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Europe, Middle East, Africa Refinery Shutdowns (Table)
By Nidaa Bakhsh
January 9, 2009 (Bloomberg) — Following is a table of scheduled and unplanned
refinery shutdowns, maintenance, new plants and capacity expansions in Europe,
the Middle East and Africa. The list only includes work that could be confirmed.
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:
TotalFina Gonfreville N Jan 07, 09 345,000 Units shut in 50% of
Total SA to refinery because of powe,
France Jan, 09 steam loss. Restart
process began same day.
BP Rotterdam Europort U Dec, 08 400,000 CDU shuts on fault.
BP PLC to Refinery runs at 50%
Netherlands Dec 26, 08 capacity. Normal
operations resumed late
December.
Current Outages:
TotalFina Gonfreville N Jan 07, 09 345,000 Units shut in 50% of
Total SA to refinery because of powe,
France Jan, 09 steam loss. Restart
process began same day.
Petroplus Ingolstadt U Jan 07, 09 106,000 Runs cut after fire after
Petroplus Holdings AG to oil leak on pump
Germany Jan, 09 associated with CDU.
Units shut down. Full
startup expected week of
Jan. 12.
Surgutneftegas P Qtr 1, 09 364,800 Partial shutdown due to
Kirishi to new catalytic cracking
Russian Federation Qtr 4, 09 unit in 2009.
Russian Federation
Neste Porvoo P Qtr 1, 09 197,000 New Isomerization unit to
Neste Oil OYJ to be built and planned to
Finland Qtr 4, 09 start output in 2009.
Gasoline production to be
raised 200,000 tons per
year.
BP Rotterdam Europort P Qtr 1, 09 400,000 FCC turnaround planned
BP PLC to for 2009. Additional
Netherlands Qtr 4, 09 details not avaiable.
Ceska Kralupy P Qtr 1, 09 68,000 Shutdown planned for
Unipetrol, ENI SpA, to maintenance in first half
Shell Oil Co Qtr 2, 09 2009.
Czech Republic
Agip Petr Sannazzaro P Qtr 1, 09 170,000 Hydrocracker, new,
ENI SpA to capacity 28,000 barrels a
Italy Qtr 2, 09 day, to start up.
Saras Sarroch P Qtr 1, 09 300,000 Mild hydrocracker No. 2,
Saras SpA to visbreaker shut for
Italy Qtr 1, 09 maintenance in Q1 2009.
Qatar Mesaieed P Qtr 1, 09 200,000 CDUs No. 1 and No. 2 shut
Qatar Petroleum to for 34 days.
Qatar Qtr 1, 09
Exxon Mobil Fos P Jan, 09 119,000 FCC and related units to
Exxon Mobil Corp to shut for four weeks
France Jan, 09 maintenance.
SA Mazeikiu Nafta P Jan, 09 160,221 Full shutdown at least
Polski Koncern to for 30 days in 2009.
Naftowy Orlen, Dec, 09 Fluid cracker output to
Republic of Lithuania raise by a third.
Lithuania Specific timing not yet
confirmed.
Hellenic Thessaloniki P Jan 01, 09 16,500 Refinery partial shutdown
Hellenic Petroleum SA to for four weeks.
Greece Jun 30, 09
Oil Refineries Haifa P Jan 01, 09 180,000 Partial shutdown due to
Oil Refineries Ltd to maintenance of crude
Israel Jun 30, 09 unit, naphtha, gasoil and
jet fuel; $50 million
upgrade of crude unit to
use lighter grades.
Exxon Mobil P Jan 01, 09 233,000 FCC, alkylation, gulfiner
Gravenchon to units to shut for four to
Exxon Mobil Corp Apr 01, 09 five week turnaround-full
France shutdown.
Sohar P Jan 01, 09 116,400 Full shutdown due to 35
Sultanate of Oman to days maintenance.
Oman Mar 31, 09
ERG ISAB North Priolo P Jan 01, 09 162,000 Partial shutdown due to
ERG SpA, Agip Petroli to planned maintenance
SpA Mar 31, 09 postponed from 2008.
Italy
PetroSA Mossel Bay U Dec 25, 08 45,000 Naphtha hydrotreater shut
PetroSA to after fire.
South Africa Jan, 09
Shell Pernis U Dec 04, 08 416,000 FCC shut by pipeline
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to fire. Restart delayed
Netherlands Jan 15, 09 twice to at least
mid-January.
Vega Ploiesti P Dec 01, 08 102,000 Full shutdown for two
Petromidia to months for maintenance,
Romania Jan 31, 09 inspections and repairs.
Petroplus Cressier P Dec 01, 08 68,000 Full shutdown for
Petroplus Holdings AG to maintenance, extended by
Switzerland Jan 09, 09 lack of crude oil supply
because of French port
strike. Restart began
Jan. 2, diesel line
planned for Jan. 9.
