power was restored to the
Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La. and workers are in the
process of restarting the 247,000 barrel-a-day is in facility
following Hurricane Isaac. The company said it expects the refinery
"will be operating by mid-month."
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) Chief Executive Bill Klesse said work
on a diesel-making unit at the company's St. Charles refinery in
Norco, La., is now likely to be completed in early 2013, rather
than later this year as the company had previously estimated, in
part due to Hurricane Isaac. The unit is still on track to be
operational in the second quarter of 2013.
Both of the refineries Valero Energy Corp (VLO) had shut down
ahead of Isaac are in the process of restarting, company spokesman
Bill Day said. Sept. 5. He said "most production units" are back in
operation at the 205,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Norco and the
125,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Meraux, though some are still
being brought back. The crude unit at the Meraux facility was shut
for repairs prior to the storm, and has not been restarted, he
said.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) and Motiva Enterprises said Sept. 5
that their 235,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Convent, La. and their
233,500 barrel-a-day refinery in Norco., La. are restarting after
Isaac and operating at reduced or near-normal rates.
Paramount Petroleum Corp. reported flaring at its 84,500
barrel-a-day Los Angeles County refinery Sept. 4 due to a
compressor failure, according to a filing with pollution
regulators.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) said Tuesday that its refinery in
Chalmette, La., is in the process of restarting after being
temporarily shut in advance of Hurricane Isaac. The 192,500
barrel-a-day refinery is a joint venture between Exxon and
Petroleos de Venezuela. Exxon also said it is working to bring
production back to normal levels at its 502,500 barrel-a-day
refinery in Baton Rouge. The company began running the refinery at
reduced rates as part of its preparation for the storm.
Marathon Petroleum said its 464,000 barrel-a-day Garyville
Refinery has returned to normal operations following Hurricane
Isaac.
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) and Motiva Enterprises said Sept. 2
that the Norco, La. refinery is restarting some units while others
are operating at reduced rates. The Convent refinery is in
continues its post-storm startup process, and will operate some
unites at reduced rates while electrical power issues are being
resolved. still dealing with power issues. Convent, La. and Norco,
La. as a precautionary measure part of an established
hurricane-preparation plan. Together the two refineries have a
capacity of 468,000 barrels-of-oil per day. The company did not say
what rates the refineries were operating at.
Tesoro Corp's (TSO) Wilmington, Calif. refinery experienced a
brief power outage but is returning to normal operations, a
spokesman said Sept. 1. The 103,800 barrel-a-day refinery flared
sulfur dioxide due to the outage.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)'s Beaumont, TX refinery is running
normally after flaring due to a line leak, a company spokesman said
Aug. 31.
PBF Energy reported on Aug. 28 flaring at its 190,000
barrel-a-day Delaware City refinery Tuesday, according to a
government filing. The refinery released over 100 pounds of sulfur
dioxide in an "intermittent flaring" episode from an unspecified
unit, according to the filing with the Delaware Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
Flint Hills Resources Inc. said in a filing Tuesday that a leak
in its 285,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas is
ongoing and attempts to fix it have not been successful. A vacuum
truck is being used to control the leak.
Chevron Corp. (CVX) reported flaring at its 245,000 barrel-a-day
Richmond, Calif. refinery Aug. 28. A spokesman said Tuesday
morning's flare was in the gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracking
unit and lasted a few minutes.
Total Petrochemicals Inc. reported emissions that occurred while
bringing units online at its Port Arthur refinery, but said in a
filing Monday with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
that the units were stabilized quickly. About 2,354 pounds of
sulfur dioxide were emitted at the 225,500-barrel-a-day refinery
during start-up activities at two units.
PFB Energy said in a filing Aug. 27 that its 182,200
barrel-a-day refinery in Delaware City flared more than 500 pounds
of sulfur dioxide due to a mechanical failure Sunday evening.
Phillips 66 on Aug. 25 reported an unscheduled process unit
shutdown resulted in flaring of sulfur dioxide at its 120,200
barrel-a-day refinery in Rodeo, Calif.
Pasadena Refining Systems Inc. said Aug. 24 that its 100,000
barrel-a-day refinery released 14,000 pounds of particulate matter
from its fluid catalytic cracking unit.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) said Aug. 24 equipment failure would
impact production at its 344,500 barrel-a-day refinery in Beaumont,
Texas, according to a government filing made public Friday.
The company also said Aug. 24 that the crude distillation unit
of the Beaumont refinery was back to normal after an
instrumentation failure resulted in nearly 3,000 pounds of sulfur
dioxide being released on Aug. 23.
Phillips 66 (PSX) said equipment failure on Aug. 23 caused a
release of hydrogen sulfide at its 306,000 barrel-a-day refinery in
Roxana, Ill.
BP Plc. (BP) said Aug. 20 the ultracracker at its refinery in
Texas City, Texas, will resume normal operations after a compressor
trip caused it to malfunction the day before.
Tesoro Corp. (TSO) said Aug. 19 a tripped unit caused sulfur
dioxide remissions at its refinery in Wilmington, Cali. The company
did not specify which unit had the trouble.
Delek Holdings USA said Aug. 18 an electrical storm caused a
power outage at its refinery in Tyler, Texas.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) said on Aug. 16 its refinery in
Beaumont, Texas, resumed operations after an electrical outage the
day before. Exxon still expected to meet its contractual supply
commitments, according to the company's filing with the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality.
