US Refinery Status: Exxon Restarts Baytown FCCU
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.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) will restart early Tuesday its No. 3 fluid catalytic
cracker at Baytown, Texas, according to a state regulatory filing.
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.T) is in the process of restarting its refinery in
Lima, Ohio, the state environmental protection agency said Friday.
BP PLC (BP) reported Friday that its Texas City, Texas, refinery experienced
flaring at its ultracracker, according to a filing with state environmental
regulators.
The cause of the emissions event, which lasted for about one hour Friday
afternoon, "is still unknown and under investigation," the filing stated. The
company couldn't be immediately reached for comment.
Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) announced Friday that it is shutting down its
Delaware City, Del., refinery permanently due to poor economics. On Thursday,
the company's Texas City, TX, plant reported flaring due to a snag at boilers in
complex 4 and restarted one of three modules that were shut earlier in the week
for repairs.
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REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED
CANADA
Suncor Sarnia 85.0 Hydrocracker unit shut Oct n/a
Ontario 11 due to fire at associated
compressor; no restart esti-
mate available.
EAST COAST
Conoco Linden 238.0 Officials consider run cuts n/a
N.J. due to slack demand, a per-
son familiar with operations
said on July 17.
CARIBBEAN
CPC Bayamon 48.0 Explosion, fire at facility n/a
Puerto Rico early on Oct. 23. 11 out of
30 storage tanks exploded.
GULF COAST
BP Texas City 455.8 SRU hit snag Oct. 26, back to normal Oct. 27
Co. restarts Ultraformer #4 Nov. 1
BP restarting ultracracker on
Nov. 7-19. Flares at Ultracracker
Nov. 20
Citgo Corpus 163.0 Alkylation unit shut July 19 end-Oct
Christi, TX by near-fatal explosion to
return to service by end-Oct.
The restart was delayed from
early-Oct due to safety issues.
FCCU, restarted Oct. 29
Valero Texas City 199.5 FCCU operating at normal rates Nov. 17
after being restarted over the weekend;
shut Oct. 25 to repair a slide valve.
Snag involving three boilers at
complex 4 resulted in flaring, Nov. 19.
Western El Paso, TX 125.0 FCCU wet gas compressor restarting
Nov. 19 after tripping offline.
Flint Corpus 288.1 Found and fixed a pinhole gas leak
Hills Christi, TX in a crude unit pipe Nov. 19.
MIDWEST
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Holly Wood Cross 25.0 Brief power outage shuts units Nov. 4.
Utah Restarted same day.
Flying J Salt Lake 29.4 Brief power outage shuts units Nov. 4.
Utah Restarted same day.
WEST COAST
Chevron Richmond, CA 240.0 Reported mechanical snag Nov. 18;
warned it could result in flaring
Tesoro Wilmington 100.0 Fuel gas system upset Nov. 14
CA caused boilers, process heaters
and co-gen unit to release emissions.
Conoco Rodeo, CA 120.2 Reported flaring due to a unit
shutdown Nov. 17; no more details.
Exxon Torrance,CA 149.5 Reported flaring from system upset
Nov. 18; operations normal
PLANNED
CANADA
Irving OIl Saint John 300.0 Completed $220 million investments
upgrades including FCCU, diesel
hydrotreater, crude unit, amine units,
hydrogen plant, more piping, and fresh
catalysts, among others things, Co. said
Nov. 17.
CARIBBEAN
Valero Aruba 235.0 The refinery that was shut
in June for 2-3 months for
economic reasons is being
closed indefinitely.
EAST COAST
Sunoco Westville, NJ 145.0 Idling all refining Mid-Nov
operations indefinitely due
to poor economics, Co. said
Oct. 6. It will take 4-6
weeks to work through crude
stocks to shut down.
Reformer unit shut in Girard n/a
Point section in early Oct
for economic reasons. Shutdown
to last 1-6 months.
Valero Delaware City 210.0 Plant to be permanently shut due
to poor economics, announced
Nov. 20. Delaware Official said
it would be shut on Nov. 22.
Western Yorktown 64.5 Planned work scheduled 1Q 2010.
Va.
MIDWEST
Frontier Kansas 130.0 Extended FCCU work by several
days will reduce charge
rates to 76,000 bbls/day from
81,500 bbls/day.
