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.

Citgo plans to restart on Oct. 10 an alkylation unit that caused a explosion in July at the Corpus Christi, Texas refinery, according to the union that represents workers at the plant.

Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) will shut Friday a complex at the west plant of its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery for maintenance and restart it Oct. 4, according to a filing with environmental regulators.

Sunoco Inc. (SUN) said Thursday that it completed the turnaround at its Toledo, Ohio refinery.

ConocoPhillips (COP) reported it was performing a turnaround at its Sweeny, Texas refinery that could last until Nov. 1, according to a regulatory filing.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) plans to shut three units at its Deer Park, Texas refinery in the Oct. 1-24 period for maintenance, according to a filing to Texas state environmental regulators Thursday.

A hydroprocessing unit, a catalytic cracker unit and an alkylation unit will be shut, it said in a Thursday filing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

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

 
 
Operator   Refinery    Capacity   Description                  Restart 
                       (in 000s 
                       bbl/day) 
 
UNPLANNED 
 
CANADA 
 
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 
 
BP         Texas City    455.8  An FCCU unit leak resulted in 
            TX                  flaring on Sept. 15-16. 
 
Citgo      Corpus         163.0  Restart Alky unit on Oct. 10-union 
 
Delek      Tyler           58.0  FCCU unit shut down, restarted   Sept. 21 
           Tx 
 
Valero     Corpus        142.0   Hydrocracker shut for unknown 
           Tx                    reasons Sept. 24. West plant complex 
                                 unit shut from Oct. 2-4. 
 
Valero     Port Arthur   287.0  Snag at wet gas scrubber at       n/a 
            Tx                  FCCU on Sept. 19. No impact 
                                to production. 
MIDWEST 
 
Exxon       Joliet, Ill. 238.6  Restarting FCCU unit Sept. 17 
                                after minor repairs from an 
                                issue that came up during 
                                planned maintenance of a 
                                diesel hydrotreater. 
 
 
Marathon    Robinson, IL 204.0  Refinery returning to nor- 
                                mal rates Sep 15 after small 
                                plane hits power lines on 
                                Sep 13 at affili- 
                                ated power grid. 
 
 
Marathon    Catlettsburg 226.0  Refinery units in restart        Sep 10 
            KY                  on Sept. 10 after plant- 
                                wide shutdown the day be- 
                                fore due to a storm. No 
                                estimate on when the plant 
                                will be back at normal 
                                processing rates. 
 
 
ROCKY MOUNTAINS 
 
 
WEST COAST 
 
BP          Carson, CA   265.0  Operations returning to 
                                normal Sept. 17 after a 
                                compressor snag from a 
                                mechanical error caused 
                                flaring on Sept. 16. 
 
Conoco      Wilmington   139.0  Unknown process upset 
                                reported Sept. 23 
 
Conoco      Rodeo        120.0  Reports flaring Sept. 29 
 
Chevron     Richmond      245.2 Gas Oil hydrotreater catches fire 
                                Sept. 24 returns to normal Sept. 28 
 
Tesoro      Wilmington    96.8  Sept. 25  fire shuts coker unit,  n/a 
                                reduces rates. 
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     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 and Gasifier complex 
           DE                   shutting down indefinitely for 
                                economic reasons, the Co. said 
                                on Sep 8. 
                                Maintenance at 80,000-b/d 
                                FCCU delayed moved to Nov./Dec. 
 
 
Western    Yorktown       64.5  Planned work scheduled 1Q 2010. 
           Va. 
 
 
GULF COAST 
 
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. 
 
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 
                                fall turnaround Sept. 30 
 
Exxon      Baytown       572.5  FCCU No. 3 shut Sep 15. for 
           TX                   planned maintenance. 
 
Flint      Corpus        288.1  $250 mln project for new         Spr 
Hills      Christi, TX          diesel desulfurization,          2010 
                                sulfur recovery unit to begin 
                                in Fall 2008. Construction 
                                to last 18 months. 
 
Marathon   Garyville     245.0  Project to increase crude oil    4Q 
           LA                   refining capacity by 180,000-    2009 
                                b/d 85% complete, as of end 
                                April. New units expected 
                                start up in 4Q 2009. 
 
Motiva     Port Arthur   285.0  Expansion project to increase    1Q 
           TX                   throughput capacity by 325,000   2012 
                                b/d, to 610,000-b/d, slowed. 
                                Completion now seen 1Q 
                                2012, from 2010. 
 
Shell      Deer Park,    340.0  Two weeks maintenance begins     Sep 27 
           TX                   Sept. 13 at flare gas recovery 
                                compressor. 
 
                                Shell shuts several units for 
                                work, co said. Sept. 27 
 
                                Co. said shut hydroprocessing unit,  Oct. 24 
                                a catalytic cracker unit 
                                alkylation unit during fall turnaround 
 
Total      Port Arthur   232.0  Shut unit 810 for work Sept.22 
                                Unit 822 restarted Sept. 29 
                                Restarted 837 Oct. 1 
 
Valero     Corpus        340.0  Coker unit shutdown for econo-   n/a 
           Christi, TX          mic reasons and planned work; 
                                delayed to June 19 from June 
                                12. The 20,000-b/d unit will 
                                remain off line through July 
                                but could restart at any time 
                                if margins improve. 
 
                                20,000-b/d FCCU in East          n/a 
                                Plant shut; West Plant 
                                50,000-b/d FCCU at reduced 
                                rates since mid-Dec for 
                                economic reasons. 
 
Valero     Norco, LA     250.0  Upgrade project to build         2012 
                                a new diesel hydrotreater 
                                unit moved from 2010 to 
                                4Q 2012. 
 
                                Turnaround at coker unit         1Q 
                                delayed until 1Q 2010 
                                from 4Q 2009. 
                                The coker will operate at 
                                50% of capacity when 
                                restarted due to poor 
                                economics. 
 
Valero     Port Arthur   325.0  77,000-b/d FCCU at reduced       n/a 
           TX                   rates since mid-Dec for 
                                economic reasons. 
 
Valero     Sunray, TX    170.0  55,000-b/d FCCU at reduced       n/a 
                                rates since mid-Dec for 
                                economic reasons. 
 
Valero     Three Rivers   95.0  Plant-wide 24-day turnaround     Oct. 2