European Refinery Shutdowns, Expansions in 2007-2009 (Update1)

[Anonymous]

By Bill Murray and Nidaa Bakhsh
Oct. 2, 2007 (Bloomberg) — Following is a table of scheduled and unplanned refinery shutdowns, new plants and capacity expansions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The symbol + signifies an unplanned halt.
 
Refinery             Date    Shutdown  Capacity  Unit/Reason

Latest information:

Neste Porvoo         Week of  partial   196,000  Start of
     Finland         Sept. 17                    operations
                                                 end of first
                                                 week of October

Total Gonfreville    Sept. 3  partial   326,000  Output cut by
     France                                      one-third
                                                 during
                                                 6-week
                                                 maintenance
Previous information:

2007

THIRD-QUARTER START

Sohar Refinery Co.   July-    partial   116,400  Planned
     Oman            Aug.                        maintenance

Preem Gothenburg     July     partial   115,000  Ran at 75%
     Sweden                                      output on
                                                 negative
                                                 refining
                                                 margins.
                                                 Boosted output
                                                 to 95% mid-Aug.

Total Vlissingen     July-    partial   140,000  Increased
     Netherlands     Aug.                        output Aug. 14
                                                 after cutting
                                                 rates on
                                                 negative
                                                 refining
                                                 margins

Cepsa Huelva         July     partial    98,000  Visbreaker
     Spain                                       work completed
                                                 July 26

+Exxon Fawley        July 25  full      300,000  Fire at steam
       U.K.                                      plant.
                                                 Restarted
                                                 Aug. 3

+PetroSA Mossel Bay  July 31- full       40,000  Shut after
     South Africa    Aug. 13                     strike.
                                                 Returned to
                                                 full output
                                                 Aug 13.

Tamoil SA Cremona    Aug. 9   partial    84,000  Cut rates
     Italy                                       10% on
                                                 refining
                                                 margins.

+TNK-BP Lisichansk   Aug. 14  full      320,000  Refinery shut
     Ukraine                                     units after
                                                 power failure.
                                                 Returned to
                                                 service Aug. 27

ConocoPhillips       Aug.     full      260,000  Resumed
     Wilhelmshaven                               production
     Germany                                     Aug. 31 after
                                                 shutdown
                                                 Aug. 4 on
                                                 negative
                                                 refining
                                                 margins

Preem Lysekil        Sept. 3  full      210,000  Planned
     Sweden          -Oct. 10                    maintenance
                                                 for 6 weeks

Indeni Refining Co.  Sept.   partial    23,750   30-day
     Ndola Zambia                                planned
                                                 Shutdown

Neste Porvoo         Week of  partial   196,000  Start of
     Finland         Sept. 17                    operations
                                                 end of first
                                                 week of
                                                 October

NNPC Kaduna          Sept.    full      110,000  Planned Sept.
     Nigeria                                     start postponed
                                                 several months.
                                                 Militant
                                                 attacks closed
                                                 plant in
                                                 Feb. 2006

NNPC Warri           Sept.    full      125,000  Proposed start
     Nigeria                                     postponed.
                                                 Militant
                                                 attacks closed
                                                 plant Feb. 2006

INA Rijeka           3Q       partial   100,000
     Croatia

Repsol Bilbao        3Q       partial   220,000  Scheduled
     Spain                                       maintenance

PKN Orlen Plock      3Q       partial   253,000  Hydro-
     Poland                                      desulfur

Statoil Kalundborg   3Q       partial   110,000  Increase
     Denmark                                     diesel, fuel-
                                                 oil output.
                                                 Postponed until
                                                 November

Saras Sarroch        3Q       partial   301,000  Hydrocracker
     Italy                                       maintenance
                                                 completed end
                                                 July

+BP/Shell Durban     Aug. 3-  full      180,000  Shut down
     South Africa    Aug. 15                     amid labor
                                                 strike. Fully
                                                 operational
                                                 Aug. 15

Total Gonfreville    Sept. 3  partial   326,000  Output cut by
     France                                      one-third
                                                  during
                                                 6-week
                                                 maintenance

Unipetrol Litvinov   Aug. 29- full      100,000  Upgrade of
     Czech Republic  Oct. 7                      hydrocracker
                                                 unit; 6-week
                                                 steam-cracker
                                                 maintenance

AB Mazeikiu Nafta    Sept. 22  full     200,000  Shut down for
     Lithuania       – early                     maintenance
                     Nov.

