Refinery Status: ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery Fire Wednesday Confined to One Process Unit

The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswire's. The information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining sources and doesn't purport to be a comprehensive list.

ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) on Oct. 3 said a fire at its Baytown, Texas, refinery was confined to a single process unit and that operations at the rest of the refinery weren't impacted. The fire was caused by a hole in a reactor, a environmental filing said. The unit involved hasn't been identified.

Exxon Mobil Corp. on Oct. 2 said operations are normalizing at its Torrance, Calif., refinery following an early morning power outage on Oct. 1. Flaring associated with the effort could continue through Oct. 9.

Hess Corp. (HES) on Oct. 3 said operations at it's Port Reading, New Jersey, distillate and gasoline production facility continued normally while emergency responders worked to clear vapors at the truck rack due to a leak in a truck's line.

Phillips 66 (PSX) on Oct. 2 said all process units affected by the Sept. 30 third-party provider power outage at its Sweeny, Texas, refinery had been brought back on-line.

Alon USA (ALJ) on Oct. 2 said normal operations had resumed at its Big Spring, Texas, refinery's FCCU after a wet gas compressor malfunction the day before.

Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES CG SUN) shut a CO boiler and may have slightly reduced FCCU output, a person familiar with the plant said on Oct. 2. There is no estimate of when the work will end.

BP PLC (BP BP.LN) completed turnaround maintenance underway since last month at its Whiting, Indiana, refinery a person familiar with operations at the plant said on Oct. 2. The smallest of three crude units restarted on Sept. 30 and an isomerization unit was in restart mode. A hydrotreater unit was returned to service last week.

Motiva Enterprises LLC on Oct. 2 said an impact assessment after a brief fire the day before in a crude distillation unit at its Convent, La., refinery continues. No other process units were affected by the event.

Citgo Petroleum Corp on Oct. 1 said planned maintenance got underway at unspecified units in the East and West facilities at its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery.

Pasadena Refining Systems Inc. on Oct. 1 said FCCU operations quickly returned to normal after "slight" upsets at its Pasadena, Texas, refinery FCCU on Sept. 28 and 29.

CVR Energy (CVI) on Sept. 29 resumed turnaround maintenance at its Wynnewood, Okla. refinery after a boiler explosion on Sept. 28 fatally injured one worker and critically injured another. No process units or other areas of the facility were affected by the blast.

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Operator   Refinery    Capacity   Description                   Restart 
                       (in 000s 
                       bbl/day) 
UNPLANNED 
 
CANADA 
 
Irving   Saint John    300.0  Normal operations resume 
Oil      Canada               on Sep 26 after an explo- 
                              sion at a small tank earlier 
                              in the day, the co. said. 
 
CARIBBEAN 
 
EAST COAST 
 
Hess     Port Reading   70.0  Operations normal while 
                              vapors cleared due to truck's 
                              line leak at loading rack, the 
                              co. said Oct 3. 
 
Phila-   Philadelphia  330.0  CO boiler shut for maintenance 
delphia  PA                   may have slightly reduced FCCU 
Energy                        output, a person familiar with 
                              operations said on Oct 2. 
 
 
GULF COAST 
 
Alon     Big Spring     70.0  FCCU resumed normal operations 
USA      TX                   after a wet gas compressor mal- 
                              function the day before, the co. 
                              said on Oct. 2. The same unit 
                              ran at reduced rate Sep 13 due 
                              to maintenance at the compressor. 
 
Chevron  Pascagoula,   330.0  Operations were back at normal 
         MS                   after running at reduced rates 
                              since late August when Hurricane 
                              Isaac caused damage, the co. said 
                              on Sep. 27. 
 
Exxon    Baytown, TX   560.0  Oct 3 fire confined to one unit 
Mobil                         was caused by a hole in a reactor. 
                              No impact on remaining operations, 
                              the co. said. 
 
                              Flexicoker shut Sep 11 because 
                              of a heat exchanger leak will be 
                              down for several weeks of repairs 
                              the co. said on Sep 20. 
 
Motiva   Convent, LA   235.0  Impact assessment continues after 
                              brief fire at CDU on Oct 1. No 
                              other process units affected, the 
                              co. said. 
 
Pasadena Pasadena, TX  100.0  Co. on Oct. 1 said operations re- 
Refining                      turned to normal soon after slight 
                              upsets on Sep 28 and Sep 29. 
 
Phillips  Sweeny, TX   247.0  Process units back on-line Oct.    Oct 2 
66                            2 after early morning power 
                              outage on Sep 30, the co. said. 
 
 
MIDWEST 
 
Citgo    Lemont, IL    167.0  Electrical problems at a gas com- 
                              pressor reported to regulators on 
                              Sep 20 results in flaring; impact 
                              to production unclear. 
 
Exxon    Channahon     238.6  Coker unit rate cut on Sep 23 
         IL                   following a compressor shut- 
                              down. Impact to operations un- 
                              clear. 
 
Holly    Tulsa, OK     125.0  Sep 24: No update on status of re- 
Frontier                      pair work to diesel hydrotreater 
                              shut by fire on Aug 2. On Aug 8 the 
                              co. said repairs would take 6-8 weeks. 
 
