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Charles Randall North American Planned, Unplanned Refinery Shutdowns (Table)
2008-06-20 07:35 (New York)
By Robert Tuttle
June 20, 2008 (Bloomberg) — Following is a table of scheduled and unplanned
refinery shutdowns, maintenance, new plants and capacity expansions in North
America. The list only includes work that could be confirmed.
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Shutdown Type: P: Planned, U: Unplanned, N: Non-maintenance
Refinery Refinery
Owner Shutdown Capacity
Location Type Period b/d Notes
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New Information:Delek LaGloria N Jun 18, 08 58,000 CDU, alkylation shut by
Delek US Holdings Inc to power failure. Units
Texas, U.S. Jun 19, 08 restarted.
Delek LaGloria N Jun 10, 08 58,000 Power failure shuts
Delek US Holdings Inc to unspecified units.
Texas, U.S. Jun 11, 08 Operations restarted.
Production loss not
specified.
Current Outages:
Exxon Mobil Torrance P Jun 13, 08 155,000 Sulfur recovery unit
Exxon Mobil Corp to shuts for maintenance.
California, U.S. Jun, 08
Motiva Norco P May 30, 08 220,000 Hydrocracker shuts for
Saudi Arabian Oil Co, to mainteance late May for a
Royal Dutch Shell PLC Jun 30, 08 month.
Louisiana, U.S.
Alon Big Spring N Feb 18, 08 70,000 Full shutdown by an
Alon Israel Oil Co to explosion in the
Ltd Jul 15, 08 propylene unit. Fires
Texas, U.S. erupted in asphalt and
slop oil tanks. The
refinery processing
35,000 bbl/day as of
April 7. FCCU expected to
resume service by the end
of July.
Husky Lima P Jan, 08 160,000 No major outage planned
Valero Energy Corp to for 2008.
Ohio, U.S. Dec 31, 08
Southland Lumberton N Dec 01, 06 5,800 confirmed with EIA that
Southland Oil Co to the refinery is out of
Mississippi, U.S. N/A service since Dec 01 2006
Parkland Bowden N Jan 01, 01 6,500 Parkland owns a refinery
Parkland Income Fund to at Bowden, Alberta which
Alberta, Canada N/A suspended production in
2001. Parkland has been providing processing
services to a local petrochemical plant to
produce fluids used in the oilfield on a
customer fee basis. These services offset some of
the ongoing costs of maintaining the site. We
have been able to take advantage of the tanks at
the refinery for interim fuel storage to help
balance our supply contract volumes and have
refurbished the tanks and system to ensure this is
a viable revenue producer longer term.
Future Outages:Petro-Canada Edmonton P Qtr 3, 08 135,000 Full shutdown of 135,000
Petro-Canada to bbl/day refinery during
Alberta, Canada Qtr 4, 08 the second half 2008 to
allow new units to be
added to the plant as
part of an upgrade.
Conoco Wood River P Qtr 3, 08 306,000 Catalytic cracker
EnCana Corp, to maintenance to install
ConocoPhillips Qtr 4, 08 wet-gas scrubbers to
Illinois, U.S. reduce emissions.
Frontier El Dorado P Aug, 08 112,000 New coker to start
Frontier Oil Corp to operations in August,
Kansas, U.S. Aug, 08 capacity 3,000 barrels a day.
Holly Woods Cross P Aug, 08 26,000 Turnaround planned.
Holly Corp to
Utah, U.S. Sep, 08
Sunoco Toledo P Qtr 3, 08 150,000 CDU, FCC units to shut in
Sunoco Inc to third quarter
Ohio, U.S. Qtr 3, 08 maintenance.
Holly Woods Cross P Qtr 4, 08 26,000 Hydrocracker, capacity
Holly Corp to 15,000 barrels a day,
Utah, U.S. Qtr 4, 08 planned to start production. Crude
refining capacity to rise to 31,000 barrels a day.
Navajo Artesia P Jan, 09 75,000 New hydrocracker,
Holly Corp to capacity 15,000 barrels a
New Mexico, U.S. Jan, 09 day, expected to start production. Turnaround
planned.
Valero Krotz Springs P Qtr 1, 09 83,000 Full turnaround planned
Valero Energy Corp to for 2009.
Louisiana, U.S. Qtr 4, 09
Giant Yorktown P Qtr 3, 09 61,900 Turnaround scheduled for
Giant Industries Inc to late 2009, no more
Virginia, U.S. Qtr 4, 09 specific details available.
Marathon Garyville P Qtr 4, 09 275,000 New CDU, VDU,
Marathon Oil Corp, to hydrocracker (capacity
Ashland Inc Qtr 4, 09 70,000 b/d), delayed
Louisiana, U.S. coker (44,000 b/d), reformer (65,000 b/d),
kerosene hydrotreater (47,000) planned to come
on line, raising refinery throughput to 425,000
barrels a day.
Motiva Port Arthur P Qtr 1, 10 285,000 New units to add 325,000
Motiva Enterprises to b/d crude capacity, to
LLC Qtr 4, 10 start in 2010.
Texas, U.S.
Valero Port Arthur P Qtr 4, 10 325,000 New Hydrocracker
Valero Energy Corp to construction to be
Texas, U.S. Qtr 4, 10 completed, capacity 50,000 barrels a day, to
start in 4Q 2010.
Sinclair Tulsa P Qtr 4, 10 60,000 New CDU, hydrocracker,
Sinclair Oil Corp to coker units planned to
Oklahoma, U.S. Qtr 4, 10 start operations.Capacity to increase to
115,000 barrels a day.
Total Port Arthur P Qtr 1, 11 240,000 New Coker (50,000 b/d),
Total SA to desulfurization and
Texas, U.S. Qtr 4, 11 vacuum distillation unit.The $2.2 billion project
is scheduled to be completed in 2011.
Valero Port Arthur P Qtr 2, 11 325,000 New Coker construction to
Valero Energy Corp to be completed, capacity
Texas, U.S. Qtr 2, 11 45,000 barrels a day, during 2Q of 2011.
