EU Refinery 2008 S/D & Add Update -2007-2010

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<Bloomberg 2008 update on EU Refinery S/D & Additions 2007-210 – CER>
 
European Refinery Shutdowns, Expansions in 2007-2010 (Table)
2008-02-01 06:59 (New York)

By Nidaa Bakhsh and Bill Murray
     Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Following is a table of scheduled and
unplanned refinery shutdowns, new plants and capacity expansions
in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the fourth quarter of
2007, and for all of 2008, 2009 and 2010. The symbol + signifies
an unplanned halt.

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Refinery             Date    Shutdown  Capacity  Unit/Reason

New information:

Shell Stanlow       Oct.      partial   240,000  Crude
     U.K.                                       distillation unit to be shut
                                                 down for about a month

Shell Stanlow       Feb.      partial   240,000  Two crude
     U.K.           2010                         distillation units, catalytic
                                                 cracker to be shut down for
                                                 routine maintenance

ERG Sicily           1Q       partial   162,000  Planned
     Italy          2009                         maintenance moved from this year

Previous information:

2008 START

+Baiji               Jan. 7-  full      310,000  Started
     Iraq            Jan. 8                      production after explosion
                                                 on Jan. 7. Operating at
                                                 200,000 B/D

+Conoco Whitegate    Jan. 14  partial    71,000  Output cut 10
     Ireland                                     percent until Jan. 21

AB Mazeikiu Nafta    Jan. 21  partial   147,000  Started vacuum
     Lithuania                                   distillation
                                                 unit after fire Oct. 2006

Statoil Mongstad     Jan. 23  partial   200,000  At 75% capacity
     Norway                                      after fire in
                                                 gasoline-making unit. Full
                                                 output expected end of Jan.

NNPC Warri           End Jan. full      125,000  Proposed start
     Nigeria                                     after militant attack caused
                                                 shutdown in Feb. 2006

Adnoc Ruwais         End Jan. partial   140,000  Hydrocracker
     U.A.E.                                      due to restart
                                                 after being shut Dec. 22
                                                 for maintenance

Shell Pernis         Q1       partial   416,000  Planned
The Netherlands                                  maintenance

Ineos Grangemouth    Feb.     partial   200,000  Shuts catalytic
     U.K.                                        reformer for 24 days of
                                                 maintenance

Exxon Fawley         Feb. 2   partial  300,000   Planned
     U.K.                                        maintenance for
                                                 six weeks on crude unit.
                                                 Expected start on March 16.

NNPC Kaduna          1H Feb.  full      110,000  Proposed start
     Nigeria                                     after militants sabotaged a
                                                 pipeline in Feb. 2006

Statoil Kalundborg   Dec. 27- partial   110,000  Seven-week
     Denmark         mid-Feb.            maintenance to increase
                                                 diesel, fuel-oil output

Lukoil Odessa        1Q       partial    56,000  New visbreaker
     Ukraine                                     to produce more
                                                 gasoil, kerosene instead of
                                                 heavy fuel oil

Mol Nyrt.            1Q       partial   162,000  Planned
     Szazhalombatta                              maintenance
     Hungary

Sasol Ras Laffan     Feb.     partial    34,000  Maintenance to
     Qatar                                       last 28 days

Total Grandpuits     March    partial   100,000  4-6 week
     France                                      shutdown

Takreer Abu Dhabi    March    full       85,000  One-month
     U.A.E.                                      maintenance shutdown

Bayernoil Neustadt   Apr. 14- full      120,000  Shutdown for
     Germany         May 9                       maintenance and to boost
                                                          diesel output

Hellenic Elefsis     2Q       partial   100,000  15-day shutdown
     Greece                                      postponed from 1Q

Mol Nyrt.            2Q       partial   110,000  Planned
     Bratislava                                  maintenance
     Slovakia

Total Leuna          2Q       full      227,000  Scheduled
     Germany                                     maintenance for 6 weeks

Petroplus Cressier   2Q       partial    68,000  Scheduled
     Switzerland                                 maintenance for 10 days

Petroplus Teesside   2Q       partial   117,000  Scheduled
     U.K.                                        maintenance for 25 days

Petroplus Antwerp    2Q                 110,000  Scheduled
     Belgium                                     maintenance for 35 days

Koch Rotterdam       1H       partial    80,000  Shutdown to
    Netherlands                                  tie in new naphtha slate

Hellenic Petroleum   1H       partial    75,000  Maintenance to
     Thessaloniki                                last 20-25 days
     Greece

Statoil Mongstad     Sept.-   full      201,000  6-week
     Norway          Oct.                        maintenance;
                                                 crude unit down for 2 weeks

Petrom Constanta     2H       partial            New LPG unit
     Romania

Galp Sines           Sept.-   full      220,000  Maintenance
     Portugal        Oct.

