Oil Refineries in Texas Shut Down for Hurricane Ike (Table)
By Nidaa Bakhsh and Aaron Clark
Sept. 12, 2008 (Bloomberg) — Texas refineries are shutting down
in preparation for Hurricane Ike, cutting fuel supply a week
after Hurricane Gustav battered Louisiana and forced several
plants to close.
Forecasts that Ike will make landfall in Galveston late
today or early tomorrow have caused at least 13 of the 16
refineries in the region to start closing units, cutting about 19
percent of U.S. refining capacity. The 16 plants have a
processing capacity of 4.26 million barrels a day, or about 22
percent of the U.S. total, according to government data.
The following table shows the owner, name, location,
processing capacity in barrels a day and latest information
provided by refinery operators.
*T
Petrobras/Pasadena Refining Shut.
Pasadena
106,500
Total SA In the process of shutting.
Port Arthur
240,000
Valero Energy Corp. In the process of shutting.
Port Arthur
294,000
Valero Energy Corp. In the process of shutting.
Texas City
210,000
Valero Energy Corp. In the process of shutting.
Houston
85,000
ConocoPhillips Started process of shutting
Sweeny Sept. 10. Full shutdown was
260,000 expected late yesterday.
BP Plc In the process of shutting.
Texas City
475,000
Exxon Mobil Corp. Started shutdown process
Baytown yesterday.
590,500
Exxon Mobil Corp. Started shutdown process
Beaumont yesterday.
363,100
Houston Refining LP Started process of shutting
Houston Sept. 10.
299,300
Marathon Petroleum Corp. Started process of shutting
Texas City yesterday.
81,500
Motiva/Shell Started shutdown process
Port Arthur yesterday.
300,000
Shell/Deer Park Refining Started shutdown process
Deer Park yesterday.
340,000
Citgo Petroleum Corp. Status unknown.
Corpus Christi
165,000
Flint Hills Resources LP Refinery is operating.
Corpus Christi
305,000
Valero Energy Corp. Operating at planned rates.
Corpus Christi
146,000