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. A flaring event is scheduled to take place at ExxonMobil's 152,000 barrel-a-day Torrance, Calif., Refinery from late evening July 15 until midnight July 16, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District. A spate of problems have been evident at the refinery this month, resulting in a substantial increase int he spot price of gasoline in the Los Angeles basin. A flaring event on July 14 at Phillips 66 140,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Wilmington, Calif., signaled the restart of a unit, according to a California Emergency Management Agency Hazardous Materials Spill Report. A vacuum tower crude unit at Sunoco Inc's 330,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Philadelphia, PA., refinry was restarted on July 11, according to a governmental filing. Husky Energy Inc. (HUSKF, HSE.T) said on July 11 it had regular maintenance slated to start July 16 at its Lima, Ohio, refinery. The maintenance will have no impact on production, a Husky spokesman said. PBF Energy's refinery in Delaware City, Del., said an unknown amount of sulfur dioxide was released to the atmosphere late on July 11 due to a flaring event, according to a filing with state regulators. Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) reported unplanned maintenance July 11 at its refinery in Beaumont, Texas, according to a government filing made public Thursday. The company did not specify which unit was being taken off line. Phillips 66 (PSX) said it was performing maintenance at its 198,400 barrel-a-day refinery in Ponca City, Okla.. for an unspecified length of time. Valero Energy (VLO) said on July 10 that it was restarting the FCCU at its Houston refinery. Tesoro Corp.'s (TSO) refinery in Wilmington, Calif., experienced a problem July 9 with the plant's delayed coking unit, according to a filing with state regulators. Tesoro is investigating the cause of the problem but said it does not expect the supply to be affected. PBF Energy Inc. reported a failed compressor July 9 at its refinery in Delaware City, Dela., according to a filing with state regulators. The same refinery had reported a tripped compressor on July 5. Phillips 66 (PSX) said it shut down on July 7 the hydrogen plant at its 139,000 barrel-a-day refinery near Los Angeles for planned maintenance. CVR Energy Inc. (CVI) said July 6 it was continuing unplanned maintenance at its 54,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Wynnewood, Okla., according to a filing with the National Response Center. The maintenance started around July 3. Motiva Enterprises LLC reported unspecified equipment failure June 30 at its 235,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Convent, La., according to a public filing. Chevron reported a unspecified unit shutdown at its 330,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Pascagoula, Miss., on June 30, according to a government filing. Monroe Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Airlines, will begin an extensive turnaround at it's 185,000 barrel-a-day Trainer refinery near Philadelphia, on July 4, according to trader's familiar with the plants operation. The recently purchased refinery is expected to be running at normal rates by September. Motiva Enterprises'(RDSA, RDSB) newly-commissioned 325,000-barrels-a-day crude unit at it's Port Arthur, Texas, was taken out of service over the weekend for weeks, if not months, of repairs, a source familiar with operations at the plant said on June 11. The unit was commissioned into service on May 31 and shut on June 4 to repair leaking valves, the same source said at that time. Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) on June 8 told Dow Jones Newswires that planned maintenance was under way at a number of operating units at its refinery in Robinson, Ill. No other details were provided. 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 MIDWEST Phillips Ponca City, 198.4 Maintenance being done 66 Okla. on unspecified units. CVR Energy Wynnewood, Okla. GULF COAST Exxon Beaumont, 344.5 Unplanned work on unspecified Mobil Texas units. Citgo Corpus 165.0 Amine system upset on June 8 Christi, TX caused SRU trains to shut down. No other details provided -Filing Delek Tyler, TX 62.0 Malfunction at SRU 1 on Jun 11 reported to regulators. Impact to operations unclear. Coker unit compressor upset resulted in emissions at FCCU flare on June 8 - filing. Status of operations unclear. Motiva Port Arthur 600.0 Newly commissioned 325,000-b/d TX CDU was shut by a small fire over the Jun 9-10 weekend. Re- pairs will take several weeks. The unit was restarting following a Jun 4 shutdown to repair leak- ing valves. The unit was commis- sioned on May 31. MIDWEST BP Whiting, IN 405.0 The smallest of 3 CDUs was re- started over the weekend, a familiar with the plant said on Jun 11. It was shut for unplan- ned work around Jun 1. Husky Lima, OH 155.0 Planned maintenace started on July 16. Company said supply will not be impacted. No finishing date given. ROCKIES Suncor Commerce 94.0 FCCU down because of problem City, CO. with compressor. No restart date given. WEST COAST 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 EAST COAST Monroe Trainer, PA 185.0 Delta Airlines subsidiary buys Energy refinery in April, plans turnaround through summer. Startup planned in summer. PBF Delaware City 190.0 Planned work currently under way Energy DE the co. said on May 7. Scope and duration not disclosed. Sunoco Philadelphia 335.0 Energy Partners buys Sunoco Inc.; PA deal to close 4Q 2012. Sunoco Marcus Hook 190.0 Marcus Hook shut Dec. 1 ahead of schedule due to poor refining econo- economics. GULF COAST Flint Corpus 300.0 Coker unit maintenance combined Hills Christi TX with hydrocracker unit restart to cause emissions and flaring on May 12. Holly Artesia, NM 100.0 Crude runs will be reduced by Early Frontier 50% during 30 days of major turn- 2012 maintenance in early 2012, the Co. said on Aug. 5. Phillips Belle Chasse 247.0 Refinery up for sale a 66 LA Nov. 29 Bloomberg News report said. Valero McKee TX 170.0 FCCU in restart after turnaround May 11 that began on Mar 31 the co. said on May 11. Vacuum unit turnaround planned in first half of 2012, company said. Expansion project announced March 2011 to increase crude oil throughput by 25,000 b/d to 195,000 b/d. Valero Meraux, LA 135.0 Co. on May 16 said the alky and June 1 FCCU shut Jan 2 for turnaround are restarting and at normal rates by June 1. 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- 2012 TX ceed and be completed in late 2012. MIDWEST Citgo Lemont, IL 167.0 Planned turnaround maintenance at unspecified units completed the co. said on June 12. The turnaround began at the end of April. 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
