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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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