Engen Durban U Nov 13, 08 125,000 Full shutdown after fire
Federation of to in CDU. Full production
Malaysia Feb, 09 will be reached in
South Africa February, a month later
than expected. Runs at
80% of capacity as of
Jan. 6.
Qatar Petroleum Oryx U Qtr 2, 08 34,000 Runs cut to 25,000
GTL to barrels a day on poor
Qatar Petroleum Qtr 3, 09 operating performance, to
Qatar run below capacity until
third quarter of 2009.
Cyprus Petro Larnaca N Apr 23, 04 27,000 Cyprus Petroleum Refinery
Cyprus Petroleum to has stopped refining
Refinery N/A crude oil at its sole
Cyprus plant after the
government decided not to
invest to produce
European Union-mandated
low-sulfur fuel.
Future Outages:
Tupras Izmit P Jan 29, 09 226,433 CDU shuts for
Tupras Turkiye Petrol to maintenance.
Rafine Mar 31, 09
Turkey
Agip Petroli Milazzo P Feb 01, 09 200,000 Partial shutdown due to
ENI SpA to gasoil
Italy Feb 28, 09 hydro-desulfurization
output to rise by 12,000
B/d.
TotalFina Elf Donges P Feb 15, 09 230,000 CDU shuts in six-week
Total SA to turnaround planned,
France Mar 31, 09 covering half of the
refinery units.
Tupras Batman P Feb 15, 09 22,014 CDU shuts for
Tupras Turkiye Petrol to maintenance.
Rafine May 15, 09
Turkey
ERG ISAB South Priolo P Qtr 1, 09 238,000 15-20 day shutdown of
ERG SpA, Agip Petroli to process units.
SpA Qtr 1, 09
Italy
Rafinerie Gdanska P Mar 13, 09 92,000 Full shutdown for more
Grupa Lotos SA to than one month for
Poland Apr 18, 09 upgrades.
MOL Szazhalombatta P Apr 01, 09 161,000 Partial shutdown for
MOL Hungarian Oil and to maintenance.
Gas NyRt Jun 30, 09
Hungary
Saras Sarroch P Apr, 09 300,000 CDU No. 1, FCC,
Saras SpA to alkylation, TAME units
Italy May, 09 shuts for six weeks major
turnaround in April-May
2009.
DEA Heide P May, 09 91,000 Full shutdown for 4-5
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to weeks of routine
Germany Jul, 09 maintenance. Work
includes changing parts
on desulfurization unit
to produce lower-sulfur
gasoil.
TRN Vlissingen P May, 09 149,000 Full shutdown for planned
Total SA, Dow to maintenance.
Chemical Co/The Jun, 09
Netherlands
Shell Al Jubail P Jun 01, 09 313,000 Low-sulfur diesel unit.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to
Saudi Arabia Sep 30, 09
Engen Durban P Jun, 09 125,000 Reduced output because of
Federation of to maintenance. Plant may
Malaysia Jun, 09 run at 80-90% of
South Africa capacity.
Total Fina Lindsey P Jun, 09 221,000 New Hydro-desulfurization
Total SA to unit to begin ULSD
U.K. Jun, 09 output.
Ras Laffan P Jun, 09 146,000 New refinery scheduled to
Qatar Petroleum, to begin operations in mid
Total SA, Exxon Mobil Jun, 09 2009. Refinery processes
Corp, Idemitsu Kosan gas condensate into light
Co Ltd, Cosmo Oil Co oil products.
Ltd, Mitsui & Co Ltd,
Marubeni Corp
Qatar
TotalFina Elf Antwerp P Jun, 09 360,000 Turnaround planned for
Total SA to second half of year to
Belgium Dec, 09 tie in new FCC waste-gas
treatment unit. Timing
yet to be confirmed.
Agip Petr Taranto P Jun, 09 110,000 New Hydrocracker,
ENI SpA to capacity 18,000 b/d,
Italy Jun, 09 scheduled to start up.
Hellenic Petroleum P Jul 01, 09 72,000 Partial shutdown for
Hellenic Petroleum SA to 20-25 days.
Greece Dec 31, 09
Polski Koncern Plock P Qtr 3, 09 270,000 New diesel
Polski Koncern to hydrodesulfurization unit
Naftowy Orlen Qtr 4, 09 scheduled to begin
Poland construction. Capacity
6,240 tons a day of high
purity diesel.
Phillips Whitegate P Qtr 3, 09 71,000 Full shutdown due to
ConocoPhillips to routine maintenance.
Ireland Qtr 3, 09
ERTOIL Huelva P Oct 01, 09 98,000 Full shutdown due to new
Cia Espanola de to crude distillation unit
Petroleos SA Dec 31, 09 to almost double capacity
Spain by 2011.
Hellenic Thessaloniki P Oct 01, 09 16,500 Full shutdown for one
Hellenic Petroleum SA to month for maintenance.