Refinery throughput to rise to 415,000 b/d in
conjunction with related investments.
Consumers’ Co-op P Jan, 12 50,000 New CDU expansion to add
Regina to 30,000 b/d capacity, also
Federated Dec, 12 add FCC complex, planned
Co-operative Ltd to start operations in 2012.
Saskatchewan, Canada
Historical Outages:
Shell Deer Park U Jun 18, 08 340,000 FCC wet gas compressor
Royal Dutch Shell to trips.
PLC, Petroleos Jun 19, 08
Mexicanos
Texas, U.S.
Delek LaGloria N Jun 18, 08 58,000 CDU, alkylation shut by
Delek US Holdings Inc to power failure. Units
Texas, U.S. Jun 19, 08 restarted.
Pasadena P Jun 11, 08 106,500 FCC unit upset. No
Nationale A to additional details
Portefeuille Jun, 08 available.
Texas, U.S.
Shell Deer Park N Jun 10, 08 340,000 FCC shuts in brief outage
Royal Dutch Shell to after compressor fails.
PLC, Petroleos Jun 11, 08
Mexicanos
Texas, U.S.
LyondellBasell N Jun 10, 08 287,000 CDU shut during storm.
Houston to Restart confirmed.
Lyondell Chemical Co Jun 11, 08
Texas, U.S.
Delek LaGloria N Jun 10, 08 58,000 Power failure shuts
Delek US Holdings Inc to unspecified units.
Texas, U.S. Jun 11, 08 Operations restarted.
Production loss not
specified.
Valero Port Arthur P Jun 08, 08 325,000 distillate hydrotreater
Valero Energy Corp to shuts for maintenance.
Texas, U.S. Jun 12, 08
Valero Wilmington U Jun 06, 08 135,000 FCC, alkylation shut by
Valero Energy Corp to leak. Restart confirmed.
California, U.S. Jun 09, 08
Conoco Borger P Jun 06, 08 146,000 FCC shut for repairs.
ConocoPhillips, to
EnCana Corp Jun 09, 08
Texas, U.S.
ConocoPhillips U Jun 03, 08 247,000 FCC shuts for repairs.
Alliance to Restart confirmed.
ConocoPhillips Jun 18, 08
Louisiana, U.S.
Valero Delaware City U Jun 03, 08 190,200 Coker rates cut because
Valero Energy Corp to of boiler fault. Restart
Delaware, U.S. Jun 06, 08 confirmed.
Motiva Port Arthur N Jun 02, 08 285,000 Full shutdown after power
Motiva Enterprises to cut. Restart began June
LLC Jun 05, 08 5.
Texas, U.S.
BP Texas City P May 31, 08 470,000 Hydrocracker
BP PLC to (ultracracker) shuts.
Texas, U.S. Jun 05, 08 Additional details not
available.
Big West Oil U May 30, 08 68,000 Sulfur recovery unit
Bakersfield to shuts.
Flying J Oil & Gas May 30, 08
Inc
California, U.S.
BP Carson P May 29, 08 265,500 Coker shuts for
BP PLC to maintenance.
California, U.S. Jun, 08
Flint Hills Corpus N May 27, 08 300,000 FCC, sulfur recovery
Christi to units shut after loss of
Koch Industries Inc Jun, 08 steam.
Texas, U.S.
Valero Paulsboro U May 26, 08 195,000 FCC shuts because of a
Valero Energy Corp to leak. Restart confirmed.
New Jersey, U.S. Jun 01, 08
Conoco Sweeny P May 19, 08 216,000 Hydrotreater for
Petroleos de to distillates shuts for
Venezuela SA, May 31, 08 catalyst change.
ConocoPhillips
Texas, U.S.
Chevron El Segundo P May 16, 08 260,000 CDU, 70,000 b/d capacity
Chevron Corp to shuts for `several weeks’
California, U.S. Jun, 08 of maintenance.
Sunoco Philadelphia U May 16, 08 330,000 CDU, gulfiner units shut.
Sunoco Inc to Restarts confirmed June
Pennsylvania, U.S. Jun 04, 08 4.
Valero Three Rivers P May 16, 08 95,000 FCC shuts for 10 days of
Valero Energy Corp to maintenance.
Texas, U.S. May 26, 08
Countrymark Mount P May, 08 23,500 Vacuum tower starts
Vernon to production mid-May,
Countrymark May, 08 raising capacity by 3,000
Cooperative Inc b/d. Fuel output to rise
Indiana, U.S. by 45 million gallons a
year, mostly diesel.
Valero Wilmington P May 11, 08 135,000 Partial shutdown after
Valero Energy Corp to power failure.
California, U.S. May 18, 08
Delek LaGloria U May 11, 08 58,000 FCC rates cut by boiler
Delek US Holdings Inc to failure. Restart
Texas, U.S. May 16, 08 confirmed.
Shell Martinez U May 09, 08 165,000 Hydrocracker shuts for a
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to week.
California, U.S. May 16, 08
Shell Canada Sarnia U May 08, 08 71,820 Runs cut as unit outage
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to curbed gasoline
Ontario, Canada May 17, 08 production. More specific
details not available.
Hovensa St. Croix N May 08, 08 495,000 CDU shut for unscheduled
Petroleos de to repairs.
Venezuela SA, Hess May 16, 08
Corp
US Virgin Islands,
U.S.
Navajo Artesia U May 07, 08 75,000 FCC shut after
Holly Corp to malfunction. Restart
New Mexico, U.S. May 24, 08 confirmed.
Flint Hills Corpus P May 05, 08 300,000 Sulfur recovery unit No.
Christi to 2 shuts for maintenance.
Koch Industries Inc May 15, 08
Texas, U.S.
Valero Corpus Christi P May 02, 08 38,000 CDU, Vaccum units shut
West to for two weeks as of May
Valero Energy Corp May 16, 08 2. Restart confirmed.
Texas, U.S.
Holly Woods Cross N May 01, 08 26,000 Alkylation unit shut
Holly Corp to after fire. Restart
Utah, U.S. May 08, 08 confirmed.
