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<Here is Bloomberg’s August 2008 North America Refinery S/D, Maintenance & Expansion Table Update.
Regards CER>
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North American Planned, Unplanned Refinery Shutdowns TableBy Robert Tuttle New York
August 11, 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.
Shutdown Type: P: Planned, U: Unplanned, N: Non-maintenance
Refinery Refinery
Owner Shutdown Capacity
Location Type Period b/d Notes
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Current Outages:
Holly Woods Cross P Aug 11, 08 26,000 Turnaround for 26 days
Holly Corp to starts in week of Aug. 11
Utah, U.S. Sep 05, 08 at Woods Cross, Utah
refinery.Total Port Arthur P Aug 06, 08 240,000 Two package boilers shut
Total SA to
Texas, U.S. Aug 24, 08Petro-Canada Edmonton P Aug 05, 08 135,000 Turnaround for 60 days
Petro-Canada to began Aug. 3. Run rates
Alberta, Canada Oct 05, 08 reduced.Exxon Mobil Joliet P Aug, 08 240,000 SRU shuts for
Exxon Mobil Corp to maintenance.
Illinois, U.S. Oct, 08Holly Woods Cross P Aug, 08 26,000 Turnaround planned.
Holly Corp to
Utah, U.S. Sep, 08Placid Port Allen P Aug, 08 57,000 Turnaround scheduled for
Placid Refining Co to 30 days during
LLC Sep, 08 August-September.
Louisiana, U.S.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.BP Texas City P(U?) Jul 29, 08 470,000 FCC Electrostatic
BP PLC to Precipitator Stack trips
Texas, U.S. N/A and rates reduced.ConocoPhillips P(U?) Jul 28, 08 247,000 FCC shut because of leak
Alliance to
ConocoPhillips N/A
Louisiana, U.S.BP Toledo P Jul 15, 08 155,000 Hydrocracker, reformer
BP PLC to shut for maintenance.
Ohio, U.S. Sep 04, 08LyondellBasell P Jul, 08 287,000 CDU, coker shut for
Houston to maintenance. Crane
Access Industries Aug, 08 collapse during repairs
Holdings LLC kills 4 and delays work.
Texas, U.S. Rest of refinery operated
normally during the event.Murphy Meraux P Jul, 08 125,000 Runs cut 10% on weak
Murphy Oil Corp to margins.
Louisiana, U.S. Aug, 08Murphy Superior P Jul, 08 35,000 Runs cut 25% on weak
Murphy Oil Corp to margins.
Wisconsin, U.S. Aug, 08Lion Oil El Dorado N Jul, 08 58,000 Asphalt production cut by
Ergon Inc to 50 percent after unit 9 shut.
Arkansas, U.S. Sep, 08Alon Big Spring N Feb 18, 08 70,000 Full shutdown by an
Alon Israel Oil Co to explosion in the
Ltd Aug 15, 08 propylene unit. The
Texas, U.S. refinery processing
35,000 bbl/day as of
April 7. FCCU expected to
resume service in August,
alkylation unit two weeks
later.Somerset KY N Apr 01, 07 5,500 As per the Company’s Rep.
Somerset Oil Inc to The facility has been shutdown
Kentucky, U.S. N/A due to Bankrupcty procedure.
They did not sell the refinery to USA Energy
Corp as being reported by EIA.
Future Outages:
Alon Big Spring P Aug 13, 08 70,000 Repairs to cat crack will
Alon Israel Oil Co to be complete Aug. 13 and
Ltd Aug 26, 08 oil will be put in Aug. 26.
Texas, U.S. Repairs to the alky unit will be completed
Sept. 3 and oil will be put in Sept. 9.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.PEMEX Cardenas P Aug 16, 08 190,000 Diesel sulfur recovery
Minatitlan to units shut for
Petroleos Mexicanos Oct 01, 08 maintenance.
