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.
Marathon Petroleum said its 464,000 barrel-a-day Garyville
Refinery continued to run at reduced rates following Tropical Storm
Isaac, but sustained no major damage.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) reported emmissions from its Beaumont,
TX refinery's flare due to a line leak in an unspecified unit,
according to a government filing made public Aug. 30.The 344,500
barrel-a-day refinery released 21,106 pounds of sulfur dioxide, as
well as hydrogen sufide and propylene.
Phillips 66 (PSX) Aug. 29 said that power was out at its
247,000-barrel-a-day Alliance refinery in Belle Chasse, La., but
that it was unable to confirm whether flood waters had reached the
refinery. So far no damage has been reported from Phillips 66's
Alliance refinery, Plaquemines parish spokeswoman Caitlin Campbell
said.
Valero Energy Corp (VLO) said Aug. 29 that its Louisiana
refineries sustained minor damage and had some standing water after
Isaac, but that employees were returinging. The company said Aug.
27 it was shutting down its 205,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Norco,
La. and its 125,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Meraux, La. as a
precautionary measure ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac.
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 vaccuum
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 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.
Exxon Mobil Corp. said Aug. 27 that was in the process of
shutting down refining operations at Chalmette Refining LLC, a
192,000 barrel-a-day joint venture the company owns in Louisiana
along with Petroleos de Venezuela SA. Exxon also said it was
operating its Baton Rouge, La., refining facilities at reduced
rates.
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) and Motiva Enterprises said Aug. 27
that they would reduce rates at refineries in 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.
The companies reported that they are intentionally venting gas
to keep flares lit because of high winds associated with Hurricane
Isaac.
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 (PSX) said Aug. 27 that it is temporarily shutting
down its Alliance refinery in Belle Chasse, La. due to the approach
of Tropical Storm Isaac. The 247,000 barrel-a-day refinery will be
fully shut down late Monday.
The company on Aug. 25 reported an unsheduled 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 failiure 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 emmissions 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
committments, 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 occured 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 sulfure
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
Exxon Beaumont, TX 344 Refinery reported emmissions due to
line leak Aug. 30.
Chalmette, LA 192 Company said Aug. 27 that it would shut down
refinery in preparation for Isaac.
Baton Rouge,LA 502 Company said Aug. 27 that it would run refinery
at reduced rates due to approaching storm.
Motiva Convent, LA 235 Shell and Motiva said refineries will
Norco, LA 233.5 run at reduced rates as a precaution
in preparation for Hurricane Isaac.
Refinery reported intentional gas venting
to keep flares lit in high winds.
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.
Marathon Garyville, 464.0 Running at reduced rates
Petroleum LA following Tropical Storm
Isaac. Company said no major
damage caused by the storm.
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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 unsheduled process unit
shutdown.
Belle Chasse, 247.0 Announced Aug. 27 that refinery will be
LA temporarily shut down due to Tropical Storm Isaac.
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 Announced Aug. 27 that refineries will shut down
temporarily ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac.
FCCU shut on Aug 10 is expected
to return to service before the
end of August, the Co. said.
Meraux, LA 125.0 Announced Aug. 27 that refinery will shut down
temporarily ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac.
Said Aug. 30 that refinereis sustained minor damage.
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.
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 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.
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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