The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswire's. The information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining sources and doesn't purport to be a comprehensive list.

Phillips 66 (PSX) on Sept. 30 was restarting process units at its Sweeny, Texas, refinery following an early morning power outage. The outage caused flaring and opacity as some units shut down; some went into circulation mode, and some reduced charge rates, a government filing said.

CVR Energy (CVI) on Sept. 29 resumed turnaround maintenance after a boiler explosion on Sept. 28 fatally injured one worker and critically injured another. No process units or other areas of the facility were affected by the blast.

Pasadena Refining Systems Inc. reported upsets at its Pasadena, Texas, refinery FCCU on Sept. 28 and 29. The impact to production is unclear.

Irving Oil on Sept. 26 said normal operations resumed following an early-day explosion at a small carbonate storage tank. The event had no impact to production.

Phillips 66 on Sept. 25 reported the shutdown of an unspecified process unit for planned maintenance at its Wood River refinery in Roxana, Illinois, according to a filing made available on Sept 26.

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Operator   Refinery    Capacity   Description                   Restart 
                       (in 000s 
                       bbl/day) 
UNPLANNED 
 
CANADA 
 
Irving   Saint John    300.0  Normal operations resume 
Oil      Canada               on Sep 26 after an explo- 
                              sion at a small tank earlier 
                              in the day, the co. said. 
 
CARIBBEAN 
 
EAST COAST 
 
GULF COAST 
 
Alon     Big Spring     70.0  Gas leak at a boiler unit caused 
         TX                   emissions and flaring on Sep 20; 
                              repairs were underway, a TCEQ 
                              filing said. 
 
                              FCCU running at reduced rate 
                              on Sep 13 due to maintenance 
                              at associated wet gas compressor. 
 
Delek    Tyler, TX      60.0  Excessive emissions due to elec- 
US                            trical malfunction at SRU on Sep 
                              18-19 reported to regulators. 
 
Exxon    Baton Rouge   503.0  Efforts continue to restart the 
Mobil    LA                   the refinery, the co. said on 
                              Sep 18. The entire plant was shut 
                              ahead of Hurricane Isaac. 
 
Exxon    Baytown, TX   560.0  Flexicoker shut Sep 11 because 
Mobil                         of a heat exchanger leak will be 
                              down for several weeks of repairs 
                              the co. said on Sep 20. 
 
Pasadena Pasadena, TX  100.0  Co. reports two upsets at FCCU; 
Refining                      one on Sep 28, another on Sep 29. 
Systems                       impact to production unclear. 
 
Phillips  Belle        247.0  Refinery restart completed and     Sep 21 
66        Chasse, LA          production resumed the co. said 
                              on Sep 21. The plant shut down 
                              on Aug 28 ahead of Hurricane 
                              Isaac. 
 
Phillips  Sweeny, TX   247.0  Process units restarting Sep 30 
66                            after an early morning power 
                              outage. 
 
Total    Port Arthur   174.0  Flaring reported to regulators 
USA                           on Sep 14-15 due to wet gas 
                              compressor snag at coking unit. 
 
Valero   Corpus        325.0  Power malfunction at Complex 7 
         Christi, TX          on Sep 25 had no material im- 
                              pact to production, the co. said. 
 
 
MIDWEST 
 
Calumet  Superior       35.0  Unspecified process units re- 
         WI                   started as soon as possible after 
                              a power failure on Sep 20, a 
                              filing to regulators said. 
 
Citgo    Lemont, IL    167.0  Electrical problems at a gas com- 
                              pressor reported to regulators on 
                              Sep 20 results in flaring; impact 
                              to production unclear. 
 
CVR      Wynnewood,     70.0  Turnaround work resumed Sep 30 
Energy   OK                   after Sep 29 boiler explosion. 
                              No other process units or area 
                              of the plant affected by the blast. 
 
Exxon    Channahon     238.6  Coker unit rate cut on Sep 23 
         IL                   following a compressor shut- 
                              down. Impact to operations un- 
                              clear. 
 
Holly    Tulsa, OK     125.0  Sep 24: No update on status of re- 
Frontier                      pair work to diesel hydrotreater 
                              shut by fire on Aug 2. On Aug 8 the 
                              co. said repairs would take 6-8 weeks. 
 
ROCKIES 
 
WEST COAST 
 
BP       Cherry Pt     226.0  Unspecified process unit upset 
         WA                   reported to regulators on Sep 
                              20; impact to production unclear. 
 
                              Hydrotreater operations upset 
                              occurred on Sep 13. 
 
Chevron  Richmond,     245.0  Heat exchanger hydrogen leak 
         CA                   reported on Sep 15; impact on 
                              operations unclear. 
 
                              CDU No. 4 is shut after Aug 6 
                              fire. Most other process units 
                              continue to operate, the co. 
                              said, although gasoline production 
                              was reduced by an unspecified 
                              amount, a Sep 12 DJ report said. 
                              No restart estimate. 
 
Exxon    Torrance      155.0  Unplanned flaring reported to 
Mobil    CA                   regulators on Sep 13. Unit(s) 
                              involved not specified. 
 
Phillips Wilmington/   140.0  Restart process complete and pro-  Sep 21 
66       Carson, CA           duction resumed as expected, the 
                              co. said on Sep 21. The plant was 
                              shut Sep. 15 by a power failure. 
 
 
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 will be converted to a 
                              terminal while the co. continues 
                              to seek a buyer, the co. said on 
                              Sep 4. 
 
EAST COAST 
 
Monroe   Trainer, PA   185.0  Some units will restart Sep 8-9; 
Energy                        full ops expected by month's end 
                              the co. said on Sep 6. 
 
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 
 
Phillips Borger, TX    146.0  FCCU 40 shut Sep 24 for just       Oct 29 
66                            over one month of maintenance;        & 
                              FCCU 29 will shut Oct 21 for       Nov 20 
                              one month, a TCEQ filing said. 
 
Valero   Houston, TX   160.0  FCCU shut for eight weeks of      Nov 20 
                              turnaround maintenance, the co. 
                              said on Sept. 21 
 
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. 
 
Holly    El Dorado     139.0  Coker unit undergoing maintenance 

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Frontier KS                   until further notice, traders said 
                              on Sep 14. No significant impact to 
                              production is expected. 
 
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. 
 
Phillips Roxana, IL    305.0  Unspecified unit shut for planned 
66                            maintenance on Sep 25, the co. 
                              said. No further details provided. 
 
 
ROCKIES 
 
WEST COAST 
 
Tesoro   Martinez, CA  166.0  Unspecified maintenance began 
                              Sep 16 a report to regulators 
                              said. Sources said work is 
                              being done at the plant's re- 
                              former. 
 
 
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