US Refinery Status: Hovensa Shuts St. Croix FCCU -2-

 
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  Hydroprocessing unit, cata-      Oct 24 
                                lytic cracker unit and alky- 
                                lation shut between Oct 1 and 
                                Oct 24 for fall turnaround 
                                maintenance. 
 
Total      Port Arthur   232.0  Shut unit 805 for Oct. 8 
                                maintenance on Oct. 5. 
                                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 

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