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Update on Refineries from Around the Country

Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart
(in 000s
bbl/day)
UNPLANNED

CANADA

CARIBBEAN

Valero Aruba 235.0 Refinery was at planned rates
May 9 after restarting a
crude unit shut nearly two weeks
earlier to repair a leak.

EAST COAST

Sunoco Philadelphia 335.0 Refinery at planned rates after May
multiple outages, the co. said
on May 5.

GULF COAST

Chevron Pascagoula 330.0 One of two crude units experienced
MS an “isolated fire” early May 10 that
lasted about an hour. Co. declined
to comment on the status of the
unit and the refinery.

BP Texas City 437.0 Restart efforts continue; RHU May 7
TX trains restarted on May 7.

Several process units restarted May 1-7
a source said on May 2. It will
take several days for the plant
to reach normal rates. Power outage
on Apr 25/26 resulted in plant wide
shutdown.

Citgo Corpus 165.0 Coker unit shut for about six May 5
Christi, TX hours to repair a leak in a feed
line on May 5.

Valero Texas City 214.0 Refinery at normal rates on May May 3
TX 3 after plant wide shutdown
on April 26 due to a power failure.

Alon Big Spring 67.0 A ‘bad wire’ caused emissions at
TX sulfur recovery unit No. 2 May 9.

MIDWEST

Exxon Joliet, IL 238.6 Refinery operating normally after
an upset at a sulfur recovery unit
May 8, Co. said May 9.

Holly Tulsa, OK 125.0 Crude unit shut on April 22 for May 8-
Corp unplanned maintenance restarted; 15
refinery should return to normal
run rates in the week starting
May 8, the co. said on May 5.

ROCKIES

WEST COAST

Conoco Wilmington 139.0 Several processing units re- May 3
CA started and at normal rates on
May 3 after shut down on May 2
due to power dip.

PLANNED

CANADA

Suncor Edmonton 135.0 4 weeks of planned work starts
Apr 22 at one of two crude units
and associated equip.

CARIBBEAN

Hovensa St. Croix 350.0 Restarting distillate desulfurizer May
unit No. 4 in May, Co. said April
15. Unit was damaged by Feb. 11
fire and a replacement one was
brought online.
EAST COAST

PBF Delaware 210.0 Plant expected to start up in 2nd Q
in 2Q of 2011. 2011

PBF Paulsboro 185.0 Refinery up and running after May 4
NJ recently concluding planned
turnaround maintenance, the co.
said on May 4.

Sunoco Philadelphia 335.0 Refinery operating at planned May
PA rates after multiple outages,
the co. said on May 5.

GULF COAST

Lyondell Houston, TX 270.0 FCCU rate cut on Apr 22 follow-
Basell upset. Unit status remains un-
unclear on May 3; the co. won’t
comment.

Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Expansion project to increase 1Q
throughput capacity by 325,000 2012
b/d, to 610,000-b/d, slowed.
Completion now seen 1Q
2012, from 2010.

Pasadena Pasadena, TX 56.0 FCCU, 56,000-b/d, will be taken
out of service Feb. 28 for 44 days
days planned work. Co. preparing
statement regarding the FCCU on
May 2.

Valero McKee TX 170.0 Vacuum unit turnaround planned for
first half of 2012, co. said.

Expansion project announced on
March 2011 to increase crude oil
throughput by 25,000 b/d to
195,000 b/d.

Valero Norco, LA 250.0 Turnaround maintenance at FCCU mid-May
and alkylation unit seen ending
by mid-May, the co. said on
April 26. Work began on 3/7.

Hydrocracker project will pro- 2013
ceed and be completed in late
2013, the co. said on 7/27/10.

Upgrade project to build 2012
a new diesel hydrotreater
unit moved from 2010 to
4Q 2012.

Valero Port Arthur 325.0 Hydrocracker project will pro- 2012
TX ceed and be completed in late
2012.

MIDWEST

BP Whiting, IN 405.0 Turnaround will start at the End-May
end of March at Reformer No. 4
and alkylation unit for 60 days,
source said on Mar 25.

Turnaround at Pipestill 12 de-
layed by 3 months; it was sup-
posed to begin in November, a
source said on Mar 25.

Frontier Cheyenne, WY 47.0 Refinery to return to targeted May 8-
run rates week starting May 8 15
after undergoing equipment up-
grades, the co. said on May 5.

CVR Coffeyville 115.7 Periodic turnaround will take place
KS in two phases beginning in Fall 2011
and completed in Spring 2012.

Tesoro Mandan, ND 58.0 Total crude-oil processing capa- 2nd Q
city to increase by 17% to 68,000 2012
b/d by 2nd quarter 2012.

WEST COAST

Conoco Carson, CA 139.0 Planned maintenance under way at
Phillips unspecified units the co. said
on April 25. Traders said work
is being performed at a crude
an coker unit.

Tesoro Anacortes 120.0 Planned maintenance under way May 2

since April 29 expected to con-
clude on May 2; no impact to
production.

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