MexicoPetro-Canada Edmonton P Qtr 3, 08 135,000 Full shutdown of 135,000
Petro-Canada to bbl/day refinery during the second
Alberta, Canada Qtr 4, 08 half 2008 to allow new units to be
added to the plant as part of an upgrade.Flint Hills Corpus P Qtr 3, 08 300,000 Will add diesel
Christi to desulfurization unit and sulfur
Koch Industries Inc Qtr 1, 10 recovery plant. Construction
Texas, U.S. will start this fall and expected to
complete early 2010.PEMEX Hidalgo Tula P Sep, 08 273,000 FCC shuts for planned
Petroleos Mexicanos to maintenance of up to 90
Mexico Dec, 08 days.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.Murphy Meraux P Sep 15, 08 125,000 Turnaround for
Murphy Oil Corp to unidentified unit as of
Louisiana, U.S. Oct, 08 mid-September.Husky Lima P Oct, 08 160,000 Isocracker to be shut for
Husky Energy Inc to repair. Refinery
Ohio, U.S. Oct, 08 Production not affected.Paramount P Qtr 4, 08 55,000 Hydrocracker startup to
Alon USA Energy Inc to increase gasoline, diesel
California, U.S. Qtr 4, 08 output by 50 percent.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.Farmland Coffeyville P Qtr 4, 08 115,000 Turnaround for
CVR Energy Inc to maintenance on nitrogen
Kansas, U.S. Qtr 4, 08 fertilizer. Event happens
every two years.Valero Delaware City P Qtr 4, 08 190,200 CDU, capacity 180,000
Valero Energy Corp to b/d, shuts for
Delaware, U.S. Qtr 4, 08 maintenance.Motiva Norco P Oct 03, 08 220,000 FCC, capacity 110,000
Saudi Arabian Oil Co, to barrel-a-day, shuts for
Royal Dutch Shell PLC Nov 10, 08 maintenance.
Louisiana, U.S.Conoco Wood River P Qtr 1, 09 306,000 New Coker, 65,000 b/d
EnCana Corp, to capacity, scheduled to
ConocoPhillips Qtr 4, 09 come on stream in 2009.
Illinois, U.S.Western Refining El P Qtr 1, 09 122,000 Maintenance planned
Paso to
Western Refining Inc Qtr 1, 09
Texas, U.S.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 Benicia P Qtr 1, 09 153,000 Full shutdown scheduled
Valero Energy Corp to for 2009 in five-year
California, U.S. Qtr 4, 09 cycle of maintenance.Valero Krotz Springs P Qtr 1, 09 83,100 Full turnaround planned
Alon USA Energy Inc to for 2009.
Louisiana, U.S. Qtr 4, 09Sunoco Philadelphia P Qtr 1, 09 330,000 New Hydrocracker
Sunoco Inc to conversion project to
Pennsylvania, U.S. Qtr 4, 09 start operations in 2009,
upgrading 45,000 b/d of product
into ultra-low sulfur diesel.Conoco Borger P Qtr 1, 09 146,000 New capacity,
ConocoPhillips, to debottlenecking to add
EnCana Corp Qtr 4, 09 20,000 b/d bitumen capacity.
Texas, U.S.PEMEX Cardenas P Feb 02, 09 190,000 New units to expand
Minatitlan to capacity to 260,000 b/d
Petroleos Mexicanos Feb 28, 09 scheduled to start in
Mexico February 2009.Western Refining P Qtr 3, 09 61,900 Turnaround scheduled for
Yorktown to third quarter 2009, no
Western Refining Inc Qtr 3, 09 more specific details
Virginia, U.S. 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.Valero Norco St P Qtr 1, 10 190,000 New Hydrocracker planned
Charles to to enter service in 2010.
Valero Energy Corp Qtr 4, 10
Louisiana, U.S.Chevron Richmond P Qtr 1, 10 257,200 New Hydrogen plant,
Chevron Corp to reforming units to
California, U.S. Qtr 4, 10 improve crude feedstock
flexibility scheduled to start in 2010.
