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.
Hovensa's (HES) key gasoline-making unit at its St. Croix
refinery returned to service Monday following about six weeks of
planned turnaroun maintenance, the company said.
Harvest Energy Trust (HTE) said Monday that its Come By Chance
refinery in Newfoundland, Canada, will operate a full rates by the
end of March. The company decided to idle the entire refinery in
early January, after a fire at an isomax unit. That decision,
fueled by poor refining economics, allowed maintenance to be
advanced. Harvest is owned by the Korean National Oil Company.
A minor fire Saturday at ExxonMobil's (XOM) Beaumont, Texas,
refinery was extinguished quickly and caused no injuries, a company
spokesman said. A crude distillation unit suffered minor damage; no
further details were provided.
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the code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
KNOC Newfoundland 115.0 Refinery to return to normal end-March operating rates by end-March, the
company said on March 8. The en-
tire plant was idled in early Jan.
to advance maintenance while re-
pairs were made at a hydrotreater
damaged by fire on Jan. 7.
Valero Quebec City 235.0 66,000-b/d FCCU shut by early- n/a
Quebec day fire on Feb 2. Unit to be
shut for weeks, production
impacted but no major
disruptions expected due to ample
inventories, Co. said Feb. 17.
Damage assessment was delayed
due to cold weather, ice on unit.
Suncor Edmonton 135.0 Plant returned to normal operations,
Alberta Co. said Feb. 25. Distillate production
units were shut on a disruption to
hydrogen and steam supplies from
a third-party supplier, Co. said
Feb. 18.
CARIBBEAN
EAST COAST
Sunoco Philadelphia 335.0 A pump fire broke out at the crude
Pa. unit Feb. 9. A source familiar with
operations said crude throughput was
impacted. One contract worker was
treated for smoke inhalation.
GULF COAST
Co. still assessing damages.
Conoco Sweeny 240.0 SRU shut down for work March 4 March 9
Tx
Exxon Beaumont 344.5 Crude unit suffers minor damage n/a
TX due to a brief fire on March
6. Impact on production unclear.
Motiva Norco, La. 236.4 Crude unit, DU-5, shut by fire Early
on Jan 22 seen restarting in April
early April, the Co. said on
Feb 2.
MIDWEST
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Holly Artesia, 100.0 A fire erupted Jan. 18 at crude early
N.M. unit; restart seen in 3 weeks. Feb
A fire Mar. 2 breaks out at
new asphalt tank. Two serious injuries
but co. said no production impact
WEST COAST
Chevron Richmond 245.3 Unit hits snag March 2.
PLANNED
CANADA
Shell Montreal 130.0 The refinery will be converted
Quebec into a fuel terminal, Co. said
Jan. 7. No timeline provided.
CARIBBEAN
Hovensa St. Croix 500.0 150,000 bbl/d FCCU returned to March 8
service March 8 following turn-
around that began on Jan. 20.
Valero Aruba 235.0 The plant, which
was shut in June for 2-3
months for economic reasons was
closed indefinitely in Nov.
EAST COAST
Hess Port Month-long turnaround work
Reading NJ will take place in April at
the plant's 70,000-b/d
FCCU; the refinery does not
process crude oil.
Sunoco Westville 145.0 Idling all Eagle Point refin-
NJ ing operations indefinitely due
to poor economics, Co. said
Oct. 6.
Reformer unit shut in Girard n/a
Point section in early Oct
for economic reasons. Shutdown
to last 1-6 months.
Valero Delaware 210.0 Plant to be permanently shut due
City, DE to poor economics, announced
Nov. 20. Delaware Official said
it would be shut on Nov. 22.
Dismantling and disposal of units
announced in late Dec have been
suspended amid negotiations to sell
the plant, Co. said Feb. 11.
Western Yorktown 64.5 Planned work scheduled 3Q 2010. Q3 2010
VA
GULF COAST
Alon Krotz 100.0 Refinery will restart in
Springs, La. April
Chevron Pascagoula 330.0 Pre-commercial heavy oil 2010
Miss. conversion project delayed
from 2008 to 2010 due to
economic factors.
Work is progressing on the
continuous catalytic reformer,
expected to be completed by
mid-2010, Co. said Feb. 25.
Co. is planning to put a premium
base-oil facility at plant.
Flint Corpus 288.1 $250 mln project for new Spring
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 Q2
LA refining capacity by 180,000- 2010
b/d completed on schedule and
new units were being integrated,
company said Jan. 8. Entire
plant to reach full capacity
2Q, 2010, the Co. said Feb 1.
Planned turnaround at plant End
is expected to start in Jan Q1
2010 and end late in Q1. 2010
BP Texas City 455.8 Hydrogen recovery unit being
TX restarted Feb. 9.
Restarted resid hydrotreating
unit, which will resule ops
of the 400 train, Feb. 11.
Conoco Borger, TX 146.0 FCCU Unit 40 to be shut Feb.26 March 7
to March 7 to repair a unit
upstream of it.
Pasadena Pasadena 120.0 Crude silane unit shut for
TX maintenance activity Feb. 18;
no estimate.
Marathon Texas City 76.0 Turnaround completed Feb. 3,
TX restarting Feb. 4-19. Entire
plant shut Jan. 4; work at FCCU,
SRU, alkylation units.
Motiva Convent, LA 235.0 Planned turnaround maintenance Early
began Jan 28 at several un- April
specified process units. Re-
start seen in early April.
Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Expansion project to increase 1Q
TX throughput capacity by 325,000 2012
b/d, to 610,000-b/d, slowed.
Completion now seen 1Q
2012, from 2010.
Valero Corpus 340.0 Complex 1, 3 and 6 Units being
Christi shut for maintenance on Feb.26
to March 1.
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.
36,000-b/d HCU in West Plant March
set for 18 days of work in Mar;
delayed from Feb, the Co. said
on Jan 27.
Valero Norco, LA 250.0 Crude and coker unit turnaround March
began Feb 1. Entire plant will
be shut for 30 days. Cat Cracker
restarted but other units still down,
City, Utah begin in 1Q 2010, the Co. said
on Feb 3.
Tesoro Mandan, N.D. 60.0 Planned turnaround will 2Q
begin 2Q 2010, the Co. said
on Feb 3.
Frontier Cheyenne 52.0 Production expected to be
Co fall by 4,800 b/d to 35,000 b/d
for February, Co. reported Feb. 8.
WEST COAST
BP Carson, CA 265.0 Filings to state environmen- Feb 5
tal regulators about planned
flaring are seen as indicators
of the end of planned mainte-
nanace. A crude and a coker unit
shut for planned seasonal work,
source said Jan 6. Flaring will
continue through Feb 5.
Valero Benicia, CA 177.0 Plantwide 4Q turnaround scheduled
to begin in November; expected to
last 5 weeks and will link up a
$650 million scrubber, Co. said
Feb. 11.
Exxon Torrance, CA 150.0 40-day turnaround on 100,000-
b/d FCCU and alkylation unit
beginning first week of March,
trading and marketing sources
said Feb. 11.
Tesoro Golden Eagle 166.0 Turnaround work began in early n/a
Martinez, Dec at FCCU and alkylation
CA unit, the Co. said on Feb 3.
Restart timing unclear.
Other major turnaround mainte- 2011
nance deferred to 2011 from
late 2009, the Co. said Feb 3.
Tesoro Oahu, HI 94.0 Planned turnaround work will
Kapolei begin 3Q, 2010, the Co. said
on Feb 3.
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