Refinery Status: Motiva Port Arthur Online After Power Failure

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. All units at the Motiva Enterprises LLC refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, are operating after a power failure Tuesday evening caused a catalytic reformer and delayed coker to shut, a person familiar with the plant's operations said Thursday. An unspecified process unit at Shell's Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas, was taken out of service Tuesday following an early day fire, company spokesman Ted Rolfvondenbaumen said. ConocoPhillips (COP) reported that its Rodeo, Calif., refinery experienced a flaring upset Tuesday morning, according to a filing with a environmental regulators. BP PLC (BP) reported that planned flaring activity at its Carson, Calif., refinery will begin on the evening of July 21 and last through Aug. 9, but details for the cause of the emissions were not disclosed. The key gasoline-making unit at Citgo's Lemont, Illinois, refinery restarted Thursday following about nine days of unplanned maintenance due to electrical problems emanating from a severe storm. 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 Conoco Bayway 210.0 Heat slows processing rate July 6th GULF COAST BP Texas City 455.8 FCCU hits snag will restart July 9 Shell Deer Park 340.0 Unidentified unit taken out TX of service after a fire at around 9:30 a.m. CT July 20. Citgo Corpus 163.0 FCCU No. 2 in East Plant nor- June 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 June 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 Boiler at FCCU #3 shut July 11 work to start July 12. Catalytic Reforming Unit 4 West substation transformer tripped, resulting in a power failure that caused CRU4 and a delayed coker to shutdown July 20. All units were operating, a person familiar with the plant said July 21. Valero Sunray, TX 170.0 FCCU upset when expander coup- mid-Jul ling on power train failed June 16. Unit restarted co said July 12. 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, July 15 FCCU was restarted July 15. ROCKIES Sinclair Casper, 20.0 Refinery running at reduced rates Wyo. after explosion, co. said. May 27 WEST COAST BP Carson 265.0 Reports flaring from July 12-14. Planned flaring expected July 21 through Aug. 8. 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. Shell Anacortes 145.0 Catalytic Reformer Unit seen at June 28 WA normal rates by June 30; unit shut following brief fire on June 19. Tesoro Wilmington 100.0 Hydrocracker Unit will restart June 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. Conoco Rodeo, CA 120.0 Flaring upset reported on the morning of July 20. No details disclosed. PLANNED CANADA Shell Montreal 130.0 The refinery will be converted into Quebec terminal. 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 June 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 June 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 since June 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 (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires July 22, 2010 09:32 ET (13:32 GMT)