Preem Gothenburg     Sept.    partial   115,000  Cut rates to
     Sweden                                      85% output on
                                                 negative
                                                 refining
                                                 margins

OAO Mozyr Oil        Sept.    partial   200,000  Catalytic
     Belarus         10-                         cracking unit
                     mid-Oct                     shut until Nov.
                                                 5. Crude unit
                                                 down until mid-
                                                 Oct

+Exxon Fawley        Sept. 12 partial   300,000  Units returned
     U.K.                                        to service
                                                  Sept.
                                                 13 after power
                                                 cut

Eni Porto Marghera   Sept. 26 partial    70,000  Started Sept.
                                                 27
     Italy                                       after several
                                                 units shut on
                                                 heavy rain

Galp Oporto          Sept. 29 full       90,000  Shut down for
     Portugal                                    45 days

FOURTH-QUARTER START

Repsol Puertollano   Oct.     full      140,000  Shut down for
     Spain                                       4 to 6 weeks

OAO Moscow Oil       Oct.     full      240,000  Planned
     Russia                                      maintenance to
                                                 increase
                                                 gasoline
                                                 output by
                                                 7.5 percent

Petrom Petrobrazi    4Q       full               2-week
     Romania                                     shutdown to
                                                 tie in diesel
                                                 hydro-treater

Lukoil Bourgas       4Q       partial   140,000  Crude
     Bulgaria                                    distillation

OMV Burghausen       4Q       partial    68,000  6-week
     Germany                                     shutdown.
                                                 Cracker
                                                 expansion

Cepsa Algeciras      Dec.     partial   223,000  Visbreaker
     Spain                                       12 days

Cepsa Huelva         Dec.     partial    98,000  Visbreaker
     Spain                                       7 days

Saras Sarroch        4Q       partial   301,000  Crude-
     Italy                                       distillation
                                                 topping unit
                                                 maintenance

2008 START

Hellenic Elefsis     1Q       partial   100,000  15-day shutdown
     Greece                                      for maintenance

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

Statoil Mongstad     Sept.-   full      201,000  6-week
     Norway          Oct.                        maintenance
                                                 Crude
                                                 processing
                                                 units down
                                                 for 2 weeks

Petrom Constanta     2H       partial            New LPG unit
     Romania

Galp Sines           3Q       full      220,000
     Portugal

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

Tupras, Izmit        4Q       partial            New fluid
     Turkey                                      catalytic
                                                 cracker

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

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

BP Castellon         4Q       partial    20,000  New coker
     Spain                                       unit. Start-up
                                                 end 2008

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

2009 START

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

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

Motor Oil Agioi      2Q       full       60,000  New crude-
Theodoroi                                        distillation
     Greece                                      unit

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

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

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

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. Cepsa to
                                                 nearly 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 2009     full      140,000  Start-up of new
     Russia                       