Greece Dec 31, 09
Total Fina Leuna P Qtr 4, 09 227,000 New hydrodesulfurization
Total SA to unit for kerosene.
Germany Qtr 4, 09 Capacity 2,880 tons a day
of kerosene and light
diesel oil scheduled to
begin service.
Exxon Mobil Fawley P Oct, 09 316,000 FCC shuts to tie-in new
Exxon Mobil Corp to pipes.
U.K. Nov, 09
Petroplus Cressier P Qtr 4, 09 68,000 Turnaround, partial for
Petroplus Holdings AG to 25-30 days during fourth
Switzerland Qtr 4, 09 quarter of 2009.
Saras Sarroch P Qtr 4, 09 300,000 Mild hydrocracker No. 1,
Saras SpA to reformer units shut in Q4
Italy Qtr 4, 09 2009.
Petroplus Coryton P Qtr 4, 09 172,000 FCC and associated units
Petroplus Holdings AG to to be shut down for 45 to
U.K. Qtr 4, 09 55 days of maintenance in
4Q, which is delayed from
3Q. The turnaround was
first planned for 1Q.
Agip Petr Sannazzaro P Qtr 4, 09 170,000 Vacuum distillation unit,
ENI SpA to new, capacity 50,000
Italy Qtr 4, 09 barrels a day, to start
up.
Qatar Mesaieed P Qtr 4, 09 200,000 RFCC unit, sulfur,
Qatar Petroleum to condensate plants shut in
Qatar Qtr 4, 09 fourth quarter for
maintenance.
Tupras Aliaga Izmir P Oct 29, 09 226,433 CDU, desulfurization
Tupras Turkiye Petrol to units shut for
Rafine Dec 03, 09 maintenance.
Turkey
MOL Szazhalombatta P Jan 01, 10 161,000 Partial shutdown due to
MOL Hungarian Oil and to planned maintenance.
Gas NyRt Mar 31, 10
Hungary
ERTOIL Huelva P Qtr 1, 10 98,000 New Hydrocracker, with
Cia Espanola de to capacity of 42,000
Petroleos SA Qtr 1, 10 barrels a day, two
Spain atmospheric vacuum
distillation units, and
desulfurization plant to
start up.
Neste Porvoo P Jan 01, 10 197,000 Full shutdown due to six
Neste Oil OYJ to weeks of maintenance.
Finland Dec 31, 10
Murphy Oil Milford P Qtr 1, 10 108,000 Full shutdown in
Haven to five-year cycle. Month of
Murphy Oil Corp Qtr 4, 10 shutdown not yet
U.K. confirmed
Agioi Theodoroi P Qtr 1, 10 120,000 New CDU, capacity 60,000
Motor Oil Holdings SA to barrels a day, scheduled
Greece Qtr 1, 10 to start operations in
first quarter 2010.
Petrola Hellas P Qtr 1, 10 100,000 New CDU: 40,000 B/d,
Elefsis to hydrocracker, 20,000 B/d
Hellenic Petroleum SA Qtr 1, 10 flexi-coker scheduled to
Greece begin production in early
2010. Unit contracted to
be built by Technip.
Pearl GTL P Qtr 1, 10 140,000 New GTL refinery to start
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to operations in 2010. First
Qatar Qtr 4, 10 production to start at
70,000 b/d, full capacity
expected a year later.
Lukoil Ukhta P Qtr 1, 10 74,000 New units to expand
LUKOIL to capacity to 135,000 b/d
Russian Federation Qtr 4, 10 scheduled to start in
2010.
Petroplus Teesside P Jan, 10 117,000 Full shutdown for 35-40
Petroplus Holdings AG to days. Exact timing not
U.K. Dec, 10 disclosed.
Petrogal Oporto P Qtr 1, 10 95,106 New Vacuum distillation,
Galp Energia SGPS SA to visbreaker, pre-flash,
Portugal Qtr 4, 10 vacuum flash units to
start operations in 2010
to increase Nelson
compexity to 7.9 from
current 6.9.
Petroplus Ingolstadt P Jan, 10 106,000 Maintenance for 35-40
Petroplus Holdings AG to days during the year.
Germany Dec, 10 Timing not disclosed.
Petroplus Reichstett P Jan, 10 81,000 Maintenance shutdown for
Petroplus Holdings AG to 40-45 days. Details not
France Dec, 10 disclosed.
Petroplus Petite P Jan, 10 142,000 Maintenance shutdown for
Couronne to 35-40 days. Timing not
Petroplus Holdings AG Dec, 10 disclosed.
France
Shell Stanlow P Feb, 10 233,000 CDU (two units) and FCC
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to shut in major turnaround.
U.K. Mar, 10
Slovnaft Bratislava P Apr 01, 10 110,000 Partial shutdown.
MOL Hungarian Oil and to
Gas NyRt Jun 30, 10
Slovakia
Saudi Aramco Ras P Jul 01, 10 325,000 New diesel unit scheduled
Tanura to to start, partial
Saudi Arabian Oil Co Sep 30, 10 shutdown.