Total Port Arthur P Apr 30, 08 240,000 Sulfur recovery unit and
Total SA to units 804, 823, 824 and
Texas, U.S. May, 08 825 shut.
BP Carson U Apr 28, 08 265,500 Hydrodesulfurization unit
BP PLC to breakdown. Restart
California, U.S. May 01, 08 confirmed.
BP Texas City P Apr 25, 08 470,000 FCC No. 1, alkylation,
BP PLC to coker units shut.
Texas, U.S. May 28, 08
Imperial Oil Sarnia U Apr 25, 08 121,000 Runs cut by boiler
Exxon Mobil Corp to failure and repair.
Ontario, Canada May, 08
Murphy Superior P Apr 23, 08 35,000 Full shutdown to last
Murphy Oil Corp to about a month.
Wisconsin, U.S. May 25, 08
Total Port Arthur U Apr 21, 08 240,000 Hydrotreater rates cut
Total SA to because of malfunction.
Texas, U.S. Apr, 08
Alon Big Spring N Apr 19, 08 70,000 Sulfur recovery unit No.
Alon Israel Oil Co to 2 shut down.
Ltd Apr, 08
Texas, U.S.
Flint Hills Corpus U Apr 18, 08 300,000 Sulfur recovery unit shut
Christi to for unplanned
Koch Industries Inc Apr, 08 maintenance.
Texas, U.S.
Valero Norco St N Apr, 08 190,000 FCC runs cut amid
Charles to slumping margins.
Valero Energy Corp May, 08
Louisiana, U.S.
BP Cherry Point P Apr 15, 08 232,000 Cokers, reformers shut
BP PLC to mid-April to mid-May in
Washington, U.S. May 19, 08 planned maintenance. Two
cokers and two reformers
involved. Only one unit will be down at a time.
Reformer restart confirmed.
Wynnewood OK P Apr, 08 70,000 Shutdown to expand
Gary-Williams Energy to capacity to 70,000
Co May 15, 08 barrels a day. Restart
Oklahoma, U.S. confirmed May 13.
Shell Deer Park U Apr 14, 08 340,000 Coker, sulfur recovery
Royal Dutch Shell to unit faults reduce
PLC, Petroleos May 07, 08 refinery runs. Normal operations
Mexicanos estimated for May 5.
Texas, U.S.
Conoco Rodeo N Apr 14, 08 76,000 Partial shutdown after
ConocoPhillips to unspecified malfunction.
California, U.S. Apr, 08 Conoco said production not affected.
Cenex Laurel P Apr 14, 08 55,000 Coker unit enters into
CHS Inc to production.
Montana, U.S. Apr 15, 08
Exxon Mobil Torrance P Apr 12, 08 155,000 Alkylation unit shut for
Exxon Mobil Corp to planned maintenance.
California, U.S. Apr 30, 08
Marathon Catlettsburg N Apr 11, 08 239,000 FCC shut after fire in
Marathon Oil Corp, to electrical substation.
Ashland Inc Apr 21, 08 Restart confirmed.
Kentucky, U.S.
BP Carson N Apr 11, 08 265,500 Hydrocracker shut after
BP PLC to flash fire. Restart
California, U.S. Apr 14, 08 confirmed.
Total Port Arthur P Apr 10, 08 240,000 Catalyst change to
Total SA to unspecified unit. Partial
Texas, U.S. Apr, 08 shutdown.
ConocoPhillips Los P Apr 09, 08 147,000 CDU, hydrocracker, cokerAngeles to maintenance. Work to be
ConocoPhillips May 23, 08 completed in May, ConocoPhillips said.
California, U.S.
Sunoco Marcus Hook N Apr 08, 08 175,000 Full shutdown after power
Sunoco Inc to failure. Resart sequence
Pennsylvania, U.S. Apr 10, 08 confirmed.
Alon Big Spring N Apr 07, 08 70,000 CDU shut after fire in
Alon Israel Oil Co to tank farm. Restart
Ltd Apr 08, 08 confirmed.
Texas, U.S.
Exxon Mobil Torrance N Apr 04, 08 155,000 Hydrotreater fire shuts
Exxon Mobil Corp to units. Unit restarted
California, U.S. Apr 06, 08 April 6.
Valero Benicia U Apr 03, 08 153,000 Hydrocracker shut because
Valero Energy Corp to of leak. Restart
California, U.S. Apr 14, 08 confirmed.
Valero Houston N Apr 01, 08 90,000 Alkylation unit shut
Valero Energy Corp to after substation fire.
Texas, U.S. Apr 02, 08
Valero Delaware City P Mar 29, 08 190,200 Coker shut for 37 days
Valero Energy Corp to from late March to May
Delaware, U.S. May 27, 08 27. Restart confirmed.
Valero Wilmington N Mar 28, 08 135,000 FCC, alkylation shut
Valero Energy Corp to after leak. Unit restart
California, U.S. Apr 06, 08 confirmed.
Valero Port Arthur N Mar 27, 08 325,000 Coker, hydrocracker shut
Valero Energy Corp to after power failure.
Texas, U.S. Mar 31, 08 Units restarted March 31.
Conoco Santa Maria P Mar 26, 08 44,000 Full shutdown because of
ConocoPhillips to power failure. Conoco
California, U.S. Mar 28, 08 says refinery restarts 3/28.
PEMEX Cardenas P Mar 24, 08 190,000 HDD-NPI gasoline unit
Minatitlan to shut for upgrade. Restart
Petroleos Mexicanos Apr 07, 08 scheduled for first week
Mexico of April.
Paramount P Mar 24, 08 55,000 CDUs shut for 24-hours
Alon USA Energy Inc to planned maintenance to
California, U.S. Mar 25, 08 replace an amine boiler.
Two units idled
LyondellBasell U Mar 21, 08 287,000 FCC shut for unplanned
Houston to maintenance. Refinery to
Lyondell Chemical Co Apr 29, 08 operate at reduced rates
Texas, U.S. during repairs. Shutdown
had been planned to end
in mid-April. Restart confirmed.
