DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
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.
Planned work at ConocoPhillips' (COP) Wood River, Ill., refinery
was completed late last week, the company said Tuesday.
Bill Stephens, company spokesman, did not specify what sort of
work was being done at the refinery. In an email, he said that
planned maintenance is ongoing at the company's Billings, Mont.,
and San Francisco area refineries.
The Illinois refinery, which is a joint venture with EnCana
Corp. (ECA), has a capacity of 306,000 barrels a day.
On Monday, a power trip at the Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) Texas
City refinery caused flaring, according to a report with the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality. The report did not say if
production was impacted. The refinery has a capacity of
199,500.
A power outage shut down the west plant at the Citgo Corpus
Christi, Texas refinery over the weekend, according to a state
environmental filing.
The power blip occurred at 10:12 p.m. Saturday CT, according to
the report from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The
refinery is back to normal, the company said Tuesday.
The sulfur recovery unit was restarted after all the process
units were shut down.
ConocoPhillips (COP) reported to state environmental regulators
that a fire occurred at the Sweeny, Texas refinery on Thursday
afternoon. The fire resulted in a partial shut-down of the coker
unit.
ConocoPhillips will begin Monday restarting the crude unit at
its Bayway refinery in Linden, N.J., a person familiar with
operations at the plant said Thursday.
The crude unit was shut on April 5 when a small fire broke out
at the unit.
The refinery, which was in the process of returning to normal
operations following six-weeks of major turnaround maintenance at
the gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracking unit and associated
units, has been operating at reduced rates since April 5 fire,
which was the second at the plant in about a month. The reformer
was shut after a fire in March.
The Bayway refinery is able to process up to 238,000 barrels of
crude oil a day
On April 6, a power outage shut down the ConocoPhillips Alliance
refinery in Belle Chasse, La., the company said. Refinery crews are
formulating a restart plan for the units, Stephens said Monday
afternoon. The company did not provide a status update on
Tuesday.
Valero has shut a 45,000 barrel-a-day hydrocracker at its Port
Arthur, Texas refinery in order to make repairs, the company said
April 6.
The unit was shut on Friday and will be down for about 7 to 10
days, company spokesman Bill Day said. A leak in the air cooler
needs to be repaired, he said.
Valero completed a turnaround of the hydrocracker at its
Benicia, Calif. refinery on April 2, and it is now at planned
rates, Day said April 6th.
Sinclair Oil Corp.'s Wyoming refinery is operating at 50%
capacity after a fire and is expected to return to normal by
mid-April, the company said April 6th.
A fire broke out at the refinery in March. The Sinclair, Wy.,
plant can process up to 66,000 barrels of oil a day.
Flint Hill Resources Corpus Christi, Texas refinery shut down
its sulfur recovery unit #2 at the east plant for maintenance,
according to a report with environmental regulators. The outage is
expected to last until April 7th.
Citgo Corpus Christi, Tx reported April 3 that it was restarting
its SCOT unit after scheduled work according to a report filed with
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The SCOT unit
increases the efficiency of sulfur recovery units.
Tesoro Corp. (TSO) on March 28-29 restarted a coker unit and a
reformer unit at its Wilmington, Calif., refinery following two
weeks of scheduled maintenance. The units are at normal operating
rates.
Total Petrochemicals U.S.A. also shut key units at its Port
Arthur, Texas refinery March 24. The shutdowns were due to economic
factors, according to people familiar with the refinery.
For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using
the code N/REF.
UNPLANNED
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
EAST COAST
Conoco Linden 238.0 Reformer shut due to fire Mar. 30
NJ on Mar. 21. Second fire
April 4, reduces rates.
Restart scheduled for
April 13. April 13
Sunoco Philadel- 335.0 10 workers hospitalized n/a
phia, PA Mar. 11 for evaluation after
vapor release at alkylation
unit.
Valero Delaware 210.0 Boiler system inspection and May 3
City, DE repair extends refinery down-
time by one mo. to early May.
Entire refinery shut Mar. 4
for 30 days maintenance
at coker unit which has been
shuttered since Feb. 15.
FCCU at reduced rates since n/a
mid-Dec. for economic reasons.
CARIBBEAN
GULF COAST
Citgo Corpus 156.0 April 11 power outage
shuts West plant. April 14
SRU restarted
Conoco Belle Chasse 247.0 Power outage April 5 mid-April
La. shuts refinery
Conoco Borger, TX 152.0 Work will begin Mar. 27 to Apr
repair an air blower while 10
FCCU No. 29 remains opera-
tional. The unit may be shut
if necessary.
Conoco Sweeny Tx 247.0 Fire partially shuts coker unit
April 9th
Delek US Tyler, TX 60.0 Refinery expected to be wholly May
on-line by May 2009, following
Nov. 20 fire at sat. gas unit
killed two workers and injured
others.
Flint Hills Corpus, 288.1 Shut SRU #2 April 5 for work April 7
Christi, Tx
Valero Port Arthur 325.0 FCCU at reduced rates since n/a
TX mid-Dec. for economic rea-
sons. Shut hydrocracker for
repairs April 3. April 10-13
Valero Texas City 199.5 Power blip causes flaring on April 13.
No word on production.
MIDCONTINENT
Sinclair Sinclair, 66.0 Refinery opps at 50% mid-April
Wy after March fire.
WEST COAST
Flint North Pole 210.0 One of three processing n/a
Hills units has been shut due
to low jet fuel demand,
the co. confirmed on Mar.
19.
PetroStar Valdez, AK 48.0 Refinery shut due to Dec. n/a
28 fire.
PLANNED
CANADA
North Newfound- 115.0 Plantwide shutdown will begin Early
Atlantic land first week of April for 21 May
days of planned maintenance.
Upgrade work at hydrotreater
will take an additional 14
days.
EAST COAST
Conoco Linden 238.0 145,000-b/d FCCU shut Feb. April 3
NJ 18 for about 45 days of
planned turnaround mainte-
nance. In Restart April 3.
Sunoco Philadelphia 330.0 Reformer unit shut in early n/a
PA Oct. for economic reasons.
Shutdown to last one to six
months.
Valero Delaware 210.0 82,000-b/d FCCU operating n/a
DE at reduced rate for eco-
nomic reasons, Co. said on
Dec. 16.
Valero Paulsboro 160.0 27,000-b/d coker unit to n/a
NJ shut in April for 35-days
of planned work, the Co.
said on Mar. 11.
GULF COAST
BP Texas City 437.0 Ultraformer in restart Mar. Mar. 26
TX 23 following maintenance.
Chevron Pascagoula 330.0 Pre-commercial heavy oil 2010
Miss. conversion project delayed
from 2008 to 2010 due to
economic factors.
Citgo Corpus 156.0 Restarted Scot Unit.
Christi, Tx
Flint Corpus 288.1 $250 mil. project for new Spr
Hills Christi, TX diesel desulfurization, 2010
sulfur recovery unit to begin
in Fall 2008. Construction
to last 18 months.
Marathon Garyville 245.0 Project to increase crude oil 4Q
LA refining capacity by 180,000- 2009
b/d expected to conclude in
4th-quarter, 2009.
Marathon Texas City 76.0 Platformer and UDEX shut for n/a