Refinery Date Shutdown Capacity Unit/Reason Latest information: Neste Porvoo Week of partial 196,000 Start of Finland Sept. 17 operations end of first week of October Total Gonfreville Sept. 3 partial 326,000 Output cut by France one-third                                                  during 6-week maintenance Previous information: 2007 THIRD-QUARTER START Sohar Refinery Co. July- partial 116,400 Planned Oman Aug. maintenance Preem Gothenburg July partial 115,000 Ran at 75% Sweden output on negative refining margins. Boosted output to 95% mid-Aug. Total Vlissingen July- partial 140,000 Increased Netherlands Aug. output Aug. 14 after cutting rates on negative refining margins Cepsa Huelva July partial 98,000 Visbreaker Spain work completed July 26 +Exxon Fawley July 25 full 300,000 Fire at steam U.K. plant. Restarted Aug. 3 +PetroSA Mossel Bay July 31- full 40,000 Shut after South Africa Aug. 13 strike. Returned to full output Aug 13. Tamoil SA Cremona Aug. 9 partial 84,000 Cut rates Italy 10% on refining margins. +TNK-BP Lisichansk Aug. 14 full 320,000 Refinery shut Ukraine units after power failure. Returned to service Aug. 27 ConocoPhillips Aug. full 260,000 Resumed Wilhelmshaven production Germany Aug. 31 after shutdown Aug. 4 on negative refining margins Preem Lysekil Sept. 3 full 210,000 Planned Sweden -Oct. 10 maintenance for 6 weeks Indeni Refining Co. Sept. partial 23,750 30-day Ndola Zambia planned Shutdown Neste Porvoo Week of partial 196,000 Start of Finland Sept. 17 operations end of first week of October NNPC Kaduna Sept. full 110,000 Planned Sept. Nigeria start postponed several months. Militant attacks closed plant in Feb. 2006 NNPC Warri Sept. full 125,000 Proposed start Nigeria postponed. Militant attacks closed plant Feb. 2006 INA Rijeka 3Q partial 100,000 Croatia Repsol Bilbao 3Q partial 220,000 Scheduled Spain maintenance PKN Orlen Plock 3Q partial 253,000 Hydro- Poland desulfur Statoil Kalundborg 3Q partial 110,000 Increase Denmark diesel, fuel- oil output. Postponed until November Saras Sarroch 3Q partial 301,000 Hydrocracker Italy maintenance completed end July +BP/Shell Durban Aug. 3- full 180,000 Shut down South Africa Aug. 15 amid labor strike. Fully operational Aug. 15 Total Gonfreville Sept. 3 partial 326,000 Output cut by France one-third                                                  during 6-week maintenance Unipetrol Litvinov Aug. 29- full 100,000 Upgrade of Czech Republic Oct. 7 hydrocracker unit; 6-week steam-cracker maintenance AB Mazeikiu Nafta Sept. 22 full 200,000 Shut down for Lithuania – early maintenance Nov. Preem Gothenburg Sept. partial 115,000 Cut rates to Sweden 85% output on negative refining margins OAO Mozyr Oil Sept. partial 200,000 Catalytic Belarus 10- cracking unit mid-Oct shut until Nov. 5. Crude unit down until mid- Oct +Exxon Fawley Sept. 12 partial 300,000 Units returned U.K. to service                                                  Sept. 13 after power cut Eni Porto Marghera Sept. 26 partial 70,000 Started Sept.                                                  27 Italy after several units shut on heavy rain Galp Oporto Sept. 29 full 90,000 Shut down for Portugal 45 days FOURTH-QUARTER START Repsol Puertollano Oct. full 140,000 Shut down for Spain 4 to 6 weeks OAO Moscow Oil Oct. full 240,000 Planned Russia maintenance to increase gasoline output by 7.5 percent Petrom Petrobrazi 4Q full 2-week Romania shutdown to tie in diesel hydro-treater Lukoil Bourgas 4Q partial 140,000 Crude Bulgaria distillation OMV Burghausen 4Q partial 68,000 6-week Germany shutdown. Cracker expansion Cepsa Algeciras Dec. partial 223,000 Visbreaker Spain 12 days Cepsa Huelva Dec. partial 98,000 Visbreaker Spain 7 days Saras Sarroch 4Q partial 301,000 Crude- Italy distillation topping unit maintenance 2008 START Hellenic Elefsis 1Q partial 100,000 15-day shutdown Greece for maintenance Sasol Ras Laffan Feb. partial 34,000 Maintenance to Qatar last 28 days Statoil Mongstad Sept.- full 201,000 6-week Norway Oct. maintenance Crude processing units down for 2 weeks Petrom Constanta 2H partial New LPG unit Romania Galp Sines 3Q full 220,000 Portugal Chevron Pembroke 3Q-4Q partial 210,000 Fluid catalytic Wales cracking unit to be shut down for six weeks Tupras, Izmit 4Q partial New fluid Turkey catalytic cracker Petronas Durban Oct. partial 125,000 1-month South Africa maintenance Petro SA Mossel Bay Dec. partial 40,000 1 train down South Africa for routine maintenance BP Castellon 4Q partial 20,000 New coker Spain unit. Start-up end 2008 Oil Refineries partial 180,000 Crude Haifa, Israel distillation, naphtha, gasoil, jet fuel 2009 START 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 PKN Orlen Plock 2Q partial 253,000 New diesel unit Poland Motor Oil Agioi 2Q full 60,000 New crude- Theodoroi distillation Greece unit Grupa Lotos Gdansk 1H full 92,000 Shut down for Poland more than 1 month for upgrades Total Immingham 1H partial 220,000 New low-sulfur U.K. diesel facility Oil Refineries Haifa 1H partial 180,000 $50 million Israel investment to upgrade crude unit to use heavier grades 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. Cepsa to nearly 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 2009 full 140,000 Start-up of new Russia