United Warren N Mar 20, 08 65,000 Vacuum distillation fire
United Refining Co to cuts production. Normal
Pennsylvania, U.S. Mar 23, 08 operations confirmed March 23.
Valero Corpus Christi N Mar 19, 08 110,000 FCC shut week of March 17
East to on poor margins, Valero
Valero Energy Corp May 19, 08 said. Restart process
Texas, U.S. began mid May.
Valero Delaware City U Mar 17, 08 190,200 FCC rates reduced to
Valero Energy Corp to repair boiler.
Delaware, U.S. Mar 24, 08
Valero Quebec City P Mar, 08 215,000 CDU maintenance to cut
Valero Energy Corp to output by 50,000 bbl/day
Quebec, Canada May, 08 for about 42 days. Unit
restart confirmed.
Petro-Canada Montreal P Mar 15, 08 105,210 CDU shut for one week
Petro-Canada to starting mid-March, FCC
Quebec, Canada Apr 30, 08 closed for six weeks.
Motiva Convent P Mar, 08 235,000 Hydrocracker shutdown.
Motiva Enterprises to Restart confirmed.
LLC Apr 23, 08
Louisiana, U.S.
Conoco Wood River P Mar, 08 306,000 FCC maintenance shutdown.
EnCana Corp, to
ConocoPhillips Apr 09, 08
Illinois, U.S.
Exxon Mobil Beaumont P Mar 13, 08 363,100 FCCU maintenance will
Exxon Mobil Corp to cause flaring from March
Texas, U.S. May 15, 08 13 to May 15.
Marathon Robinson P Mar 11, 08 204,000 Turnaround for planned
Marathon Oil Corp, to maintenance and repairs,
Ashland Inc Apr 30, 08 and the refinery capacity
Illinois, U.S. is now up to 204,000 bbls a day,
a company pokeswoman said. Restart confirmed.
Tesoro Martinez P Mar 10, 08 166,000 Delayed coking unit to be
Tesoro Corp to installed during late in
California, U.S. Qtr 1, 08 the first quarter 2008.
Exxon Mobil Baytown P Mar 09, 08 563,000 FCCU 3 C Boiler shut down
Exxon Mobil Corp to during planned
Texas, U.S. Apr 14, 08 maintenance.
Shell Canada Scotford P Mar 07, 08 100,000 Runs cut because of lack
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to of feedstock. Normal
Alberta, Canada Mar 17, 08 operations confirmed March 17.
Marathon Detroit P Mar 05, 08 100,000 Full shutdown for planned
Marathon Oil Corp, to maintenance. Completion
Ashland Inc May, 08 of restart confirmed.
Michigan, U.S.
Valero Delaware City P Mar, 08 190,200 Coker 50,000 bbl/day shut
Valero Energy Corp to for 37-days planned
Delaware, U.S. Apr, 08 maintenance during March/April 2008.
Valero Memphis P Mar, 08 190,000 FCCU 69,000 bbl/day shut
Valero Energy Corp to down for 15-days planned
Tennessee, U.S. Mar 20, 08 maintenance. Unit restart
confirmed March 26.
Big West Oil N Mar 04, 08 68,000 Coker shut after a power
Bakersfield to outage affected “Area
Flying J Oil & Gas Mar, 08 3” About 500 pounds of
Inc sulfur dioxide was
California, U.S. released. An unspecified
unit was partially shut
down.
Valero Corpus Christi P Mar 04, 08 110,000 Fire shut a diesel
East to hydrogen desulfurization
Valero Energy Corp Mar 10, 08 unit in Complex 1 of the
Texas, U.S. refinery’s west plant.
Suncor Commerce City P Mar 03, 08 31,000 Planned maintenance cut
(VLO) to total capacity 40
Suncor Energy Inc Mar 21, 08 percent, a Suncor
Colorado, U.S. spokesman said.
Suncor Commerce City P Mar 03, 08 62,000 Planned maintenance cut
Suncor Energy Inc to total output 40 percent,
Colorado, U.S. Mar 21, 08 a Suncor spokesman said.
Frontier El Dorado P Mar 01, 08 112,000 CDU shut for 38 days of
Frontier Oil Corp to maintenance and
Kansas, U.S. Apr 08, 08 installation of new
vacuum tower. Unit
restart confirmed.
Imperial Oil U Mar, 08 184,000 Runs cut after fault in
Strathcona to gasoline unit led to fuel
Exxon Mobil Corp Apr 06, 08 shortates in Western
Alberta, Canada Canada. Restart of unit
confirmed.
Citgo Corpus Christi P Mar 01, 08 156,000 Sulfur recovery unit,
Petroleos de to mixed distillate
Venezuela SA Apr, 08 hydrotreater and coker
Texas, U.S. effective March 1, 2008
at West Plant. East plant
CDU shutdown and vacuum
maintenance. SRU started
as of April 1. Coker as
of April 8. CDU and VDU
restarted as of April 10
BP Texas City P Mar, 08 470,000 Alkylation unit (45,000
BP PLC to b/d) restarts April 14
Texas, U.S. Mar 14, 08 after maintenance. Second
alkylation unit of 22,000
then to be taken out of
service for repairs.
Conoco Ponca City P Feb, 08 187,000 FCCU restarted March 15
ConocoPhillips to after weeks of planned
Oklahoma, U.S. Mar 15, 08 maintenance.
Valero Benicia U Feb, 08 153,000 FCC of 72,000 bbl/day
Valero Energy Corp to shut for unplanned
California, U.S. Mar, 08 repairs on Feb. 28, 2008.
2008.
Valero Benicia U Feb 28, 08 153,000 FCCU leak forced Valero
Valero Energy Corp to to shut the unit for
California, U.S. Mar 01, 08 unplanned repairs.
Pasadena N Feb 27, 08 106,500 Full shutdown Feb. 27
Nationale A to after a “complete power”
Portefeuille Mar 05, 08 failure. FCCU shut down
Texas, U.S. following a power outage.
