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FACTBOX-Oil refineries shut due to weak economics 2009-10
Tue Feb 9, 2010 6:25am EST
6:36am CST Feb 9, 2010 (Reuters) – A sharp drop in demand for oil products, such as gasoline, diesel,heating oil and jet fuel, especially in developed countries, has forced many oil companies toclose refineries permanently, indefinitely or for a long term this year. The shut-in of crude distillation capacity so far totals about 1.4 million barrels per dayglobally. The following lists oil refineries or crude distillation units (CDUs) which have been shutcompletely this year due to weak economics. It does not include the offline capacity of CDUs running at lower utilisation rates as aresult of run cuts; refineries that are not in operation due to lack of maintenance such assome in Nigeria; fire-related shutdowns; shutdowns that are described as scheduled maintenanceby operators, such as ConocoPhillips’ (COP.N) Wilhelmshaven refinery in Germany. For refinery maintenance/outage tables, click on [REF/US][REF/A][REF/E] Capacity is expressed in a thousand barrels per day unless specified. Country Operator Refinery Timing Capacity Status ‘000 bpd Story link =======================================================================ARUBA Valero Aruba July 235 Shut indefinitely (VLO.N) [ID:nN26274347]FRANCE Total Dunkirk September 160 Long term shutdown (TOTF.PA) [ID:nLF522555] [ID:nLI688020]FRANCE Total Gonfreville August 4.5 mln t/y One CDU shut for extended (roughly 91kbpd) period Total plant capacity 339kbpd [ID:ID:nL5419216]JAPAN Nippon Mizushima July-March 110 One CDU shut Oil Total plant capacity 400kbpd (5001.T) [ID:nT74713]JAPAN Nippon Toyama January 60 Idled [ID:nT166714] Oil JAPAN Cosmo Oil February The company to cut its total (5007.T) capacity by 80kbpd to 550kbpd [ID:nTOE61007L]SPAIN Repsol Bilbao September 90 Long term CDU shutdown (REP.MC) Total plant capacity 220kbpd [ID:nLF636734]UK Petroplus Teesside March 117 Idled [ID:nL5419216] (PPHN.VX) U.S. Valero Delaware City November 185 Permanent CDU closure Total plant capacity 210kbpd [ID:nN20224848]U.S. Sunoco Eagle Point November 145 Permanent closure (SUN.N) [ID:nN01181076]U.S. Big West Bakersfield January 66 Idled [ID:nN281360]*U.S. Western Bloomfield November 17 Permanent closure [ID:nN09260634] Note * parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Dec. 22, 2008 (Reporting by Ikuko Kurahone)
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