Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Suncor Canada, on July 15, started a 73-day planned maintenance turnaround of the 90,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Fluid Coker 8-1 unit at its 265,000-BBL/d Mildred Lake Oil Sands Upgrader and Refinery in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

International
KirishiNefteOrgSyntez is performing planned maintenance on the 39,600-BBL/d Visbreaker unit at its 420,000-BBL/d Kirishi Refinery in Russia. The unit restart is expected at the end of July.

LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez is performing planned maintenance on the 7,080-BBL/d Reformer L-35-8/300B (Aromatics) unit at its 273,800-BBL/d Perm Refinery in Russia. The unit restart is expected by mid-August.

Astron Energy tentatively plans to restart its 100,000-BBL/d Cape Town Refinery in South Africa, beginning September 15. The refinery has been under an unplanned shutdown since July 2, 2020, due to a unit fire. The shutdown includes 11 major units.

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