The following table lists planned and unplanned 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) on July 15 reported a process upset on
unspecified equipment in Area C of its joint-venture refinery in
Borger, Texas. Emissions lasting about four hours were routed to a
safety flare, a filing to local environmental regulators said. A
company representative wasn't immediately available to comment.
Phillips owns 50% of the refinery and is the operator. Cenovus
Energy (CVE) owns the other half of the refinery and supplies heavy
crude oil to the refinery from Canada.
Production problems reported at Irving Oil's Saint John Refinery
in New Brunswick, Canada, by New York Harbor-based traders and
brokers. The refiner, usually a net exporter of RBOB and PBOB, has
been a buyer of those products in the N.Y. Harbor spot market since
July 8, sources said on July 15. Irving Oil hasn't responded to
requests for comment.
Phillips 66 on July 15 said planned maintenance is under way at
its Bayway Refinery in Linden, N.J. The company wouldn't comment on
scope of the work or the unit, or units, involved.
Philadelphia Energy Solutions, or PES, (CG, ETP) last week shut
an alkylation unit at its 330,000-barrel-a-day Philadelphia
Refinery for seven to 10 days of maintenance, traders and brokers
doing business with the company said on July 15. It wasn't clear
whether the work had been planned.
The Korean National Oil Co.'s 115,000-barrel-a-day
Come-by-Chance refinery in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, was
forced to reduce production following a sulfur-recovery unit
shutdown last week, a New York Harbor-based broker said on July
15.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) on July 15 said a key gasoline-making
fluid catalytic cracking unit and an alkylation unit at its
135,000-barrel-a-day Los Angeles-area refinery in Wilmington,
Calif., were in restart. Both units tripped offline on July 14 due
to an issue with a wet gas compressor, Valero spokesman Bill Day
said.
BP-Husky (BP, BP.LN, HSE.T) started planned work at the smaller
of two coker units at its Toledo Refinery, located in Oregon, Ohio,
on July 8, a person familiar with operations at the plant said July
10. It wasn't immediately known how long it will take to overhaul
the 7,500-barrel-a-day unit. A 27,500-barrel-a-day coker unit
continues to operate, the person said.
Valero Energy said the FCC at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery
will begin a shutdown July 11 so work can take place to address
recent outages.
A small crude distillation unit was taken down for planned
repairs at BP PLC's (BP) Whiting, Ind., refinery, a person familiar
with the refinery's operation said July 11.
Motiva LLC's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery shut down one of its
units due to an operational issue, a spokesman for Royal Dutch
Shell Plc. (RDSA) said on July 11. The planned shutdown initiated
July 10 was performed safely, spokesman Kimberly Windon said.
Valero Energy said July 10 the process of starting a newly
constructed hydrocracker at its St. Charles Refinery in Norco, La.,
is under way. The construction of the 57,000-barrel-a-day unit,
which began in the fourth quarter of 2012, was completed by the end
of June. The start-up procedures will progress over the next
several days.
For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using
the code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
Irving Saint John 300.0 Production problem cut gaso-
Oil line production, traders and
brokers said on July 15.
KNOC New Bruns- 115.0 Output cut due to sulfur re-
wick covery unit problem in July
7 week.
CARIBBEAN
EAST COAST
PES Philadelphia 330.0 Alkylation unit shut in July 7
week for seven to 10 days of
maintenance, sources said on
July 15.
GULF COAST
Phillips Borger, TX 146.0 Process upset on unspecified
66 equipment in Area C of its
joint-venture refinery. Phillips
owns 50% of the refinery and is
the operator. Cenovus Energy
(CVE) owns the other half.
Valero Port Arthur, 310.0 FCCU-1241 in circulation the co.
Energy TX said on July 9. The same unit
experienced an upset on July 7.
The unit's return to normal
operation is not known.
Upsets at SRU, SCOT units 1
and 2 and two tail gas incin-
erators on July 7 had no
material impact to production
the company said on July 8.
Motiva Port Arthur 600 Unit taken down for operational
TX issues July 10.
MIDWEST
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
Valero Wilmington, 135.0 FCCU and alkylation unit restart
Energy CA on July 15 after tripping offline
the day before, the co. said.
PLANNED
CANADA
CARIBBEAN
Valero Aruba Refinery will be converted to a
terminal while the company con-
tinues to seek a buyer.
EAST COAST
PBF Delaware 182.2 Work will be done on fluid coker 4Q
Energy City, DE during the 4Q 2013. 2013
Paulsboro, 160.0 Crude unit maintenance in 4Q 4Q
NJ 2013. 2013
Phillips Linden, 238.0 Unspecified planned maintenance
66 NJ is under way the company said on
July 15.
GULF COAST
Valero Norco, LA 270.0 Newly-constructed hydrocracker
Energy in start-up the co. said on
July 10. It take several days
to complete.
MIDWEST
BP Whiting, IN 336.0 Small CDU taken down for planned
work July 10.
BP- Toledo, OH 160.0 Planned maintenance under way
Husky at smaller of two coker units.
since July 8. Duration of work
not known.
Husky Lima, OH 160.0 45 days of major turnaround
scheduled in 2014; 70% of units
involved. Remaining 30% will
undergo major turnaround in 2015,
the company said Feb. 9.
Northern St. Paul Pk 84.5 FCCU maintenance is planned in
Tier MN October for most of the month.
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
Alon Bakersfield 94.0 Company purchasing asphalt to
Calif. Long Beach supply 2013 asphalt season. Re-
Complex Paramount fining complex operations still
CA suspended. Seeking permit to build
rail line to supply midcontinent
crude, the company said on March 8.
Exxon Torrance, 155.0 Reported possible flaring due to
Mobil CA planned work on July 1. No production
impact expected.
Tesoro Carson, CA 266.0 Flare event, not associated with
Corp. equipment breakdown will occur
for 24 hours starting at 6 a.m.
PDT on July 10.
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