US Refinery Status: Total Restarts Three Units At Texas Plant

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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.

Total SA's (TOT) Port Arthur, Texas refinery has restarted three units including the SCOT and SRU- after they were shut down, the company reported in an environmental filing Thursday.

ConocoPhillips (COP) will restart three refining units Thursday, including the FFCU at its Sweeny, Texas oil refinery, after completing maintenance, it said in a filing to Texas state environmental regulators.

Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) said Wednesday that the hydrocracker at its Corpus Christi refinery has returned to planned rates after it was shut earlier this month. The company also clarified an item on its fourth quarter and first quarter turnaround schedules released Tuesday, saying that the turnaround at the Wilmington, Calif. refinery would result in the shutdown of the entire plant.

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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    238.0     Officials consider run cuts      n/a 
           N.J.                due to slack demand, a per- 
                               son familiar with operations 
                               said on July 17. 
 
CARIBBEAN 
 
CPC     Bayamon        48.0  Explosion, fire at facility     n/a 
        Puerto Rico          early on Oct. 23. 11 out of 
                             30 storage tanks exploded. 
 
Hovensa St. Croix  500.00    Shuts FCCU unit for repairs.   Nov. 6 
 
GULF COAST 
 
BP      Texas City    455.8  SRU hit snag Oct. 26, back to normal Oct. 27 
                             Co. restarts Ultraformer #4 Oct. 27 
 
Citgo      Corpus     163.0  Alkylation unit shut July 19        end-Oct 
           Christie, TX      by near-fatal explosion to 
                             return to service by end-Oct. 
                             The restart was delayed from 
                             early-Oct due to safety issues. 
                             FCCU . 
 
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. 
 
 
Valero     Corpus    142.0   Restarting West Plant Hydrocracker 
                             unit Oct. 25 that was shut Oct. 7 
                             due to small. An SMR unit was shut 
                             for maintenance after the 
                             fire; restart Oct. 10. 
                             West Plant stabilizer tower shut 
                             for maintenance Oct. 26-27. 
                             Restarting East Plant's Tank 79 
                             on Oct. 9. 
 
Valero    Texas City  199.5  Experienced flaring at Complex 1 
                             tower on Oct. 23. 
                             Shut the FCCU Oct. 25 to repair 
                             a slide valve; no restart estimate 
 
Total   Port Arthur   232.0  Operations being restored 
        TX                   on Oct. 22 following plant 
                             wide power failure earlier 
                             in the day. 
                             A fire occurred in a heavy oil    n/a 
                             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. 
                             Identifying a leaky exchanger that 
                             is causing a cooling tower Oct. 26. 
 
                             Co. restarts 3 units Oct. 29, after 
                             brief shutodwn. 
 
Chevron Pascagoula,   330.0  A blown cap as plant prepared to 
        MS                   to transfer molten sulfur to a 
                             barge released the compound into 
                             the water Oct. 25. 
 
 
MIDWEST 
 
ROCKY MOUNTAINS 
Exxon     Billings, MT  60.0  Operations returned to normal 
                              after a brief power outage hit 
                              the area Oct. 23. 
 
Conoco    Billings, MT  58.0  A brief area power outage Oct. 23 
                              impacted operations, local reports. 
 
CHS       Laurel, MT    55.0  Operations returned to normal 
                              after a brief power outage Oct. 23. 
 
WEST COAST 
 
Chevron    El Segundo    274.0  Reported flaring at hydrocracker 
           CA                   site on Oct. 24. 
                                A brief period of flaring        n/a 
                                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/akly delayed to Nov./Dec. 
                                Entire plant to be shut down. 
 
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. 
                                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    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. 
 
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. 
 

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