US Refinery Operations Status:Lyondell Accident Kills 4
Friday July 25th, 2008 / 13h45
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 source s and doesn't purport to be a comprehensive list. A crane collapsed at LyondellBasell's Houston refinery Friday, killing four. The incident may lead to delays in completing a turnaround on the coker unit that was expected to last for 16 days and be part of a larger 7-week-long work program. The Citgo Corpus Christi refinery East plant restarted a fluid catalytic unit for maintenance Thursday after the unit was shut earlier in the week, according to a state environmental filing. A fluid catalytic cracker will undergo 10 days of maintenance starting Thursday at the Borger refinery in Borger, Texas, according to a state environmental filing. The 146,000 barrel a day refinery is a joint venture between ConocoPhillips and Encana Corp. The Conocophillips Sweeny refinery in Texas, reported a snag with the regenerator flue gas stack at its fluid catalytic cracker, according to a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The opacity event occurred at 10:35 a.m. Tuesday. "At the time of this event, there had been no adverse operational conditions," the refinery said in the report. For more detailed information, search newswires using the code N/REF. Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart (in 000s) (est) UNPLANNED EAST COAST Sunoco Philadel 340.0 200,000-b/d crude unit at Jun 5-12 PA the Gerard Point section of the refinery taken out of service late on May 15 to facilitate 3-4 wks of routine maintenance. The unit had been plagued by problems for some time. As of June 2 the unit was expected to restart on time. Valero Aruba 255.0 Refinery vacuum tower in Late May restart. Approaching full rates in late May. The unit was shut following a Jan 25 fire that caused a plant-wide shutdown. Valero Delaware 210.0 Coker repairs began in late May 30 DE Mar lasted longer than the expected 37 days. Restarted late May. Valero Paulsboro 163.0 The FCC returned to service June 1 NJ June 1 after a week-long shutdown. GULF COAST Alon USA Big Spring 70.0 FCCU to restart by mid-July TX when plant is seen at full rates following the Feb 18 Full propylene unit explosion, mid-Jul the co. said on Mar 6. Other processing units were re- started around Apr 8-9. BP Texas City 463.0 FCCU No. 1, had a brief snag. June 25 TX The ultracracker, which was shut May June 5 1 for work restarted last Thursday. Crude unit 3B operating at n/a 185,00 b/d, a source said on Apr 2. No date set for resuming full rates set. Throughput will be increased to normal operating rate Normal Ops somewhat below the 2Q '08 463.0 boiler plate capacity in 2Q until further upgrading is completed, the co. reiter- ated on April 1. The plant has been in sequen- tial restart since the Mar 2005 fatal explosion and Sep 2005 shutdown ahead of Hurricane Rita. Citgo Corpus Christi 156.0 FCCU shut for maintenance. July 15 TX Unit Restarted two days later. July 17 Conoco Belle Chasse 247.0 FCCU at 247,000 b/d Alliance June 9 La. refinery was shut after mechanical problems. Expected to be restarted in a few days. Conoco Sweeney 247.0 FCCU flue gas stack experienced July 15 Tx problems. No impact to output. Conoco Ponca City 194.0 Units in restart after shutdown due June 20 Okla. to power outage. Units shut nearly 1 week, restarting June 20, co. said. Delek Tyler, TX 58.0 Units restarted after power outage. June 25 Exxon Beaumont 348.0 Flaring reported at coker unit. July 9,10. TX Exxon Baytown 562.5 Small flash fire has no impact July 12 TX on production. Lyondell Houston 270.0 One of the two main crude units June 11 TX went into restart. Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Entire plant shut due to power June 6 TX outage June 2. Most units returned to normal June 13. H2S leak reported. July 14. Pasadena Pasadena 100.0 Loss of steam production shut June 18 Refining TX down process units,expected to be up by midnight June 20 Shell Deer Park 344.0 Refinery continues to operate n/a TX at reduced rates on Apr 29 due to unplanned work at sulfur re- covery unit. Runs were initially cut on Apr 16 to facilitate 5-7 days of work at the coker unit. A CCU unit went down on Tuesday, June 12 after an electrical problem. It was expected to be back to normal June 12. Midwest Valero Ardmore 87.4 A gasoline FCCU was restarted July 10 Okl. following a snag. WEST COAST Conoco Carson Reported a process upset at July 12 Calif. a unit. Reported flaring July 15 PLANNED EAST COAST Valero Delaware City 210.0 A crude unit will be shut Early Oct. DE three weeks for maintenance. GULF COAST Borger Borger 146.0 FCCU unit set for 10-day July 17 TX scheduled maintenance Exxon Beaumont, Tx 348.5 FCCU shut May 23 for nearly July 19 2 months planned maintenance. Motiva Norco, 255.0 The 34,000-b/d catalytic n/a LA hydrocracking unit will be shut end-May for 44 days of turnaround maintenance. The company confirmed May 28 that the unit remains shut Total Pt Arthur 232.0 6-days of mainte- July 9 TX nance starts July 9, on 9 units. MID-CONTINENT Frontier El Dorado 110.0 A coker turnaround and expansion mid-July Kansas project has been delayed until mid-July and set to be finished at the end of the month. Sunoco Toledo, OH 160.0 FCCU turnaround lasting 6 wks planned for 4q 2008 or 1Q 2009 ROCKY MOUNTAINS WEST COAST Chevron El Segundo, 260.0 Crude unit to undergo 2-wks Mid June CA of turnaround maintenance starting May 15. The unit could take four weeks to restore, the company said earlier in June. Note: FCC - fluid catalytic cracker, a unit essential to gasoline production hydrocracker - used in diesel production n/a - not available Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/al?rnd=momliFUbkLkO9OuIQJjF%2Bw%3D%3D. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day.
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