Saudi Arabia
Saras Sarroch P Qtr 3, 10 300,000 New Hydrocracker revamp,
Saras SpA to steam reformer units to
Italy Qtr 4, 10 come on line.
Exxon Mobil Antwerp P Qtr 3, 10 263,000 New units to raise diesel
Exxon Mobil Corp to output to start output by
Belgium Qtr 4, 10 end 2010.
Petronor Bilbao P Qtr 4, 10 220,000 New Coker, capacity Repsol YPF SA to 40,000 barrels a day,
Spain Qtr 4, 10 scheduled to start
output.
Rafinerie Gdanska P Nov, 10 92,000 New Hydrocracker
Grupa Lotos SA to construction scheduled to
Poland Nov, 10 be completed.
Wintershall Lingen P Qtr 1, 11 87,000 Full shutdown planned in
BP PLC to 2011. Happens every 5
Germany Qtr 4, 11 years.
ERG ISAB South Priolo P Qtr 1, 11 238,000 Planned 45-day, general
ERG SpA, Agip Petroli to shutdown during calendar
SpA Qtr 4, 11 2011. Timing not yet
Italy disclosed.
ERG ISAB North Priolo P Qtr 1, 11 162,000 Partial 15-20 day
ERG SpA, Agip Petroli to shutdown for maintenance
SpA Qtr 4, 11 on process units. Timing
Italy not yet known.
Alliance Khabarovsk P Qtr 1, 11 94,000 New Hydrocracker,
Alliance Group to hydrotreater for jet and
OAO/Russia Qtr 1, 11 diesel, hydrogen plant,
Russian Federation SRU, reformer, visbreaker
scheduled to start in
early 2011.
Repsol Cartagena P Qtr 1, 11 100,000 New units to expand
Repsol YPF SA to capacity to 220,000 b/d,
Spain Qtr 2, 11 including hydrocracker,
vacuum distillation,
coker.
Samir Mohammedia P Qtr 1, 11 129,000 New CDU, capacity 80,000
Samir to b/d, scheduled to come on
Morocco Qtr 4, 11 stream in 2011. Tecnicas
Reunidas SA is the
contractor.
Oil Refineries Haifa P Qtr 1, 11 180,000 New Hydrocracker
Oil Refineries Ltd to construction to be
Israel Qtr 4, 11 completed. Final
investment decision taken
October 2008.
Rosneft Tuapse P Qtr 1, 11 78,000 Output to triple to 12
Russian Federation to million tons a year
Russian Federation Qtr 4, 11 (240,000 barrels of oil a
day).
Galp Atlantico Sines P Qtr 1, 11 202,670 New Hydrocracker, vaccum
Galp Energia SGPS SA to distillation unit, vaccum
Portugal Qtr 4, 11 flash unit to start
operations in 2011.
Nelson complexity to rise
to 6.9 from current 5.3.
Neste Porvoo P Qtr 1, 11 197,000 Isomerization unit to
Neste Oil OYJ to begin producing
Finland Qtr 4, 11 premium-quality gasoline.
Output to rise by 200,000
metric tons from 4
million tons a year.
Lukoil Neftochim P Qtr 1, 11 177,000 New units to expand
LUKOIL to capacity to 201,000 b/d
Bulgaria Qtr 4, 11 scheduled to come on
stream in 2011.
Nizhny Novgorod P Qtr 1, 11 341,000 New units to expand
LUKOIL to capacity to 426,000 b/d
Russian Federation Qtr 4, 11 scheduled to start in
2011.
Lukoil Volograd P Qtr 1, 11 212,800 New units to expand
LUKOIL to capacity to 261,000
Russian Federation Qtr 4, 11 barrels a day scheduled
to start in 2011.
MOL Szazhalombatta P Qtr 1, 11 161,000 New Hydrocracker,
MOL Hungarian Oil and to capacity 1.5 million tons
Gas NyRt Qtr 4, 11 a year, scheduled to come
Hungary on stream in 2011.
ADNOC Ruwais P Qtr 3, 11 145,000 New Hydrocracker (41,000
United Arab Emirates to b/d capacity), gasoil
U.A.E. Qtr 4, 11 hydrotreater (44,000 b/d
capacity), sulfur
recovery unit (100
ton/day) scheduled to
begin production.
Sonatrach Arzew P Qtr 4, 11 60,000 New units to expand
People’s Democratic to capacity to 100,000
Republic of Algeria Qtr 4, 11 barrels a day to European
Algeria spec to come on line,
construction by Hyundai
Engineering.
Yanbu P Qtr 1, 12 400,000 New refinery, 400,000
Saudi Arabian Oil Co, to barrels a day, planned to
ConocoPhillips Qtr 4, 12 begin operations in 2012.
Saudi Arabia Construction bids
scheduled for 1Q 2009,
delayed three months by
credit fallout.
