Refinery Status: BP Texas City FCCU Hits Snag, Will Restart

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 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. A fluid catalytic cracking unit hit a snag early Wednesday at BP PLC's (BP, BP.LN) Texas City, Texas, refinery, according to a filing with environmental regulators. The cause is unknown, the filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said. Later on Wednesday, BP made a second filing with regulators that said the unit "will resume full operations after responding to a unit upset." The filing did not say when the unit would restart but did say that it expected any emissions from the event to cease by 1 a.m. CDT Thursday. An electrical storm shut down several units Tuesday night at Citgo Corp.'s Lemont, Ill., a company official said Wednesday. Some of the units have been restarted, but the key gasoline-making unit, known as the fluid catalytic cracking unit, at the 429,500 barrel-a-day facility remained down Wednesday morning, the official said. For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using the code N/REF. Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart (in 000s bbl/day) UNPLANNED EAST COAST GULF COAST Conoco Bayway 210.0 Heat slows processing rate July Gulf Coast BP Texas City 455.8 FCCU hits snag will restart July 9 Total Port Arthur 232.0 Upset reported at Unit 835, previously identified by Co. as FCCU, on July 4. Citgo Corpus 163.0 FCCU No. 2 in East Plant nor- Jun 30 Christi, TX mal June 30 after two opacity spikes caused by Hurricane Alex. Power restored and units re- covering after lightning strike interrupts power at both the East and West Plants. Lyondell Houston 268.0 CDU hit by fire on May 17 is Jun 20 TX expected to restart in four weeks. 2nd crude unit re- started from unplanned mainte- nance on May 19. All other pro- cess units have been operating with feedstocks on hand. Marathon Texas City 76.0 Brief period of flaring re- n/a TX ported June 25 during efforts to isolate small leak at Alky- lation Unit feed bypass line. No impact on production, the company said. Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Delayed coker unit jet pump Jun 30 TX shut for 5-days of repair June 25; unit will continue to operate. Work to conclude June 30. Valero Sunray, TX 170.0 FCCU upset when expander coup- mid-Jul ling on power train failed June 16. The unit could be down until mid-July, the co. July 6. MIDWEST BP Toledo, OH 125.5 FCCU expected to resume operations June 17 after going offline June 15 due to a boiler failure, a person familiar with operations. Citgo Lemont Il 167.0 Storm shuts several units July 6th, FCCU still down July 7 ROCKIES Sinclair Casper, 20.0 Refinery running at reduced rates Wyo. after explosion, co said. May 27 WEST COAST Chevron El Segundo 279.0 Isomax plant shut March 19 n/a CA due to "small" fire. No estimate on restart. Conoco Ferndale, 100.0 An alkylation unit and butamer n/a WA shut following a pump fire early June 15, an environmental agency said. The refinery continues to operate, Co. said June 15. Exxon Torrance, 149.0 Flaring event caused by un- n/a CA planned slowdown at an unspec- ified process unit had no im- pact on production, co. said. Flaring from unidentified breakdown Shell Anacortes 145.0 Catalytic Reformer Unit seen at Jun 28 WA normal rates by June 30; unit shut following brief fire on June 19. Tesoro Wilmington 100.0 Hydrocracker Unit will restart Jun 25 CA June 25 after shutting down un- planned on June 24, a source said. The company reported an un- planned equipment failure on 6/24 to state regulators. Tesoro Anacortes 120.0 Fire at naphtha unit April 2 end Q2 WA killed seven. Plant will be shut until Sept at least, the co. said June 11. Valero Benicia, CA 177.0 Coker Unit shut June 19-20 for Jul 29-30 40 days of unplanned mainte- nance. PLANNED CANADA Shell Montreal 130.0 The refinery could be converted Quebec into a fuel terminal but Co. said its in talks with 2 potential buyers. CARIBBEAN Valero Aruba 235.0 Idled refinery to restart in 90 days after completing turnaround, Co. said June 7. Valero continues to evaluate options for the plant. Tax dispute resolved. EAST COAST Sunoco Westville 145.0 Idling all Eagle Point refin- n/a NJ ing operations indefinitely due to poor economics, Co. said Oct. 6. Valero Delaware 210.0 PBF Investments has closed Apr 2012 deal to buy plant. Petroplus said May 5 the plant would be restarted in 2Q of 2011. Valero Paulsboro 185.0 Small crude unit restarted Jun 19-20 NJ June 19-20; unit shut June 6 to facilitate maintenance at reformer and hydrotreater. Western Yorktown 64.5 Planned work scheduled 3Q 2010. Q3 2010 VA GULF COAST Conoco Borger, TX 146.0 Upset at Unit 40, FCCU re- Jul 22 ported to TCEQ on Jun 28. Maintenance continues the Co. said June 28. An upset on June 27 at an SRU solvent still occurred during startup of units, a TCEQ filing said. Maintenance activity has been underway at several units June 5- since Jun 5, with emissions from units including FCC, GOHDS, SCOT unit incinerator, SRU incinerator and units 41, 42, 45 and 98 expected to last unit July 22.. Chevron Pascagoula 330.0 Pre-commercial heavy oil 2010 Miss. conversion project delayed from 2008 to 2010 due to economic factors. Expansion project including the replacement of two 30-year- old reformers and construction of a 55,000 b/d continuous catalytic reformer platformer unit to be completed by late summer, Industrial Info Resources said July 6. A premium base-oil facility was also being planned, Co. said in late Feb. Flint Corpus $250 mln project for new Spring 2010 Hills Christi, TX diesel desulfurization, sulfur recovery unit to begin in Fall 2008. Construction to last 18 months. Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Repairs on DCU pump June 8-13. TX 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. Valero Corpus 340.0 West Plant 50,000-b/d FCCU at Christi, TX reduced rates since mid-Dec for economic reasons. Coker Unit at planned rates Jun 25 after weekend restart. The unit in Complex 7 of the East (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires July 08, 2010 08:58 ET (12:58 GMT)