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WNR Western Refining Inc. Western Refining, Inc.

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US Refinery Status: Valero Restarts Corpus Christi Hydrocracking Unit Sunday

19/10/2009 3:18pm

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

Valero Energy (VLO) Sunday said that it is restarting a hydrocracking unit in the West Plant section of its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery. The unit was shut on October 7 due to a small fire.

Alon (ALJ) said Friday that two emissions control units went off line on Thursday. The No. 1 CEM, or continuous emission monitoring, unit went off line after the No. 1 SCOT, or Shell Class Off-gas Treating, unit experienced a "shutdown due to flame failure from maintenance calibirating" the ration of air to various gases. Related emissions lasted five hours Thursday afternoon. During this maintenance work, feed was redirected to the sulfur recovery unit.

Flint Hills Resources said Friday that a pinhole-sized leak of fuel gas was discovered in the pipe systems leading to the FCCU at its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery. The leak was promptly isolated and stopped by 4 p.m. the same day.

ConocoPhillips (COP) said Thursday that its 198,400-barrel-a-day refinery in Ponca City, Okla., is undergoing planned maintenance.

Flint Hills Resources said Thursday that it plans to shut Sat Gas Unit No. 1 at the west plant of its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery for "needed maintenance activities."

For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using the code N/REF.

 
 
Operator   Refinery    Capacity   Description                  Restart 
                       (in 000s 
                       bbl/day) 
 
UNPLANNED 
 
CANADA 
 
Suncor     Alberta           One of two oil sands up-             n/a 
                             graders is operating at re- 
                             duced rates following a 
                             minor fire on Oct 12. 
 
Suncor     Sarnia      85.0  Hydrocracker unit shut Oct           n/a 
           Ontario           11 due to fire at associated 
                             compressor; no  restart esti- 
                             mate available. 
 
 
EAST COAST 
 
Conoco     Linden, NJ    238.0  Officials consider run cuts      n/a 
                                due to slack demand, a per- 
                                son familiar with operations 
                                said on July 17. 
 
CARIBBEAN 
 
GULF COAST 
 
Alon    Big Spring     67.0  Two emission control units;        n/a                                               unit and CEM un 
        TX                   SCOT and CEM units, went off- 
                             line Oct 15 during maintenance. 
 
BP      Texas City    455.8  Aromatics Recovery Unit in A           Oct 14 
        TX                   side of plante restarted on 
                             Oct 14. 
                             Leak discovered Oct 10 at heat         n/a 
                             exchanger at FCCU3 which was in 
                             propane/propylene service at 
                             the time. Impact on production 
                             unclear. 
 
Citgo      Corpus     163.0  Alkylation unit shut July 19           end-Oct 
           Christi, TX       by near-fatal explosion to 
                             return to service by end-Oct. 
                             The restart was delayed from 
                             early-Oct due to safety issues. 
                             FCCU No. 1 and 2 experience snag 
                             when the regenerator temperature 
                             dropped; lasted 18 minutes Oct. 8. 
 
Delek   Tyler, Tx     60.0   FCCU in restart Oct 14; unit taken       Oct 14 
                             taken out of service Oct 13 due to 
                             unexpected operational changes. 
 
Exxon   Baytown      572.5   Hydrocracker Unit 1 up and running       Oct 12 
        TX                   the Co. said on Oct 12. The unit was 
                             shut on Oct 9 to facilitate compres- 
                             sor repairs; associated units ran at 
                             reduced rates during the repair time. 
 
Flint      Corpus   288.5    Pinehole-sized leak discovered in pipe   Oct 16 
Hills      Christi           system leading to FCCU on Oct. 16. 
                             Leak isolated and repaired by 4 p.m. 
                             the same day. 
 
Motiva     Norco     236.4   Reformer back at planned rates           Oct 12 
           LA                Oct 12 after shutting down Oct 7 
                             for compressor repairs. 
 
Valero     Corpus    142.0   West Plant Hydrocracker unit         n/a 
           Tx                restarted Oct. 18; unit shut 
                             Oct. 7 by small, brief fire. 
                             An SMR unit was shut 
                             for maintenance after the 
                             fire; restart Oct. 10. 
 