Valero Norco St P Feb 21, 08 190,000 FCCU unit shut down about
Charles to 2/21/08, reducing
Valero Energy Corp Mar 12, 08 production by 100,000
Louisiana, U.S. bbl/day for 20 days.
Pasadena U Feb 21, 08 106,500 FCCU shut down for
Nationale A to specific repairs.
Portefeuille Feb 22, 08
Texas, U.S.
Exxon Mobil Beaumont N Feb 20, 08 363,100 No. 5 Coke drum shut to
Exxon Mobil Corp to repair a leak on Feb. 20,
Texas, U.S. Feb 28, 08 2008, and resumed
operation on Feb. 28.
Conoco Sweeny P Feb 19, 08 216,000 Regenerative thermal
Petroleos de to oxidizer (RTO) which
Venezuela SA, Feb 20, 08 controls vapors from the
ConocoPhillips Wasterwater Treater unit
Texas, U.S. shut for maintenance. Citgo Corpus Christi P Feb 18, 08 156,000 Unibon unit shut for
Petroleos de to planned maintenance. It’s
Venezuela SA Feb 24, 08 also known as a gasoil
Texas, U.S. hydrotreater.
Tesoro Kapolei N Feb 16, 08 95,000 Full shutdown after fire.
Tesoro Corp to Units restarted Feb. 18
Hawaii, U.S. Feb 18, 08
Hovensa St. Croix P Feb 14, 08 495,000 Planned maintenance. The
Petroleos de to two largest crude units
Venezuela SA, Hess Mar, 08 were not shut.
Corp
US Virgin Islands,
U.S.
Total Port Arthur P Feb 13, 08 240,000 Reformer shut for planned
Total SA to maintenance; and work
Texas, U.S. Feb 29, 08 should be finished in a
couple weeks.
Sunoco Philadelphia N Feb 13, 08 330,000 Power cut shut
Sunoco Inc to unspecified units.
Pennsylvania, U.S. Feb 13, 08
Delek LaGloria N Feb 12, 08 58,000 Sulfur recovery unit shut
Delek US Holdings Inc to down after a mechanical
Texas, U.S. Feb, 08 upset.
Shell Canada Scotford N Feb 12, 08 100,000 Runs cut because of
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to reduced supplies from oil
Alberta, Canada Feb 20, 08 sand plant.
PEMEX Jaime Salina N Feb 12, 08 290,000 Earthquake shuts 26
Cruz to processing plants at its
Petroleos Mexicanos Feb 14, 08 alina Cruz refinery.
Mexico Pemex restarted operations after finding
minimal damage.
Conoco Borger P Feb 11, 08 146,000 FCC repair to
ConocoPhillips, to electrostatic
EnCana Corp Mar 03, 08 precipitators on the Unit
Texas, U.S. 29
Flint Hills Corpus P Feb 11, 08 300,000 Planned maintenance
Christi to caused flaring.
Koch Industries Inc Feb 21, 08
Texas, U.S.
Valero Delaware City N Feb 10, 08 190,200 Full shutdown after power
Valero Energy Corp to cut. Power was restored
Delaware, U.S. Feb 11, 08 to the crude unit, coker,
and catalytic cracker,
and these units restarted
on 2/11/08. On 2/25/08,
the hydrocracker was the
last main unit to resume
operation, Valero said.
Lake Charles N Feb 10, 08 320,000 Power outage disrupted
Petroleos de to operations.
Venezuela SA Feb 11, 08
Louisiana, U.S.
Chevron Richmond P Feb 07, 08 257,200 Reformers. Major planned
Chevron Corp to maintenance scheduled for
California, U.S. Mar, 08 1st Qtr 2008. Two reformer units replaced
during this period.
Paramount P Feb 07, 08 55,000 CDUs (two of four) shut;
Alon USA Energy Inc to refinery is undergoing
California, U.S. Feb, 08 planned maintenance to
improve gasoline yields,
an Alon spokesman said.
ConocoPhillips Los P Feb 07, 08 147,000 Sulfur recovery units
Angeles to shut down caused flaring.
ConocoPhillips Feb, 08
California, U.S.
Delek LaGloria N Feb 07, 08 58,000 Mechanical failure shut a
Delek US Holdings Inc to boiler and reduced rates
Texas, U.S. Feb 08, 08 into a fluid catalytic
cracking unit
Shell Deer Park N Feb 05, 08 340,000 Coker (85,000 bbl/day)
Royal Dutch Shell to unit shut down after the
PLC, Petroleos Mar 05, 08 anti-surge valve opened,
Mexicanos Shell said.
Texas, U.S.
Valero Wilmington P Feb 05, 08 135,000 FCCU and alkylation unit
Valero Energy Corp to shut down for about 10
California, U.S. Feb 14, 08 days planned maintenance,
a Valero spokesman said.
Valero Port Arthur P Feb 04, 08 325,000 Coker(105,000 bbl/day)
Valero Energy Corp to maintenance.
Texas, U.S. Feb 29, 08
Valero Norco St P Feb, 08 190,000 CDU maintenance to cut
Charles to about 100k bbl/day for 20
Valero Energy Corp Feb, 08 days.
Louisiana, U.S.
Wynnewood OK N Feb 01, 08 70,000 Fire caused by a leak in
Gary-Williams Energy to a depropanizer unit. The
Co Feb 01, 08 fire was extinguished and
Oklahoma, U.S. refinery rates weren’t
reduced, a company
spokesman said.
Tesoro Anacortes P Jan 31, 08 108,000 Planned maintenance
Tesoro Corp to
Washington, U.S. Feb, 08
Conoco Wood River P Jan 31, 08 306,000 Flare gas recovery
EnCana Corp, to compressor shut for
ConocoPhillips Jan 31, 08 repairs.This will not
Illinois, U.S. affect production.
BP Texas City N Jan 30, 08 470,000 FCC (120,000 bbl/day)
BP PLC to restarted after a Jan. 30
Texas, U.S. Mar 07, 08 electrical fault. Crude
unit (250,000 bbl/day
pipestill 3B) restarted
March 7 after shutting
down following Hurricane
Katrina in 2005.
