Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Marathon continues with a 28-day planned maintenance turnaround of four units at its 261,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Los Angeles Carson Refinery in California.

International
Bashneft ANK OAO continues with a planned maintenance shutdown of the 38,000-BBL/d ABTM-1 (Crude 1), 22,800-BBL/d ABTM-1 (Vacuum 1) and 30,000-BBL/d Visbreaking TK-2 units at its 142,000-BBL/d Novoil-Ufa Refinery in Russia. The restart has been pushed out to the end of October.

Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company Limited continues with an unplanned shutdown of the 17,900-BBL/d Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) 1, 12,300-BBL/d CDU 2 and 4,500-BBL/d Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) at its 105,000-BBL/d Zarqa Refinery in Jordan. The restart is tentatively expected by January 15, 2023.

Atyrau Refinery LLC has started a planned plant-wide maintenance turnaround at its 100,000-BBL/d Atyrau Refinery in Kazakhstan. The plant began a gradual shutdown on October 1, and the works will be performed on a unit-by-unit basis. All units are expected to resume operation before mid-November.

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