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.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) reported emissions June 20 at its
240,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Joliet, Ill., because of a
furnance outage, according to a filing with state regulators.
Alon USA Energy Inc. (ALJ) reported a power outage on June 20 at
its 67,000 barrel-a-day Big Spring refinery in Texas. The same
refinery on June 20 experienced excess opacity amid maintenance
work being performed as part of the annual turnaround.
ConocoPhillips (COP) reported emissions at its 139,000
barrel-a-day refinery in Wilmington, Ca., on June 20, according to
a filing with state regulators.
Frontier Oil Corp. (FTO) reported emissions on June 19 at its
refinery in El Dorado, Kan., after a failure with its sulfur
recovery unit, according to a filing with a government agency made
public on June 20.
Delek US Holdings, Inc. (DK) on June 17 said its refinery in El
Dorado, Arkansas, had resumed normal operating rates on June 15.
The plant had been operating at reduced rates since May 8 due to
flooding along the Mississippi River. Valero Energy Corp.'s (VLO)
oil refinery in Aruba continues to operate at reduced rates after a
power outage in one section of the plant on June 9 knocked some
processing units off line, company spokesman Bill Day said on June
17.
Valero Energy Corp. on June 16 again said it expects operations
at its Port Arthur refinery to return to normal by June 18-19. The
plant's coker unit was shut on June 6 due to a power failure and
the crude unit has been operating at minimal rates since that time.
The restart timing was first reported on June 14.
Valero Energy Corp. on June 16 said unplanned work that began on
June 15 and ended early on June 16 in Complex 7 at its Corpus
Christi, Texas, refinery had no material impact on production. A
filing to Texas environmental regulators listed the No. 4
crude/vacuum unit and a vacuum jet compressor as the sources of
emissions associated with the work.
Valero Energy Corp. on June 15 said unplanned flaring at its
Wilmington, Calif., refinery that began on June 13 had no material
impact on production. Planned flaring between June 16 and June 18
will also have no impact on production.
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code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
CARIBBEAN
Valero Aruba 235.0 Refinery operating at reduced
rates since power outage on
June 9 shut some units. Power
was restored and the units are
running, the co. said on June 17.
EAST COAST
Conoco Linden, NJ 238.0 Refinery resumed normal rates June 14
after a furnace fire at crude unit
June 1, the co. said on June 14.
GULF COAST
BP Texas City 437.0 FCCU-1 shut unplanned on June 13; N/A
TX no estimate for restart, a source
said on June 14.
FCCU-3 at planned rates on June June 11
13 after weekend restart. Unit
shut on June 7 for 48-hours
maintenance to wet gas scrubber.
Chevron Pascagoula 330.0 One of two crude units experienced
MS an "isolated fire" early May 10 that
lasted about an hour. Co. declined
to comment on the status of the
unit and the refinery.
Delek El Dorado 80.0 Refinery returned to normal op-
AK erating rates on June 15 after
reducing rates on May 8 due to
Mississippi River flooding, the
co. said on June 17.
Delek Tyler, TX 58.0 Smoke at the plant's FCCU flare
was visible on June 13.
Shell Deer Park, 327.0 Flaring at coker unit on June 13
TX reported flaring at coker unit;
impact on operations unclear.
Valero Corpus 315.0 Unplanned work in Complex 7 on
Christi, TX June 15-16 had no material im-
pact on production, Co. said on
June 16.
Valero Port Arthur 285.0 Operations expected to return to June 18-19
TX normal rates on June 18-19 after
June 6 power failure resulted in
the shut down of a coker unit.
Crude throughput and production
has been reduced since June 6.
MIDWEST
Frontier El Dorado, 130.0 Sulfur recover unit failure re-
KS sults in emissions, a filing to
statue regulators on June 19
said. Impact on operations un-
clear.
ROCKIES
WEST COAST
Valero Wilmington 135.0 Unplanned flaring between June
CA 13-18 will have no impact on
production, the company said on
June 15.
PLANNED
CANADA
CARIBBEAN
EAST COAST
GULF COAST
Alon Big Spring 67.0 Planned turnaround maintenance
TX causes excess opacity, a filing
said on June 20.
Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Expansion project to increase 1Q
throughput capacity by 325,000 2012
b/d, to 610,000-b/d, slowed.
Completion now seen 1Q
2012, from 2010.
Valero Corpus Christi 142.0 Coker brought down for planned
TX maintenance, company said in May
25 government filing.
Valero McKee TX 170.0 Vacuum unit turnaround planned for
first half of 2012, co. said.
Expansion project announced on
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- 2012
TX ceed and be completed in late
2012.
MIDWEST
BP Whiting, IN 405.0 Turnaround at Pipestill 12 de-
layed by 3 months; it was sup-
posed to begin in November, a
source said on Mar 25.
CVR Coffeyville 115.7 Periodic turnaround will take place
KS in two phases beginning in Fall 2011
and completed in Spring 2012.
Tesoro Mandan, ND 58.0 Total crude-oil processing capa- 2nd Q
city to increase by 17% to 68,000 2012
b/d by 2nd quarter 2012.
WEST COAST