Agip Petr Sannazzaro P Qtr 1, 12 170,000 New Hydrocracker,
ENI SpA to capacity 23,000 b/d, to
Italy Qtr 4, 12 come on stream in 2012.
Mari-El P Qtr 1, 12 27,000 New CDU, VDU,
Mariisky NPZ Ltd to hydrocracker, HDS, SRU
Russian Federation Qtr 4, 12 units to expand capacity
to 90,000 b/d scheduled
to come on stream in
2012.
Tupras Izmit P Qtr 1, 12 226,433 New Coker scheduled to
Tupras Turkiye Petrol to begin production,
Rafine Qtr 4, 12 converting 3.2 million
Turkey tons of fuel oil to 1.9
million tons of
diesel/jet, 530,000 tons
gasoline and 160,000 tons
of LPG, 600,000 tons
petroleum coke.
Conoco Wilhelmshaven P Qtr 1, 12 260,000 New Hydrocracker, coker
ConocoPhillips to to increase clean product
Germany Qtr 4, 12 yield to 80% scheduled to
start output in 2012.
Distillation capacity to
drop to 223,000 barrels a
day after the conversion.
Shell Pernis P Qtr 1, 12 416,000 CDU No. 5 turnaround due
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to in 2012 in four-year
Netherlands Qtr 4, 12 cycle of maintenance.
Prior outages were in
2004 and 2008.
Saudi Aramco Ras P Jan 02, 12 325,000 New units to expand
Tanura to capacity to 950,000 b/d
Saudi Arabian Oil Co Dec 31, 12 from 550,000 b/d planned
Saudi Arabia to start operations.
Al-Zour P May, 12 615,000 New refinery, capacity
Kuwait Petroleum Corp to 615,000 barrels a day,
Kuwait May, 12 scheduled to begin
operations.
KNPC Al Shuaiba P Qtr 3, 12 200,000 Closure planned, full
Kuwait Petroleum Corp to shutdown and
Kuwait Qtr 4, 12 decommissioning in
conjunction with startup
of the Al-Zour refinery
in May 2012.
Jubail Refinery P Qtr 4, 12 400,000 New refinery, 400,000
Saudi Arabian Oil Co, to barrels a day, expected
Total SA Qtr 4, 12 to begin operations.
Saudi Arabia
Agip Petr Venezia P Qtr 1, 13 90,000 New Hydrocracker planned,
ENI SpA to adding 24,000 b/d
Italy Qtr 4, 13 capacity.
Statoil Mongstad P Qtr 1, 13 189,000 Full shutdown scheduled
Statoil to for 2013.
Norway Qtr 4, 13
Rafinerie Gdanska P Qtr 1, 13 92,000 Full shutdown scheduled
Grupa Lotos SA to for 2013. Specific timing
Poland Qtr 4, 13 not available.
Historical Outages:
Tamoil Collombey P Dec 23, 08 50,000 FCC shuts for
Tamoil SA to maintenance. Restart
Switzerland Dec 30, 08 confirmed.
Neste Porvoo N Dec 16, 08 197,000 Diesel line shuts with
Neste Oil OYJ to other units because of
Finland Dec 23, 08 “momentary” hydrogen,
steam loss at the site.
BP Rotterdam Europort U Dec, 08 400,000 CDU shuts on fault.
BP PLC to Refinery runs at 50%
Netherlands Dec 26, 08 capacity. Normal
operations resumed late
December.
Galp Atlantico Sines P Dec 13, 08 202,670 Work starts on new
Galp Energia SGPS SA to conversion project.
Portugal Dec 13, 08 Output not affected.
Exxon Mobil Fos N Dec 09, 08 119,000 Runs cut `significantly’
Exxon Mobil Corp to because of strike at port
France Dec, 08 that halted crude
supplies. Normal rates
confirmed by company on
Dec. 22.
Petroplus Reichstett N Dec 08, 08 81,000 Runs cut to 60% of
Petroplus Holdings AG to capacity because of lack
France Dec 31, 08 of crude oil supply due
to French port strike.
Full rates planned by end
of December.
BP Castellon Plana P Dec, 08 110,000 New Coker, capacity
BP PLC to 20,000 b/d of diesel, to
Spain Dec, 08 be mechanically completed
before end 2008.
Operations may begin in
first quarter 2009 after
testing.
Bayernoil Neustadt P Dec, 08 125,600 New mild hydrocracker for
Bayernoil to diesel output starts
Raffineriegesellschaf Dec, 08 operations.
mbH
Germany
KNPC Mina Ah Ahmadi P Dec 01, 08 460,000 Partial shutdown for one
Kuwait Petroleum Corp to month maintenance.
Kuwait Dec 31, 08
TRN Vlissingen U Nov 29, 08 149,000 CDU shuts for
Total SA, Dow to maintenance, cleaning.
Chemical Co/The Dec 11, 08 Restart confirmed.