ROCKIES 
 
WEST COAST 
 
Chevron  Richmond,     245.0  CDU No. 4 is shut after Aug 6 
                              fire. Most other process units 
                              continue to operate, the co. 
                              said, although gasoline production 
                              was reduced by an unspecified 
                              amount, a Sep 12 DJ report said. 
                              No restart estimate. 
 
Exxon    Torrance,     155.0  Operations normalizing the co. 
Mobil    CA                   said on Oct 2, after third- 
                              party power outage on Oct 1 re- 
                              sulted in unit shutdowns and slow- 
                              downs. Flaring may continue 
                              through Oct 9 as the process con- 
                              tinues. 
 
 
PLANNED 
 
CANADA 
 
Husky    Saskatchewan         Major turnaround to take place     Spring 
Refinery                      in spring of 2013. Plant-wide      2013 
                              shutdown for inspection and 
                              equipment repairs. 
 
CARIBBEAN 
 
Valero   Aruba                Refinery will be converted to a 
                              terminal while the co. continues 
                              to seek a buyer, the co. said on 
                              Sep 4. 
 
EAST COAST 
 
Monroe   Trainer, PA   185.0  Some units will restart Sep 8-9; 
Energy                        full ops expected by month's end 
                              the co. said on Sep 6. 
 
Sunoco   Marcus Hook   190.0  Marcus Hook shut Dec. 1 2011 ahead 
                              of schedule due to poor refining 
                              economics. 
 
GULF COAST 
 
Citgo    Corpus        165.0  Planned maintenance starts Oct. 
         Christi, TX          1 at unspecified units in East 
                              and West Plant facilities, the 
                              co. said on Oct. 1. 
 
Phillips Borger, TX    146.0  FCCU 40 shut Sep 24 for just       Oct 29 
66                            over one month of maintenance;        & 
                              FCCU 29 will shut Oct 21 for       Nov 20 
                              one month, a TCEQ filing said. 
 
Valero   Houston, TX   160.0  FCCU shut for eight weeks of      Nov 20 
                              turnaround maintenance, the co. 
                              said on Sept. 21 
 
Valero   McKee    TX   170.0  Expansion project announced 
                              March 2011 to increase crude oil 
                              throughput by 25,000 b/d to 
                              195,000 b/d. 
 
Valero   Norco, LA     185.0  Hydrocracker project will pro-     2013 
                              ceed and be completed in late 
                              2013, the co. said on 7/27/10. 
 
                              Upgrade project to build           2012 
                              a new diesel hydrotreater 
                              unit moved from 2010 to 
                              4Q 2012. 
 
Valero   Port Arthur   325.0  Hydrocracker project will pro-     Late 
         TX                   ceed and be completed in late      2012 
                              2012. 
 
MIDWEST 
 
BP       Whiting, IN   336.0  Maintenance underway since late    Oct 2 
                              Aug. completed. CDU and isomer- 
                              ization unit restarted Sep 30; 
                              Hydrotreater restarted Sep 27, 
                              a source said on Oct 2. 
 
                              Largest of 3 CDUs will shut in     Late 
                              late in 4Q 2012 for expansion      4Q 
                              project, the co. said July 31.     2012 

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                              Project completion set 2nd-half 
                              2013. 
 
BP/Husky Toledo, OH    160.0  4 weeks of maintenance will        Oct 11 
                              begin at FCCU and coker com- 
                              pressors on Sep 13, a person 
                              familiar with the plant said. 
 
CVR      Wynnewood      54.0  Turnaround work resumed Sep 30 
Energy   OK                   after Sep 29 boiler explosion. 
                              No other process units or area 
                              of the plant affected by the blast. 
 
                              30-40 days maintenance in Q3 2012 
         OK                   announced on Nov. 3, 2011. 
 
Holly    Tulsa, OK     125.0  The entire refinery will be shut   Late 
Frontier                      while West Plant section under-    2012 
                              goes major turnaround maintenance 
                              in late 2012, the Co. said on 
                              Aug. 5, 2011. 
 
Holly    El Dorado     139.0  Coker unit undergoing maintenance 
Frontier KS                   until further notice, traders said 
                              on Sep 14. No significant impact 
                              to production is expected. 
 
Husky    Lima, OH      160.0  30-day maintenance will begin      Sept 
Energy                        in Sept. the Co. said on July 24.  2012 
                              Scope of work not disclosed. 
 
                              15-day maintenance planned at      4Q 
                              diesel hydrotreater; 29-days at    2012 
                              aromatics unit, set for 4Q 2012, 
                              the Co. said on Feb 9, 2012. 
 
                              New 20,000-b/d kerosene hydro-     1stH 
                              treater will start up in 1st       2013 
                              half 2013, to co. said on Feb 9, 
                              2012. 
 
                              45-days of major turnaround 
                              scheduled in 2014; 70% of units 
                              involved. Remaining 30% will under 
                              go major turnaround in 2015, the 
                              co. said on Feb 9, 2012. 
 
Phillips Roxana, IL    305.0  Unspecified unit shut for planned 
66                            maintenance on Sep 25, the co. 
                              said. No further details provided. 
 
 
ROCKIES 
 
WEST COAST 
 
Tesoro   Martinez, CA  166.0  Reformer restart began Sep 23 
                              after Sep 16 shutdown reports 
                              to regulators said. 
 
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