Valero Aruba N Jan 25, 08 275,000 Full shutdown after
Valero Energy Corp to vacuum tower fire.
Aruba May 28, 08 Partial operations
resumed by Feb. 5. Vacuum
crude distillation unit
restarted May 28.
Big West Oil P Jan, 08 68,000 Planned maintenance on an
Bakersfield to unknown unit is scheduled
Flying J Oil & Gas Feb, 08 to last from 7 to 10 days
Inc during late Jan. 2008, a
California, U.S. Flying J manager said.
Total Port Arthur N Jan 24, 08 240,000 Sulfur recovery unit went
Total SA to down causing an emission
Texas, U.S. Jan 24, 08 release. The shell claus
off-gas treating unit was
restarted as soon as
possible, Total said.
LyondellBasell P Jan 23, 08 287,000 Aromatics unit shut by
Houston to fire ahead of planned
Lyondell Chemical Co Mar 20, 08 maintenance scheduled to
Texas, U.S. begin the week of Jan.
28, a LyondellBasell
Industries spokeswoman said.
Suncor Sarnia P Jan 23, 08 80,000 Runs cut 30% because of
Suncor Energy Inc to fault in new diesel
Ontario, Canada Jan, 08 hydrotreater, lack of
hydrogen supply.
Valero Corpus Christi N Jan 23, 08 110,000 Vapor recovery compressor
East to located on the No. 4
Valero Energy Corp Jan 29, 08 crude unit shut at
Texas, U.S. Complex 7 on Jan. 23
after an electrical short circuit.
Total Port Arthur P Jan 21, 08 240,000 Refinery planned
Total SA to maintenance
Texas, U.S. Mar 08, 08
Conoco Borger P Jan 21, 08 146,000 Hydrogen desulfurization
ConocoPhillips, to unit shut down Jan. 21 to
EnCana Corp Jan 26, 08 repair a leak is expected
Texas, U.S. to return to normal with
a week. It will have
minimal effect on
production.
Exxon Mobil Baytown P Jan 18, 08 563,000 Delayed Coking unit shut
Exxon Mobil Corp to for planned maintenance.
Texas, U.S. Mar 14, 08
Shell Deer Park P Jan 17, 08 340,000 FCC, gasoline
Royal Dutch Shell to hydrotreater, alkylation
PLC, Petroleos Mar 05, 08 facility and three sulfur
Mexicanos recovery plants shut
Texas, U.S. during maintenance.
Motiva Port Arthur U Jan 14, 08 285,000 Waste-heat boiler
Motiva Enterprises to shutdown for about 20
LLC Feb 03, 08 days to repair a leak. A
Texas, U.S. scrubber will be
bypassed, causing flaring
through Feb. 3.
BP Texas City N Jan 14, 08 470,000 Hydrocracker
BP PLC to (ultracracker) explosion
Texas, U.S. Jan, 08 kills one worker.
Exxon Mobil Baytown P Jan 12, 08 563,000 CDU maintenance Jan. 12
Exxon Mobil Corp to to March 31. Coker
Texas, U.S. Mar 31, 08 restarted March 14. An
FCCU also repaired while
maintenance performed on the coker.
BP Carson P Qtr 1, 08 265,500 FCC Upgrade to
BP PLC to electrostatic precipitator.
California, U.S. Mar 28, 08 Several units to be upgraded in
2008 to cut sulfur in gasoline, diesel. Sulfur
Plant, alkylation repairs also planned.
Valero Aruba N Jan 08, 08 275,000 Full refinery shutdown
Valero Energy Corp to after a power disruption
Aruba Jan 15, 08 on Jan. 8.
Marathon Garyville P Jan, 08 275,000 FCC shut down for planned
Marathon Oil Corp, to maintenance sometime
Ashland Inc Feb, 08 during the week of Jan.
Louisiana, U.S. 7. Timeline for restart
not detailed.
Alon Big Spring P Jan 07, 08 70,000 Hydrotreater 22,000
Alon Israel Oil Co to bbl/day, Reformer 21,000
Ltd Jan 14, 08 bbl/day, Gasoil
Texas, U.S. hydrotreater 6,500
bbl/day, jet fuel unit
4,500 bbl/day shut for
maintenance Jan. 7.
Valero Corpus Christi P Jan, 08 110,000 CDU maintenance to cut
East to 40,000 bbl/day for 14
Valero Energy Corp Jan, 08 days during January at
Texas, U.S. its west plant.
Exxon Mobil Baton P Jan 04, 08 488,600 FCC, alkylation units
Rouge to turnaround planned to
Exxon Mobil Corp Feb, 08 last several weeks and
Louisiana, U.S. end around the end of
February, ExxonMobil
said.
Chalmette LA P Jan 04, 08 184,000 FCCU, alkylation unit and
Petroleos de to other units will be
Venezuela SA, Exxon Feb 27, 08 undergoing planned
Mobil Corp maintenance until the end
Louisiana, U.S. of February.
Sunoco Inc Eagle P Qtr 1, 08 150,000 CDU turnaround, brought
Point Refinery to forward from second half
Sunoco Inc Qtr 1, 08 of year.
New Jersey, U.S.
Sunoco Toledo P Qtr 1, 08 150,000 Planned maintenance will
Sunoco Inc to reduce production 2.5
Ohio, U.S. Qtr 1, 08 million barrels during
Qtr 1, 08.
Sunoco Philadelphia P Qtr 1, 08 330,000 CDU, FCC unit maintenance
Sunoco Inc to completed.
Pennsylvania, U.S. Qtr 1, 08
BP Whiting P Dec 27, 07 420,000 CDU, 95,000 bbl/day shut
BP PLC to for planned maintenance.
Indiana, U.S. Mar 22, 08
Paramount N Dec 19, 07 55,000 Power outage shut part of
Alon USA Energy Inc to the 55,000-barrel-a-day
California, U.S. Dec 21, 07 section of Alon’s 90,000
barrel-a-day Paramount,
CA refining complex. The
entire refinery will resume on Dec. 21, a
company spokesman said.