Netherlands
Total Fina Lindsey U Nov 24, 08 221,000 Fuel-processing
Total SA to operations have been
U.K. Dec, 08 disrupted.
Petrogal Oporto P Nov 15, 08 95,106 Work on new conversion
Galp Energia SGPS SA to roject starts.
Portugal Nov 15, 08
SA Mazeikiu Nafta U Nov 07, 08 160,221 Visbreaker shut by fire.
Polski Koncern to Restart Nov. 9. Full
Naftowy Orlen, Nov 12, 08 capacity returned Nov.
Republic of Lithuania 12.
Lithuania
ERTOIL Huelva P Nov 05, 08 98,000 Platformer shuts for
Cia Espanola de to maintenance.
Petroleos SA Nov 30, 08
Spain
Tamoil Collombey P Nov 05, 08 50,000 Crude distillation unit
Tamoil SA to shuts for maintenance.
Switzerland Nov 16, 08 Restart confirmed.
Saudi Aramco Rabigh P Nov, 08 400,000 New units to expand
Saudi Arabian Oil Co to capacity by 425,000 b/d,
Saudi Arabia Nov, 08 to 825,000 b/d,
construction to be
completed in November
2008.
Agip Petroli Milazzo P Nov, 08 200,000 Partial turnaround,
ENI SpA to additional maintenance to
Italy Nov, 08 the halt in May-June.
Statoil Kalundborg P Nov 01, 08 72,000 Gasoline production cut
Statoil, Shell Oil Co to by shutdown in condensate
Denmark Nov 21, 08 plant for maintenance.
Agip Petr Taranto N Oct 31, 08 110,000 Runs cut 20% to 30% in
ENI SpA to one-day labor strike.
Italy Nov 01, 08
Neste Porvoo N Oct 29, 08 197,000 Alkylation unit fire
Neste Oil OYJ to affects gasoline output.
Finland Nov 04, 08 Restart confirmed.
Cepsa Gibraltar P Oct 25, 08 223,000 FCC maintenance;
Cia Espanola de to visbreaker from oct. 26
Petroleos SA Dec 03, 08 to nov. 12; vacuum unit
Spain from oct 25 to nov. 19,
HDS 1 from oct. 25 to
dec. 4; HDS 2 from oct.
25 to nov. 7; alkylation
from oct. 25 to dec. 4.
Petroplus Coryton U Oct 24, 08 172,000 Full shutdown after
Petroplus Holdings AG to malfunction and leak in
U.K. Nov 04, 08 naphtha unit. Restart
confirmed.
Agip Petr Venezia P Oct 23, 08 90,000 Gasoline unit, diesel
ENI SpA to desulfurization unit shut
Italy Oct 30, 08 for maintenance.
Repsol Tarragona P Oct 15, 08 160,000 Desulfurization unit
Repsol YPF SA to shuts for maintenance.
Spain Oct 28, 08 Restart confirmed.
KNPC Mina Ah Ahmadi N Oct 13, 08 460,000 Full shutdown for power
Kuwait Petroleum Corp to cut. Restart confirmed.
Kuwait Oct 17, 08
KNPC Mina Abdullah N Oct 13, 08 270,000 Full shutdown for power
Kuwait Petroleum Corp to cut. Restart confirmed.
Kuwait Oct 17, 08
KNPC Al Shuaiba N Oct 13, 08 200,000 Full shutdown for power
Kuwait Petroleum Corp to cut. Normal operations
Kuwait Oct 16, 08 expected in three to four
days. Full rates reached
Oct. 16.
Nigerian Kaduna P Oct 11, 08 110,000 Full shutdown for 45-day
Nigerian National to routine maintenance.
Petroleum Corp Nov 25, 08
Nigeria
Petronor Bilbao P Oct 10, 08 220,000 Partial shutdown for
Repsol YPF SA to 20-day visbreaker
Spain Oct 31, 08 maintenance.
OMV Schwechat U Oct 10, 08 200,000 Fire in power plant, one
OMV AG to of two at refinery. No
Austria Oct 10, 08 loss in refinery output,
OMV said.
TotalFina Lamede P Oct 06, 08 157,000 FCC, alkylation,
Total SA to visbreaker shut for
France Dec 06, 08 upgrade, inspections and
maintenance. New furnace
to be installed to reduce
emissions. Restart
confirmed. Full output by
year-end.
Agip Petr Taranto N Oct 06, 08 110,000 Full shutdown after power
ENI SpA to cut. Restart confirmed.
Italy Oct 09, 08
Agip Petroli Gela U Oct 06, 08 100,000 Fire in aromatics unit.
ENI SpA to
Italy Oct 06, 08
TotalFina Feyzin P Oct 05, 08 115,000 Steam cracker shuts for
Total SA to maintenance.
France Oct 11, 08
Engen Durban P Oct 03, 08 125,000 Full shutdown for
Federation of to maintenance. Restart
Malaysia Oct 31, 08 confirmed.
