Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Phillips 66 is in the process of decoking the 37,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Crude 10 Unit at its 146,000-BBL/d Borger, Texas, refinery. The work will continue until October 22 due to some required additional repairs. The unit has remained online with a rate reduction of 50%.

International
ENEOS Corporation, on October 16, was forced to shut down the lone crude unit at its 150,000-BBL/d Negishi Refinery in Japan, due to a fire in the electrical room. The 42,000-BBL/d Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) 2, 63,000-BBL/d Gas Oil Hydrotreater 2 (2GO), 28,000-BBL/d Naphtha Hydrotreater 2 and associated units also were shut down. Inspections could take a few days, but no final decision on a restart has been made at this time.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) has delayed the restart of the 66,000-BBL/d (design capacity: 56,000 BBL/d) Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) 1 due to additional repairs needed at its 232,000-BBL/d Manali Refinery in India (design capacity: 210,000 BBL/d). The 44,000-BBL/d Delayed Coker Unit also is shut down for a maintenance, and both units are expected to restart by October 21.

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