Conoco Borger P Dec 18, 07 146,000 Electrostatic
ConocoPhillips, to precipitators,(air
EnCana Corp Dec 28, 07 filters) on Borger’s FCC unit.
Texas, U.S. are scheduled for maintenance
from Dec. 18 to Dec. 28, Conoco said.
Frontier Cheyenne N Dec 15, 07 52,000 Coking Unit down
Frontier Oil Corp to 10,000bbls/day due to fire.
Wyoming, U.S. Jan 11, 08 Refinery running at
25,000bbls/day until
12/16/2007, then 42,000bbls until coking
unit is fixed. Feed was returned to the coking
unit on Jan. 11.
Exxon Mobil Beaumont N Dec 11, 07 363,100 Reformer resumed output
Exxon Mobil Corp to after a leak in a
Texas, U.S. Dec 15, 07 hydrogen injection point
started a fire forcing
the plant to reduce
operating rates.
Exxon Mobil Torrance U Dec 11, 07 155,000 Two boilers shut down for
Exxon Mobil Corp to unplanned maintenance.
California, U.S. Dec 11, 07 Other units are
operating, per a
state-run website. The
boillers, which make
steam for the refinery,
restarted the same day,
ExxonMobil said.
Syncrude Upgrader N Dec 05, 07 84,000 Coker 8-3 unit shut by
Canadian Oil Sands to fire, cuts output
Trust, Imperial Oil Dec 18, 07 75,000-bbl/day. The unit
Resources, Petro resumed operation on Dec.
Canada, ConocoPhilips 18.
Oil Sands Partnership
II, Nexen Oil Sands
Partnership, Mocal
Energy Ltd, Murphy
Oil Co Ltd
Alberta, Canada
BP Texas City N Dec 04, 07 470,000 Reformer was shutdown
BP PLC to because of a gas
Texas, U.S. Dec, 07 compressor tripped
following a Dec. 2 power
outage.
BP Texas City N Dec 04, 07 470,000 A ultracracker
BP PLC to (hydrocracker) was
Texas, U.S. Dec 08, 07 shutdown because of a gas
compressor tripped
following a Dec. 2 power
outage. The ultracracker
restart will last from
12/4-12/8/07.
Valero Texas City N Dec 02, 07 230,000 FCCU, 85,000-bbl/day,
Valero Energy Corp to resumed operations Dec
Texas, U.S. Dec 19, 07 11. A crude unit started
Dec. 19. Operations
returned to normal by
Jan. 9, 2008, said Bill
Day, a company spokesman
said.
BP Texas City N Dec 02, 07 470,000 Gas compressor tripped
BP PLC to following a Dec. 2 power
Texas, U.S. Dec 02, 07 outage.
Valero Memphis U Nov 21, 07 190,000 FCCU shut for 10 days
Valero Energy Corp to unplanned repairs
Tennessee, U.S. Nov 30, 07 resulting in a loss of
65,000 bbls/day gasoline
and 35,000 bbls/day
distillate fuel.
Shell Canada Scotford N Nov 19, 07 100,000 Upgrader’s residue
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to hydroconversion unit leak
Alberta, Canada Dec 20, 07 caused a fire. The
Scotford upgrader resumed
limited heavy crude
production on the
atmospheric and vacuum
unit on Dec. 20. The
upgrader resumed normal
operation by Jan 8, 2008
Shell said.
Flint Hills Corpus P Nov 18, 07 300,000 Crude unit and distillate
Christi to hydrotreater shut for
Koch Industries Inc Nov 25, 07 about seven days planned
Texas, U.S. maintenance.
Conoco Sweeny U Nov 15, 07 216,000 Desulfurization unit, or
Petroleos de to RTO, regenerative thermal
Venezuela SA, Nov 16, 07 oxidizer shut for repairs
ConocoPhillips that will result in
Texas, U.S. venting about 36 pounds
of benzene during a
six-hour period ending 2
p.m. on Nov. 16., per
state filing.
Alon Big Spring N Nov 13, 07 70,000 Crude unit shut down for
Alon Israel Oil Co to a few hours following a
Ltd Nov 14, 07 power outage, the company
Texas, U.S. said.
Valero Port Arthur N Nov 08, 07 325,000 Fire shut down a kerosene
Valero Energy Corp to hydrotreater Nov. 8, the
Texas, U.S. Nov 27, 07 unit restarted by 11/27.
However, a second
distillate hydrotreater
remains down. Refinery is
operating at about 80
percent, Valero said.
Alon Big Spring N Nov 08, 07 70,000 Sulfur recovery unit shut
Alon Israel Oil Co to by leak. Repairs are
Ltd Nov 08, 07 expected to be completed
Texas, U.S. in 12 hours.
Motiva Convent N Nov 06, 07 235,000 Crude unit shut by fire,
Motiva Enterprises to resumed normal operations
LLC Nov 12, 07 Nov. 12, the company
Louisiana, U.S. said.
Exxon Mobil Torrance P Nov 05, 07 155,000 FCCU and alkylation unit
Exxon Mobil Corp to resumed normal operations
California, U.S. Dec 31, 07 after three weeks planned
maintenance, Exxon said.
Tesoro Kapolei N Nov 04, 07 95,000 Full shutdown after a
Tesoro Corp to power failure. A reformer
Hawaii, U.S. Dec, 07 shutdown following this
incident returned to
service during the week
of Dec. 20, Tesoro said.
Valero Wilmington N Nov 02, 07 135,000 Sulfur recovery unit shut
Valero Energy Corp to briefly following sulfur
California, U.S. Nov 02, 07 dioxide release.
Valero Wilmington P Nov 01, 07 135,000 FCCU 54,000 bbl/day unit
Valero Energy Corp to resumed operation, a
California, U.S. Jan, 08 company spokesman said.