[Charles RandallParticipant]

EU UPdate – Here is a Bloomberg EU Refinery S/D & Expansion update over the 2007-2010 time frame.  Several coker expansions missing – ie only 2 (BP & Repsol) of the 4 coker expansions in Spain are mentioned and couple of Russian cokers are missing.

[Anonymous]

By Bill Murray and Nidaa Bakhsh
Oct. 2, 2007 (Bloomberg) — Following is a table of scheduled and unplanned refinery shutdowns, new plants and capacity expansions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The symbol + signifies an unplanned halt.
 
Refinery             Date    Shutdown  Capacity  Unit/Reason

Latest information:

Neste Porvoo         Week of  partial   196,000  Start of
    Finland         Sept. 17                    operations
                                                end of first
                                                week of October

Total Gonfreville    Sept. 3  partial   326,000  Output cut by
    France                                      one-third
                                                during
                                                6-week
                                                maintenance
Previous information:

2007

THIRD-QUARTER START

Sohar Refinery Co.   July-    partial   116,400  Planned
    Oman            Aug.                        maintenance

Preem Gothenburg     July     partial   115,000  Ran at 75%
    Sweden                                      output on
                                                negative
                                                refining
                                                margins.
                                                Boosted output
                                                to 95% mid-Aug.

Total Vlissingen     July-    partial   140,000  Increased
    Netherlands     Aug.                        output Aug. 14
                                                after cutting
                                                rates on
                                                negative
                                                refining
                                                margins

Cepsa Huelva         July     partial    98,000  Visbreaker
     Spain                                       work completed
                                                July 26

+Exxon Fawley        July 25  full      300,000  Fire at steam
      U.K.                                      plant.
                                                Restarted
                                                Aug. 3

+PetroSA Mossel Bay  July 31- full       40,000  Shut after
    South Africa    Aug. 13                     strike.
                                                Returned to
                                                full output
                                                Aug 13.

Tamoil SA Cremona    Aug. 9   partial    84,000  Cut rates
    Italy                                       10% on
                                                refining
                                                margins.

+TNK-BP Lisichansk   Aug. 14  full      320,000  Refinery shut
    Ukraine                                     units after
                                                power failure.
                                                Returned to
                                                service Aug. 27

ConocoPhillips       Aug.     full      260,000  Resumed
    Wilhelmshaven                               production
    Germany                                     Aug. 31 after
                                                shutdown
                                                Aug. 4 on
                                                negative
                                                refining
                                                margins

Preem Lysekil        Sept. 3  full      210,000  Planned
    Sweden          -Oct. 10                    maintenance
                                                for 6 weeks

Indeni Refining Co.  Sept.   partial    23,750   30-day
    Ndola Zambia                                planned
                                                Shutdown

Neste Porvoo         Week of  partial   196,000  Start of
    Finland         Sept. 17                    operations
                                                end of first
                                                week of
                                                October

NNPC Kaduna          Sept.    full      110,000  Planned Sept.
    Nigeria                                     start postponed
                                                several months.
                                                Militant
                                                attacks closed
                                                plant in
                                                Feb. 2006