No change to refinery capacity.Placid Port Allen P Qtr 1, 10 57,000 New FCC, units to expand
Placid Refining Co to capacity to 80,000
LLC Qtr 4, 10 barrels a day scheduled
Louisiana, U.S. to be completed in 2010.Pasadena P Qtr 1, 10 106,500 New units to double
Nationale A to capacity to 200,000
Portefeuille Qtr 4, 10 barrels a day planned to
Texas, U.S. start in 2010.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.Farmland Coffeyville P Qtr 1, 10 115,000 Full turnaround scheduled
CVR Energy Inc to for 2010, in cycle of every three
Kansas, U.S. Qtr 4, 10 to four years. Last event was
Feb-April 2007.Valero Benicia P Qtr 1, 10 153,000 New units to expand CDU
Valero Energy Corp to capacity 25% to daily
California, U.S. Qtr 4, 10 runs of 180,000 b/d,
coker by 25%, SRU by 50%
to handle heavier crudes,
reduce gasoil imports and
expand gasoline output.Marathon Detroit P Qtr 4, 10 100,000 New Coker, capacity
Marathon Oil Corp, to 28,000 b/d, scheduled to
Ashland Inc Qtr 4, 10 enter service, along with
Michigan, U.S. sulfur recovery unit (280
long tons/day), distillate hydrotreater
(33,000 b/d) and hydrogen plant.
Nameplate capacity of refinery to increase
to 115,000 b/d.Sinclair Tulsa P Qtr 4, 10 60,000 New CDU, hydrocracker,
Sinclair Oil Corp to coker units planned to start
Oklahoma, U.S. Qtr 4, 10 operations. Capacity to increase to
115,000 barrels a day.Valero Port Arthur P Qtr 4, 10 325,000 New Hydrocracker
Valero Energy Corp to construction to be completed,
Texas, U.S. Qtr 4, 10 capacity 50,000 barrels a day,
to start in 4Q 2010.BP Whiting P Qtr 1, 11 420,000 New Coker, capacity
BP PLC to 120,000 b/d, along with
Indiana, U.S. Qtr 4, 11 related units to process
Canadian heavy oil
scheduled to begin
service in 2011.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 45,000
Texas, U.S. Qtr 2, 11 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, 12 100,000 New CDU expansion to add
Regina to 30,000 b/d capacity to a
Federated Dec, 12 total 130,000 b/d, also
Co-operative Ltd add FCC complex, planned
Saskatchewan, Canada to start operations in
2012.Valero Quebec City P Qtr 1, 12 215,000 New Hydrocracker,
Valero Energy Corp to de-asphalting units
Quebec, Canada Qtr 4, 12 planned for 2012 startup.Conoco Borger P Qtr 1, 12 146,000 New units to expand crude
ConocoPhillips, to distillation to 200,000
EnCana Corp Qtr 4, 12 b/d, with 75,000 b/d
Texas, U.S. bitumen capacity.Historical Outages:
Citgo Corpus Christi U Aug 06, 08 156,000 Crude vacuum unit
Petroleos de to
Venezuela SA Aug 07, 08
Texas, U.S.Marathon Texas City N Aug 04, 08 72,000 Full shutdown because of
Marathon Oil Corp, to storm. Restart confirmed.
Ashland Inc Aug 06, 08
Texas, U.S.Valero Houston N Aug 04, 08 90,000 Rates reduced because of
Valero Energy Corp to storm.
Texas, U.S. Aug 05, 08Valero Texas City P Aug 04, 08 230,000 Rates reduced because of
Valero Energy Corp to storm
Texas, U.S. Aug 05, 08Valero Port Arthur N Aug 04, 08 325,000 Rates reduced because of
Valero Energy Corp to storm
Texas, U.S. Aug 05, 08Irving Saint John N Jul 29, 08 250,000 Runs cut after power
Irving Oil Corp to loss.
Newfoundland and Aug, 08
Labrador, CanadaValero Port Arthur P Jul 23, 08 325,000 Runs cut 10%-20% by
Valero Energy Corp to Hurricane Dolly.