Shell Stanlow        Oct.      partial   240,000 Crude
     U.K.                                        distillation unit to be
                                                  shut down for about a month

Chevron Pembroke     3Q-4Q    partial   210,000  Fluid catalytic
     Wales                                       cracking unit to be shut down
                                                 for 6 weeks

Tupras, Izmit        4Q       partial            New fluid
     Turkey                                      catalytic cracker

Surgutneftegaz Kirishi 4Q     partial   240,000  New hydro-
     Russia                                      cracking unit

Petronas Durban      Oct.     partial   125,000  1-month
     South Africa                                maintenance

Exxon Gravenchon     Oct.     partial   233,000  4-5 week
     France                                      steam cracker shutdown

Petro SA Mossel Bay  Dec.     partial    40,000  1 train down
      South Africa                               for routine maintenance

KNPC Mina Al Ahmadi  Dec.     partial   466,000  One-month
     Kuwait                                      shutdown

BP Castellon         4Q       partial    20,000  New coker
     Spain                                       unit. Startup end 2008

Oil Refineries                partial   180,000  Crude unit,
     Haifa, Israel                               naphtha, gasoil, jet fuel

2009 START

Oman Sohar           1Q       full      116,000  Shutdown for
                                                 35 days

Exxon Gravenchon     1Q       full      233,000  4-5 week
     France                                      shutdown

ERG Sicily           1Q       partial   162,000  Planned
     Italy                                       maintenance moved from this
                                                 year

Total Lindsey                 partial   220,000  New hydro-
     U.K.                                        desulfurization unit

Petroplus Cressier            partial    68,000  Scheduled
     Switzerland                                 maintenance

Agip Petroli Milan   Feb.     partial   160,000  Gasoil hydro-
      Italy                                      desulfurization output to rise
                                                 by 12,000 b/d

Total Donges         Feb. 15  partial   230,000  Planned
     France                                      maintenance.
                                                 Expected start-up end of March

Grupa Lotos Gdansk   March    full       92,000  Shut down for
     Poland                                      more than 1month for upgrades

PKN Orlen Plock      2Q       partial   253,000  New diesel unit
      Poland

Mol Nyrt.            2Q       partial   162,000  Planned maintenance
     Szazhalombatta                            
     Hungary

Hellenic Petroleum   1H       partial   140,000  Scheduled
     Aspropyrgos                                 maintenance to last four weeks
     Greece                                     

Total Immingham      1H       partial   220,000  New low-sulfur
     U.K.                                        diesel facility

Oil Refineries Haifa 1H       partial   180,000  $50 million
     Israel                                      upgrade of crude unit to
                                                 use heavier grades

Hellenic Petroleum   2H       partial    75,000  Maintenance to
     Thessaloniki                                last 20-25 days
     Greece

AB Mazeikiu Nafta             full      200,000  To be shut at
     Lithuania                                   least 30 days.Fluid cracker
                                                 output to rise by a third

Saudi Aramco Shell   3Q                 305,000  Low-sulfur
     Jubail                                      diesel unit
     Saudi Arabia

Cepsa Huelva         4Q       full       90,000  New crude-
      Spain                                      distillation unit to almost
                                                 double capacity by 2011

Hellenic Aspropygos  4Q       full      140,000  1-month
     Greece                                      shutdown for maintenance

Total Leuna          4Q       partial   212,000  New
     Germany                                     desulfurization unit

Tatneft Nizhnekhamsk          full      140,000  Startup of new
     Russia                                      refinery

Conoco Whitegate              full      71,000   Routine
     Ireland                                     maintenance

Surgutneftegaz Kirishi        partial   240,000  New catalytic
     Russia                                      cracking unit

2010 START

Motor Oil Agioi      1Q       full      120,000  New crude-
Theodoroi                                        distillation unit
     Greece                                     

Mol Nyrt.            1Q       partial   162,000  Planned
     Szazhalombatta                              maintenance
     Hungary

Shell Stanlow       Feb.      partial   240,000  Two crude
     U.K.                                        distillation units,catalytic
                                                 cracker to be shut down for
                                                 routine maintenance

Mol Nyrt.            2Q       partial   110,000  Planned
     Bratislava                                  maintenance
     Slovakia

Hellenic Petroleum                      100,000  New 40,000 b/d
     Elefsina                                    hydrocracker;
     Greece                                      20,000 b/d flexi-coker

Saudi Aramco         3Q       partial   100,000  New diesel
     Ras Tanura                                  unit

Neste Porvoo                  full      196,000  About six weeks
     Finland                                     of maintenance

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–With reporting by Marek Miler in Prague, Elizabeth
Konstantinova in Sofia, Nathaniel Espino in Warsaw, Armorel
Kenna in Milan, Anthony DiPaola in Rome, Tara Patel in Paris,
Kristian Rix in Madrid, Ayla Jean Yackley in Istanbul, Haralabos
Papachristou in Athens, Carli Lourens in Johannesburg, Nesa
Subrahmaniyan in Singapore, Adam Brown in Bucharest, Geoffrey
Kapembwa in Lusaka, Glen Carey, Ayesha Daya, and Arif Sharif in
Dubai, Milda Seputyte in Vilnius, Thomas Rose in Frankfurt,
Eduard Gismatullin and Alexander Kwiatkowski in London, and Fred
Pals in Amsterdam.

–Editors: Will Kennedy, Stephen Cunningham.

To contact the reporters on this story:
Bill Murray in London at +44-20-7073-3132 or
wmurray1@bloomberg.net;
Nidaa Bakhsh in London at +44-20-7673-2229 or
nbakhsh@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Stephen Voss at +44-20-7073-3520 or sev@bloomberg.net

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