Total   Port Arthur   232.0  A fire occurred in a heavy oil        n/a 
        TX                   line between the crude unit and 
                             the tank farm on Oct 13 during 
                             the restart of several process 
                             units that were knocked off-line 
                             earlier that day by a power snag. 
                             The impact of the fire on opera- 
                             tions is unclear. 
                             Powerstation cogen turbine 
                             reduced to its "lowest 
                             firing rate" Oct. 8 due to 
                             leaky exchanger; nitrogen 
                             oxide steam taken out of 
                             service. 
 
 
MIDWEST 
 
ROCKY MOUNTAINS 
 
WEST COAST 
 
Chevron    El Segundo    274.0  A brief period of flaring        n/a 
           CA                   on Oct 14 is reported to 
                                state regulators. Filing 
                                lists cause as "breakdown." 
 
Exxon      Torrance, CA  149.5  Restarted two unnamed units      Oct 6 
                                Oct. 6 that were 
                                unexpectedly shut Oct. 3. 
 
Tesoro      Wilmington    96.8  Refinery returning to normal     Oct 14 
            CA                  operations Oct 14 after power 
                                snag upsets several process 
                                units. 
                                Expects to restart coking        Mid-Oct 
                                unit at full rates mid-Oct 
                                that was shut due to a fire 
                                Sept. 25. 
 
 
 
PLANNED 
 
CANADA 
 
 
CARIBBEAN 
 
Valero     Aruba         235.0  The refinery that was shut 
                                in June for 2-3 months for 
                                economic reasons is being 
                                closed indefinitely. 
 
EAST COAST 
 
Sunoco    Westville, NJ  145.0  Idling all refining              Mid-Nov 
                                operations indefinitely due 
                                to poor economics, Co. said 
                                Oct. 6. It will take 4-6 
                                weeks to work through crude 
                                stocks to shut down. 
 
 
Sunoco     Philadelphia, 340.0  FCCU at Girard Point in re-      Sep 14 
           PA                   start Sep 14 following about 
                                five weeks of turnaround 
                                maintenance. 
 
                                Reformer unit shut in Girard     n/a 
                                Point section in early Oct 
                                for economic reasons. Shutdown 
                                to last 1-6 months. 
 
Valero     Delaware City 210.0  Coker Unit shut Oct 3-4 and      n/a 
           DE                   related gasifier unit to shut 
                                within a few days for economic 
                                reasons. 
                                Maintenance at 80,000-b/d 
                                FCCU delayed to Nov./Dec. 
 
Western    Yorktown       64.5  Planned work scheduled 1Q 2010. 
           Va. 
 
 
GULF COAST 
 
Conoco    Borger, TX     146.0  Unidentified units shut for 
                                planned turnaround, Co. said 
                                Oct. 9. No further details. 
                                Shut amine unit for planned     Oct. 24 
                                maintenance Oct. 9-24. 
 
Total    Port Arthur,TX  232.0  Shut unit 821 for maintenance   Oct. 13 
                                from Oct. 9-13. 
 
 
Alon       Krotz Springs  80.0  Plantwide turnaround starts      Jan. 
           LA.                  Jan. 1 to last 21 days.          21/22 
 
BP        Texas City, TX 467.0  Ultraformer No. 4, Ultra-        Early 
                                cracker unit and Aromatics       Oct. 
                                recovery unit shut for planned 
                                seasonal turnaround mainte- 
                                nance starting on Sept. 2; 
                                restart seen in 4-5 weeks. 
                                Shut Power Station No. 4        Oct. 14 
                                Boiler, B-430 for planned 
                                work starting Oct. 7. 
 
Chevron    Pascagoula,   330.0  Pre-commercial heavy oil         2010 
           Miss.                conversion project delayed 
                                from 2008 to 2010 due to 
                                economic factors. 
 
Conoco     Sweeny, TX    247.0  Six weeks of turnaround work     Oct 30 
                                starts Sept. 14 at Units 14, 
                                9, 38 and 27, which is an 
                                FCCU. 
 
                                Tail gas incinerator shut during  Nov. 1 

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