NNPC Warri           Sept.    full      125,000  Proposed start
    Nigeria                                     postponed.
                                                Militant
                                                attacks closed
                                                plant Feb. 2006

INA Rijeka           3Q       partial   100,000
    Croatia

Repsol Bilbao        3Q       partial   220,000  Scheduled
    Spain                                       maintenance

PKN Orlen Plock      3Q       partial   253,000  Hydro-
    Poland                                      desulfur

Statoil Kalundborg   3Q       partial   110,000  Increase
    Denmark                                     diesel, fuel-
                                                oil output.
                                                Postponed until
                                                November

Saras Sarroch        3Q       partial   301,000  Hydrocracker
    Italy                                       maintenance
                                                completed end
                                                July

+BP/Shell Durban     Aug. 3-  full      180,000  Shut down
    South Africa    Aug. 15                     amid labor
                                                strike. Fully
                                                operational
                                                Aug. 15

Total Gonfreville    Sept. 3  partial   326,000  Output cut by
    France                                      one-third
                                                 during
                                                6-week
                                                maintenance

Unipetrol Litvinov   Aug. 29- full      100,000  Upgrade of
    Czech Republic  Oct. 7                      hydrocracker
                                                unit; 6-week
                                                steam-cracker
                                                maintenance

AB Mazeikiu Nafta    Sept. 22  full     200,000  Shut down for
    Lithuania       – early                     maintenance
                    Nov.

Preem Gothenburg     Sept.    partial   115,000  Cut rates to
    Sweden                                      85% output on
                                                negative
                                                refining
                                                margins

OAO Mozyr Oil        Sept.    partial   200,000  Catalytic
    Belarus         10-                         cracking unit
                    mid-Oct                     shut until Nov.
                                                5. Crude unit
                                                down until mid-
                                                Oct

+Exxon Fawley        Sept. 12 partial   300,000  Units returned
    U.K.                                        to service
                                                 Sept.
                                                13 after power
                                                cut

Eni Porto Marghera   Sept. 26 partial    70,000  Started Sept.
                                                27
    Italy                                       after several
                                                units shut on
                                                heavy rain

Galp Oporto          Sept. 29 full       90,000  Shut down for
    Portugal                                    45 days

FOURTH-QUARTER START

Repsol Puertollano   Oct.     full      140,000  Shut down for
    Spain                                       4 to 6 weeks

OAO Moscow Oil       Oct.     full      240,000  Planned
    Russia                                      maintenance to
                                                increase
                                                gasoline
                                                output by
                                                7.5 percent

Petrom Petrobrazi    4Q       full               2-week
    Romania                                     shutdown to
                                                tie in diesel
                                                hydro-treater

Lukoil Bourgas       4Q       partial   140,000  Crude
    Bulgaria                                    distillation

OMV Burghausen       4Q       partial    68,000  6-week
    Germany                                     shutdown.
                                                Cracker
                                                expansion

Cepsa Algeciras      Dec.     partial   223,000  Visbreaker
     Spain                                       12 days

Cepsa Huelva         Dec.     partial    98,000  Visbreaker
     Spain                                       7 days

Saras Sarroch        4Q       partial   301,000  Crude-
    Italy                                       distillation
                                                topping unit
                                                maintenance

2008 START

Hellenic Elefsis     1Q       partial   100,000  15-day shutdown
    Greece                                      for maintenance

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

Statoil Mongstad     Sept.-   full      201,000  6-week
    Norway          Oct.                        maintenance
                                                Crude
                                                processing
                                                units down
                                                for 2 weeks

Petrom Constanta     2H       partial            New LPG unit
    Romania

Galp Sines           3Q       full      220,000
    Portugal

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

Tupras, Izmit        4Q       partial            New fluid
    Turkey                                      catalytic
                                                cracker

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

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

BP Castellon         4Q       partial    20,000  New coker
     Spain                                       unit. Start-up
                                                end 2008

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

2009 START

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

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

Motor Oil Agioi      2Q       full       60,000  New crude-
Theodoroi                                        distillation
    Greece                                      unit

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

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

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

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. Cepsa to
                                                nearly 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 2009     full      140,000  Start-up of new

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