Texas, U.S. Jul, 08Valero Houston N Jul 23, 08 90,000 Runs cut 10%-20% by
Valero Energy Corp to Hurricane Dolly.
Texas, U.S. Jul, 08BP Texas City U Jul 22, 08 470,000 FCC No. 1 runs cut
BP PLC to because of fault.
Texas, U.S. Jul, 08Valero Aruba U Jul 19, 08 275,000 Runs cut by 5,000 barrels
Valero Energy Corp to a day for minor
Aruba Jul, 08 maintenance. Operations
return to normal.Shell Deer Park N Jul 17, 08 340,000 FCC rates reduced after
Royal Dutch Shell to power disruption. Restart
PLC, Petroleos Jul 19, 08 confirmed.
Mexicanos
Texas, U.S.Citgo Corpus Christi P Jul 15, 08 156,000 FCC shuts for
Petroleos de to maintenance. Unit
Venezuela SA Jul 17, 08 restarts July 16.
Texas, U.S.PEMEX Hidalgo Tula N Jul 15, 08 273,000 Power cut shuts several
Petroleos Mexicanos to units. Restart confirmed.
Mexico Jul 17, 08Conoco Borger P Jul 13, 08 146,000 Repairs scheduled on the
ConocoPhillips, to electrostatic
EnCana Corp Jul 22, 08 precipitators of unit 29,
Texas, U.S. a fluid catalytic
cracker.Total Port Arthur P Jul 09, 08 240,000 Hydrotreater and eight
Total SA to other units shut. Units
Texas, U.S. Jul 27, 08 restarting July 27 to
July 31.Petro-Canada Edmonton U Jul 09, 08 135,000 Full shutdown after
Petro-Canada to boiler failure. Restart
Alberta, Canada Jul 16, 08 confirmed.Valero Ardmore U Jul 08, 08 85,000 FCCU shut after power
Valero Energy Corp to disruption, restart
Oklahoma, U.S. Jul 11, 08 confirmed.Tesoro Martinez U Jul 08, 08 166,000 Gasoil hydrotreater shuts
Tesoro Corp to because of leaking valve.
California, U.S. Jul 09, 08 Restart confirmed.US Oil Tacoma N Jul 07, 08 35,000 Runs cut 50% after power
Nationale A to failure.
Portefeuille Jul, 08
Washington, U.S.BP Texas City U Jul 01, 08 470,000 Residual hydrotreater
BP PLC to restarts.
Texas, U.S. Jul 01, 08Total Port Arthur P Jun 25, 08 240,000 CDU No. 2 shuts for
Total SA to maintenance.
Texas, U.S. Jul, 08Lake Charles N Jun 25, 08 320,000 Units shut by power cut
Petroleos de to June 25. Operations
Venezuela SA Jun, 08 restarted the same day.
Louisiana, U.S.Valero Corpus Christi P Jun 23, 08 38,000 Refinery cut production
West to rates at the fluid
Valero Energy Corp Jun 23, 08 catalytic cracking unit
Texas, U.S. at Corpus Christi plant
after a steam leak caused
excess emissions. Output
was not reduced.BP Texas City U Jun 22, 08 470,000 FCC No. 1 pump leaks.
BP PLC to Effect on output not
Texas, U.S. Jun, 08 disclosed.Exxon Mobil Baytown N Jun 22, 08 563,000 Sulfur recovery unit
Exxon Mobil Corp to shuts. All customer needs
Texas, U.S. Jun, 08 being met, Exxon said.BP Carson N Jun 21, 08 265,500 CDU shuts after power
BP PLC to outage. Unit was in
California, U.S. Jun 23, 08 restart June 23.Conoco Ponca City N Jun 20, 08 187,000 FCC shuts after power
ConocoPhillips to cut. Restart confirmed.
Oklahoma, U.S. Jun 22, 08Shell 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.Exxon Mobil Torrance P Jun 13, 08 155,000 Sulfur recovery unit
Exxon Mobil Corp to shuts for maintenance.