Conoco Borger N Oct 30, 07 146,000 Coker operating at
ConocoPhillips, to reduced rate, while wet
EnCana Corp Nov 03, 07 gas compressor undergoes
Texas, U.S. repairs
Delek LaGloria N Oct 29, 07 58,000 Sulfur recovery unit shut
Delek US Holdings Inc to down after a steam leak
Texas, U.S. Nov 02, 07
Big West Oil N Oct 27, 07 68,000 Hydrocracker shut after
Bakersfield to an Oct. 27 power outage.
Flying J Oil & Gas Oct 30, 07 Restarted on Oct. 30
Inc
California, U.S.
Shell Deer Park N Oct 27, 07 340,000 Hydrotreater shut after
Royal Dutch Shell to fire, refinery partially
PLC, Petroleos Oct 30, 07 shut down.
Mexicanos
Texas, U.S.
Shell Deer Park P Oct 22, 07 340,000 MTBE unit shut to flare
Royal Dutch Shell to chemicals from 10/22 to
PLC, Petroleos Jan 19, 08 1/19, per report filed
Mexicanos with state regulators.
Texas, U.S.
Total Port Arthur P Oct 22, 07 240,000 Flare Gas Recovery
Total SA to Compressor (C-401) is
Texas, U.S. Nov 12, 07 undergoing planned
maintenance.
Conoco Borger P Oct 20, 07 146,000 Partial shutdown of an
ConocoPhillips, to FCCU for planned
EnCana Corp Nov 24, 07 maintenance
Texas, U.S.
Conoco Sweeny P Oct 20, 07 216,000 No. 3 FCCU restarted and
Petroleos de to is expected to be fully
Venezuela SA, Nov 05, 07 operational by the end of
ConocoPhillips the first week in Nov.
Texas, U.S. 2007
Exxon Mobil Billings N Oct 17, 07 62,200 Hydrocracker shut by
Exxon Mobil Corp to explosion, fire at the
Montana, U.S. Mar, 08 Lockwood refinery. The
hydrocracker went back
into service by about
Dec. 15, and was up to
full pressure by about
Jan. 1, 2008, the company
said.
Valero Port Arthur P Oct 13, 07 325,000 Planned Maintenance
Valero Energy Corp to
Texas, U.S. Oct 28, 07
Exxon Mobil Beaumont N Oct 12, 07 363,100 On Oct. 12, FCC 112,000
Exxon Mobil Corp to bbl/day unit shut down
Texas, U.S. Nov 18, 07 for unplanned repairs.
Confirmed restart on 11/8
Chevron El Segundo P Oct 10, 07 260,000 Planned turnaround
Chevron Corp to maintenance will last two
California, U.S. Dec 10, 07 months.
Shell Canada Montreal P Oct 10, 07 130,000 Refinery is returning to
East to normal processing rates
Royal Dutch Shell PLC Nov 20, 07 after an extended
Quebec, Canada scheduled turnaround.
Maximium crude oil
processing capacity is
130,000 barrels a day.
Valero Benicia P Oct 09, 07 153,000 Coker
Valero Energy Corp to
California, U.S. Nov 08, 07
Valero Paulsboro P Oct 09, 07 195,000 Crude
Valero Energy Corp to
New Jersey, U.S. Nov 07, 07
Shell Martinez N Oct 09, 07 165,000 Shell shut a hydrotreater
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to after an “operational
California, U.S. Oct 10, 07 upset” on Oct. 9, The
unit is back up and
resumed normal operations
on Oct. 10
ConocoPhillips Los N Oct 08, 07 147,000 Hydrocracker
Angeles to
ConocoPhillips Oct 18, 07
California, U.S.
Port Reading N Oct 08, 07 65,000 Problem in wet gas
Hess Corp to compressor forced Hess to
New Jersey, U.S. Oct 10, 07 shut the refinery on Oct.
8. The FCCU will start
processing fuel by noon
on Oct. 10, a Hess
spokesman said.
BP Carson P Oct 06, 07 265,500 Hydrocracker
BP PLC to
California, U.S. Nov 02, 07
Valero Aruba N Oct 05, 07 275,000 Power failure on Oct. 5
Valero Energy Corp to forced the entire
Aruba Oct 24, 07 refinery to shut down. On
Oct. 16, some units
restarted, and all units
returned to normal on
Oct. 24, Valero said.
BP Carson P Oct 04, 07 265,500 Coker and crude unit
BP PLC to undergoing planned
California, U.S. Oct 31, 07 maintenance
Exxon Mobil Torrance N Oct 04, 07 155,000 Hydrogen Unit
Exxon Mobil Corp to
California, U.S. Oct 04, 07
ConocoPhillips Los N Oct 03, 07 147,000 Refinery
Angeles to
ConocoPhillips Oct 18, 07
California, U.S.
Suncor Commerce City P Oct 02, 07 31,000 Refinery Turnaround Done,
(VLO) to Restart Confirmed
Suncor Energy Inc Nov 07, 07
Colorado, U.S.
North Atlantic N P Oct, 07 105,000 Crude unit and vacuum
Atlantic to tower will be started
Harvest Energy Trust Nov, 07 during the beginning of
Newfoundland and December, plus or minus a
Labrador, Canada few days, the company
said. Refinery can
process up to 115,000
bbl/day.
Irving Saint John P Oct, 07 250,000 Refinery turnaround,
Irving Oil Corp to including maintenance of
Newfoundland and Nov, 07 FCC Unit.
Labrador, Canada
Valero Texas City P Oct 01, 07 230,000 FCCU
Valero Energy Corp to
Texas, U.S. Nov 12, 07
Frontier El Dorado P Oct, 07 112,000 Alkylation
Frontier Oil Corp to
Kansas, U.S. Oct, 07
Marathon Catlettsburg P Oct, 07 239,000 Restarted units following
Marathon Oil Corp, to several weeks planned
Ashland Inc Oct 31, 07 maintenance
Kentucky, U.S.
_____________________________
Charles E. Randall
Independent Carbon & Coke Consultant
PO Box 73061
Houston, TX 77273
Direct: 281-813-2669
Mobile: 281-813-2669
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Email: charlierandall01@msn.com
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