South Africa
Tamoil Cremona U Oct 03, 08 95,000 Fire in tank farm injures
Tamoil SA to one.
Italy Oct 04, 08
Petroplus Teesside N Qtr 4, 08 117,000 Runs cut to 30% of
Petroplus Holdings AG to capacity, or 30,000 to
U.K. Qtr 4, 08 40,000 b/d on average for
fourth quarter on low
margins, according to
Petroplus.
Bahrain Sitra P Qtr 4, 08 248,900 CDU with 100,000 b/d
Kingdom of Bahrain to capacity shuts in the
Bahrain Qtr 4, 08 fourth quarter.
Surgutneftegas P Qtr 4, 08 364,800 New hydro-cracking unit,
Kirishi to partial shutdown.
Russian Federation Qtr 4, 08
Russian Federation
BP Rotterdam Europort P Oct, 08 400,000 CDU, capacity 200,000
BP PLC to barrels a day, to shut
Netherlands Nov, 08 for four-to-five week
maintenance. BP said Nov.
17 the turnaround is
almost completed.
Nigerian Warri U Oct 02, 08 125,000 Full shutdown after crude
Nigerian National to oil pipeline ruptured.
Petroleum Corp Nov 10, 08 Restart confirmed.
Nigeria
Petrola Hellas P Oct, 08 100,000 Partial closure for about
Elefsis to three weeks to carry out
Hellenic Petroleum SA Oct, 08 regular maintenance. Was
Greece delayed from first
quarter to second and
then to September.
Sarpom Trecate P Oct, 08 230,000 Shutdown planned for
Exxon Mobil Corp, ERG to maintenance.
SpA Oct, 08
Italy
Shell Stanlow P Oct 02, 08 233,000 CDU 3 to shut for
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to maintenance.
U.K. Oct 31, 08
Exxon Mobil P Oct 01, 08 233,000 Naphtha steam cracker to
Gravenchon to shut for four to five
Exxon Mobil Corp Nov 01, 08 week maintenance- partial
France shutdown.
Cepsa Tenerife P Oct, 08 85,000 Visbreaker to shut for
Cia Espanola de to six day maintenance.
Petroleos SA Oct 31, 08
Spain
Repsol La Coruna P Sep 30, 08 120,000 Coker shuts. Restart
Repsol YPF SA to end-October, 15 days
Spain Oct 31, 08 earlier than scheduled.
Repsol La Coruna P Sep 30, 08 120,000 Hydrotreater shut for one
Repsol YPF SA to month.
Spain Oct 31, 08
SA Mazeikiu Nafta P Sep 27, 08 160,221 Diesel desulfurization
Polski Koncern to unit to shut for up to 3
Naftowy Orlen, Oct 18, 08 weeks.
Republic of Lithuania
Lithuania
Shell Pernis U Sep 24, 08 416,000 FCC shuts because of
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to malfunction. Restart not
Netherlands Nov 24, 08 confirmed.
Agip Petr Taranto U Sep 24, 08 110,000 Full shutdown after power
ENI SpA to cut. Units restarted.
Italy Sep 27, 08
ERTOIL Huelva P Sep 21, 08 98,000 Hydro-desulfurization
Cia Espanola de to shuts.
Petroleos SA Oct 13, 08
Spain
Shell Pernis P Sep, 08 416,000 CDU No. 5, capacity
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to 200,000 barrels a day,
Netherlands Nov 30, 08 shuts for six weeks.
Restart delayed twice.
Heat exchangers also shut
for maintenance. Restart
confirmed.
Tamoil Cremona P Sep 20, 08 95,000 Full shutdown for
Tamoil SA to two-week maintenance.
Italy Oct 06, 08 Postponed from June. No
reason given.
Galp Atlantico Sines P Sep 16, 08 202,670 Full shutdown for 40-days
Galp Energia SGPS SA to to carry out regular
Portugal Oct 29, 08 maintenance. Restart
confirmed.
Chevron Pembroke P Sep 15, 08 210,000 FCC, alkylation shut for
Chevron Corp to 6 weeks in five-year
U.K. Nov 20, 08 maintenance cycle.
Restart of associated
units began Nov. 6. FCC
restart began Nov. 11,
feed into unit to start
around Nov. 20.
TNK Lisichansk P Sep 15, 08 320,000 Turnaround for six weeks
TNK-BP Ltd to planned upgrade. Restart
Ukraine Nov 08, 08 confirmed Nov. 1. Full
output due Nov. 8.
Repsol La Coruna P Sep 15, 08 120,000 FCC shuts. Maintenance
Repsol YPF SA to brought forward from
Spain Oct 31, 08 fourth quarter. Restart
end-October, 2 weeks
later than scheduled.
Indeni Ndola P Sep 14, 08 23,750 Full shutdown for annual
Agip Petroli SpA, to maintenance.