Husky Lima Ohio 160.0 Plant Restarting. Nov. 20
ROCKY MOUNTAIn
Western Bloomfield, 16.8 Co. announced plans Nov. 9
NM to idle plant and shift
production to Gallup plant.
Western Gallup, 20.8 Utilization will be boosted
NM to near full capacity with
Bloomfield shutdown, from
about half, Co. said Nov. 9.
Tesoro Salt Lake City, 58.0 Planned turnaround in 2010;
Utah no timetable disclosed.
Tesoro Mandan, N.D. 58.0 Planned turnaround in 2010;
no timetable disclosed.
Exxon Joliet, Ill. 238.6 Vacuum distillation unit restarted
earlier this week after planned
work, Co. said Nov. 11.
GULF COAST
Alon Krotz Springs 80.0 Plantwide turnaround starts Nov. Dec.
LA. In Nov.
Alon Big Spring, 67.0 Restarted SRU on Nov. 6.
TX
Chevron Pascagoula, 330.0 Pre-commercial heavy oil 2010
Miss. conversion project delayed
from 2008 to 2010 due to
economic factors.
Conoco Borger, TX 146.0 Unidentified units shut for
planned turnaround, Co. said
Oct. 9. No further details.
Shut amine unit for planned Oct. 24
maintenance Oct. 9-24.
Shut Unit 34 SRU and tail gas Nov. 15
treatment unit for planned
repairs Nov. 12-15.
Conoco Sweeny, TX 247.0 Six weeks of turnaround work Oct 30
starts Sept. 14 at Units 14,
9, 38 and 27, which is an
FCCU.
FCCU leak being repaired Nov. 12.
Tail gas incinerator shut during Nov. 1
fall turnaround Sept. 30
Exxon Baytown 572.5 FCCU No. 3 shut Sep 15. for Nov. 24
TX planned maintenance. Restarted
Nov. 24
Flint Corpus 288.1 $250 mln 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 85% complete, as of end
April. New units expected
start up in 4Q 2009. Entire
refinery reaches full capacity 2Q'10
Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Expansion project to increase 1Q
TX throughput capacity by 325,000 2012
b/d, to 610,000-b/d, slowed.
Completion now seen 1Q
2012, from 2010.
Valero Port Arthur 310.0 Shut all three modules of 105,000
TX bpd coker to repair cracks in coke
drums, and to be returned to service
over next several days Co. said
Nov. 17. Restarted one coker module
Nov. 19.
Valero Corpus 340.0 Coker unit shutdown for econo- n/a
Christi, TX mic reasons and planned work;
delayed to June 19 from June
12. The 20,000-b/d unit will
remain off line through July
but could restart at any time
if margins improve.
20,000-b/d FCCU in East n/a
Plant shut; West Plant
50,000-b/d FCCU at reduced
rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
15,000-b/d HCU in East Plant
set for 18 days of work in Jan.
36,000-b/d HCU in West Plant
sent for 18 days of work in Feb.
Restarting West Plant Tank 67
after maintenance, Nov. 12-13.
Valero Norco, LA 250.0 Upgrade project to build 2012
a new diesel hydrotreater
unit moved from 2010 to
4Q 2012.
Turnaround at crude/ coker unit 1Q
set for 36 days in Jan.
Entire Plant
to be shut for work.
The coker will operate at
50% of capacity when
restarted due to poor
economics.
Valero Port Arthur 325.0 77,000-b/d FCCU at reduced n/a
TX rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
45,000 b/d HCU to undergo Spring
38 days of work in March.
Valero Sunray, TX 170.0 55,000-b/d FCCU at reduced n/a
rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
Western El Paso, TX 29.5 Planned work at south side of
plant, including crude unit
and FCCU in Jan for 20 days.
WEST COAST
Tesoro Golden Eagle 166.0 40 days of work, including FCCU, Feb.
alky starting Jan. 8
Tesoro Wilmington 100.0 Restarting hydrocracker Nov. 9. It
CA will take several days.
Unplanned downtime at the delayed
coker will impact 4Q yields, co.
said Nov. 9. Coker was restarted
PACIFIC
Tesoro Oahu, HI 94.0 Planned turnaround in 2010;
no timetable disclosed.
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