California, U.S. Jun 30, 08 Restart confirmed.Pasadena P Jun 11, 08 106,500 FCC unit upset. No
Nationale A to additional details
Portefeuille Jun, 08 available.
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.LyondellBasell N Jun 10, 08 287,000 CDU shut during storm.
Houston to Restart confirmed.
Access Industries Jun 11, 08
Holdings LLC
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.Valero Port Arthur P Jun 08, 08 325,000 distillate hydrotreater
Valero Energy Corp to shuts for maintenance.
Texas, U.S. Jun 12, 08Valero Wilmington U Jun 06, 08 135,000 FCC, alkylation shut by
Valero Energy Corp to leak. Restart confirmed.
California, U.S. Jun 09, 08Conoco 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.Sunoco Marcus Hook U Jun, 08 175,000 FCC runs cut by
Sunoco Inc to operational upset. Full
Pennsylvania, U.S. Jun 27, 08 rates scheduled for the
end of June.Motiva Port Arthur N Jun 02, 08 285,000 Full shutdown after power
Motiva Enterprises to cut. Restart began June 5.
LLC Jun 05, 08
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.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 Jul 09, 08 month. Restart confirmed.
Louisiana, U.S.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. Restart
California, U.S. Jun 20, 08 confirmed.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, 08Conoco 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 22, 08 of maintenance. Restart
confirmed.Sunoco Philadelphia U May 16, 08 330,000 CDU, gulfiner units shut.
Sunoco Inc to Restarts confirmed June 4.
Pennsylvania, U.S. Jun 04, 08Valero Three Rivers P May 16, 08 95,000 FCC shuts for 10 days of
Valero Energy Corp to maintenance.
Texas, U.S. May 26, 08Countrymark 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, 08Delek 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, 08Shell 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, 08Imperial Oil Sarnia U Apr 25, 08 121,000 Runs cut by boiler
Exxon Mobil Corp to failure and repair.
Ontario, Canada May, 08Murphy Superior P Apr 23, 08 35,000 Full shutdown to last
Murphy Oil Corp to about a month.
Wisconsin, U.S. May 25, 08Total Port Arthur U Apr 21, 08 240,000 Hydrotreater rates cut
Total SA to because of malfunction.
Texas, U.S. Apr, 08Alon 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
Mexicanos operations estamated for
Texas, U.S. May 5.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, 08Exxon Mobil Torrance P Apr 12, 08 155,000 Alkylation unit shut for
Exxon Mobil Corp to planned maintenance.
California, U.S. Apr 30, 08Marathon 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, coker
Angeles to maintenance. Work to be
ConocoPhillips May 23, 08 completed in May,
California, U.S. ConocoPhillips said.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, 08Valero 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 idledLyondellBasell U Mar 21, 08 287,000 FCC shut for unplanned
Houston to maintenance. Refinery to
Access Industries Apr 29, 08 operate at reduced rates
Holdings LLC during repairs. Shutdown
Texas, U.S. 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, 08Valero 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
spokeswoman said. Restart
confirmed.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 10BP 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, 08Hovensa 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, 08Delek 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 Salina 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. 29Flint 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 unitShell 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, 08Valero 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, 08Conoco 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
Access Industries Mar 20, 08 maintenance scheduled to
Holdings LLC begin the week of Jan.
Texas, U.S. 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, 08Conoco 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, 08Shell 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
California, U.S. Mar 28, 08 precipitator. 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–Editor: Dan Stets.
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<New Info update NA S/D Table>
North American Planned, Unplanned Refinery Shutdowns (Table)
By Robert Tuttle
August 14, 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.
Shutdown Type: P: Planned, U: Unplanned, N: Non-maintenanceRefinery Refinery
Owner Shutdown Capacity
Location Type Period b/d Notes
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New Information:Marathon Catlettsburg N Aug 10, 08 239,000 Runs cut after leak shuts
Marathon Oil Corp, to crude oil supply pipeline.
Ashland Inc Aug 13, 08 Restart confirmed.
Kentucky, U.S.
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