Republic of Zambia Oct 31, 08
Zambia
Shell Durban SAPREF P Sep 06, 08 180,000 Full shutdown for three
BP PLC, Shell Oil Co to weeks of maintenance.
South Africa Oct 06, 08 Restart confirmed.
Tamoil Holborn P Sep, 08 105,000 Full shutdown for
Tamoil SA to four-week maintenance to
Germany Oct 06, 08 replace and revamp
equipment. Restart
confirmed.
Statoil Mongstad P Sep 02, 08 189,000 Full shutdown including
Statoil to crude units for two weeks
Norway Nov 27, 08 maintenance, happens
every 4-5 years.
Catalytic cracking unit
will be shut down for
longer because of
cleaning and repairs. FCC
restart Nov. 27 confirmed
after a series of delays.
Agip Petr Sannazzaro P Sep 02, 08 170,000 Partial shutdown for 15
ENI SpA to days to upgrade plant.
Italy Sep 30, 08
Agip Petroli Gela P Sep, 08 100,000 CDU, coker maintenance
ENI SpA to cuts runs 80% during
Italy Sep, 08 partial shutdown during
September.
Exxon Mobil Antwerp N Sep 02, 08 263,000 Full shutdown after power
Exxon Mobil Corp to cut. Restarted same day.
Belgium Sep 03, 08 Full operating rates
before Sept. 7.
Statoil Mongstad U Aug 23, 08 189,000 FCC shuts because of
Statoil to leak.
Norway Aug 27, 08
Chevron Pembroke P Aug 19, 08 210,000 Leak in alkylation unit.
Chevron Corp to
U.K. Aug 21, 08
Neste Porvoo P Aug 15, 08 197,000 Diesel line to be shut
Neste Oil OYJ to for about one and a half
Finland Oct 02, 08 months maintenance.
KNPC Al Shuaiba N Aug 05, 08 200,000 Power outage causes some
Kuwait Petroleum Corp to processing units to shut.
Kuwait Aug 05, 08
Saras Sarroch P Aug, 08 300,000 New Gasoline
Saras SpA to desulfurization unit
Italy Nov, 08 started August 2008 for
10ppm fuel, and sulfur
recovery plant is
starting operations in
late November.
Shell Pernis P Aug, 08 416,000 New steam plant scheduled
Royal Dutch Shell PLC to to begin operations,
Netherlands Aug, 08 gas-fired co-gen plant to
replace oil-fed unit.
IPLOM Busalla P Aug, 08 46,500 Turnaround scheduled for
IPLOM SpA to August, no additional
Italy Aug, 08 information available.
TNK Ryazan Refinery P Aug, 08 340,000 CDU, gasoline
Russia 340000-bpd to hydrotreater shutdowns to
Crude Oil Processing Sep, 08 cut runs for maintenance.
Total
TNK-BP Ltd
Russian Federation
IPLOM Busalla N Jul 31, 08 46,500 Fire shut production. No
IPLOM SpA to information on which unit
Italy Aug 02, 08 was damaged.
Total SA Flanders N Jul 31, 08 141,000 CDU, desulfurization unit
Total SA to stopped for a few hours
France Aug 01, 08 because of electrical
fault.
Tamoil Collombey P Jul 30, 08 50,000 Catalytic cracker halts
Tamoil SA to for technical work.
Switzerland Aug 05, 08
TNK Ryazan Refinery P Jul, 08 340,000 CDU AVT-4, reformer,
Russia 340000-bpd to visbreaker to shut for 40
Crude Oil Processing Sep, 08 days of repairs.
Total
TNK-BP Ltd
Russian Federation
Shell Durban SAPREF N Jul 22, 08 180,000 Shutdown following power
BP PLC, Shell Oil Co to cut. Restart confirmed
South Africa Jul 25, 08 July 23.
Petroplus Coryton N Jul 18, 08 172,000 Full shutdown after power
Petroplus Holdings AG to cut. Unit restarts
U.K. Aug 31, 08 confirmed on July 20. The
FCC and associated units
stayed off line until the
end of August.
Polski Koncern Plock P Jul 17, 08 270,000 Hydro-desulfurization
Polski Koncern to unit shuts for
Naftowy Orlen Aug 31, 08 maintenance. Restart
Poland confirmed.
Indeni Ndola N Jul 09, 08 23,750 Full shutdown after crude
Agip Petroli SpA, to supplies ran out. New oil
Republic of Zambia Aug 15, 08 shipment that was
Zambia originally due in
mid-July delayed twice to
early August. No estimate
given for restart.
Petromedia Midia P Jul 01, 08 70,000 Partial shutdown for
Romania to catalyst change, and to
Romania Jul 15, 08 expand 10 ppm Euro-V
gasoline output.
Polski Koncern Plock N Jul 01, 08 270,000 Fire in olefin unit
Polski Koncern to during maintenance, no
Naftowy Orlen Jul 01, 08 loss to production.
Poland
–Editor: Stephen Voss.
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