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA.LN) said Aug. 15 that a mechanical
failure occurred at its refinery in Martinez, Ca., resulting in
more than 100 pounds of sulfur dioxide being emitted. A fire broke
out at a processing unit in the same refinery on Aug. 13.
Citgo Petroleum said Aug. 14 that the FCCU at its refinery in
Lemont, Ill., was shuttered with no estimate for restart. The unit
had gone down for unplanned repair on July 28.
Citgo said Aug. 10 that workers were putting back online a
compressor that tripped at the coking unit of its refinery in
Lemont, Ill.
Sunoco Inc.'s (SUN) Alkylation Unit 869 returned to service on
Aug. 9 after going into circulation mode on Aug. 3 to facilitate
compressor repair, a filing to environmental regulators made
available on Aug. 10 said.
Pasadena Refining Systems Inc. on Aug. 10 reports flaring of
off-spec product at its Pasadena, Texas, refinery.
Valero Energy Inc. (VLO) on Aug. 10 said an FCCU at its St.
Charles refinery in Norco, La., will return to service before the
end of August. It was shut on Aug. 10 for unplanned repairs.
A Bloomberg report on Aug. 8 said Chevron's (CVX) fire-struck
Richmond, Calif., refinery is operating at about 60% of capacity
after the Aug. 6 fire that shut only the plant's CDU.
The Borger Refinery in Borger, Texas, reported a process upset
on Aug. 8 listing Areas C and D as the sources of emissions; no
other details were provided in a filing to environmental
regulators.
HollyFrontier Corp. (HFC) on Aug. 8 said repairs to the
fire-struck diesel hydrotreating unit at its Tulsa East refinery in
Okla., would take six to eight weeks. The fire and shutdown
occurred on Aug. 2.
Citgo Petroleum Corp. on Aug. 8 said the FCCU shut for unplanned
repair at its Lemont, Ill., refinery on July 28 is in restart
mode.
BP-Husky will begin four weeks of scheduled maintenance at an
FCCU and coker unit compressors on Sept. 13, a person familiar with
operations at the plant said on Aug. 7.
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
PBF Delaware 190 Refinery reported 100 lbs of sulfur
Energy DE dioxide released from unspecified unit
Aug. 28
Mechanical failure caused sulfur
dioxide emissions Aug. 27.
Sunoco Phila. PA 330.0 Alkylation Unit 869 resumed
service on Aug 9; it was placed
on circulation mode on Aug 3
for compressor repair.
GULF COAST
Borger Borger, TX 146.0 Refinery reports upset at un-
specified unit(s); filing lists
Areas C and D of the plant as
sources of emissions.
Flint Hills Corpus 285.0 Refinery reported ongoing leak being
Resources Christi controlled with vacuum truck.
TX
Motiva Convent, LA 235 Shell and Motiva said the refineries
Norco, LA 233.5 are restarting and running at reduced
or near normal rates after Isaac.
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-
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start seen in early 2013; lengthy
repairs needed to correct cor-
rosive issue at new equipment.
Pasadena Pasadena, TX 100.00 Flaring of off-spec product re-
Refining ported to regulators on Aug. 10.
Flaring of particulate matter re-
ported to regulators on Aug. 24
Phillips Rodeo, Calif. 120.2 Flaring of sulfur dioxide reported
66 Aug. 25 due to unscheduled process unit
shutdown.
Belle Chasse, 247.0 Said Sept. 6 that power is back on
LA and the refinery is restarting. The company
expects the refinery to be operating by mid-
Sept.
Total Port Arthur, 225.5 Sulfur Dioxide emitted while bringing units online
TX company said in Aug. 27 filing. Company said units
were stabilized quickly.
Valero Norco, LA 270.0
Meraux, LA 125.0 Company said Sept. 5 that both refineries have restarted, though are not yet back to planned rates. The Meraux crude
unit, which was down for repair before Isaac, has not been
brought back.
Exxon Chalmette, LA 192.5 Exxon said Sept. 4 that it is in the process of restarting
the refinery after Isaac.
Baton Rouge, LA 502.5 Exxon said Sept. 4 that it is working to bring production
back to normal levels after Isaac.
MIDWEST
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.
Holly Tulsa, OK 125.0 Repair to diesel hydrotreater
shut by a fire on Aug 2 will
take 6-8 weeks, the co. said
on Aug 8.
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
Valero Benicia, CA 170.0 FCCU shut on July 26 for un- Mid-
Energy planned compressor repairs be- Aug.
gan the process of restarting
on Aug. 6. Planned rate expected
by mid-August, the Co. said.
Chevron Richmond, 245.0 The company reported brief flaring in the
CA FCC unit Aug. 28.
An Aug 8 Bloomberg report said
the refinery is operating at 60%
of capacity.
CDU No. 4 is shut after Aug 6
fire. Most other process units
continue to operate, the co.
said on Aug 8, but the amount of
fuel being produced is unclear.
Compressor failure at unspe-
cified unit resulted in flaring
on Aug 1; a filing said. No
other details were provided in
a filing to regulators.
Paramount Paramount, 84.5 Sulfur Dioxide and smoke flared due
Petroleum CA to compressor failure Sept. 4
Tesoro Wilmington, 104.0 Refinery is returning to normal after a
CA brief power outage, a spokesman said Sept. 1
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 Delta Airlines subsidiary buys Late
Energy 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
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 2013
completed in 2013 Q1 and be
operational in 2013 Q2, CEO
said Sept. 6.
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.
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.
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