Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

International
Ecopetrol expects the 165,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Crude (U-100), 35,000-BBL/d Hydrocracker (U-110) and hydrogen units at its 245,000-BBL/d refinery in Cartagena, Colombia, to be offline until December for planned repairs. Once repairs on the crude unit are completed, Ecopetrol expects to ramp up to 240,000 BBL/d.

Esso Raffinage SAF continues with restart procedures at its 240,000-BBL/d Port-Jerome Gravenchon and 140,000-BBL/d Fos-sur-Mer refineries in France now that strike action has ended following an agreement between unions and management. Both refineries are expected to operate at full capacity by early November.

Total Refining & Chemicals continues with a plant-wide shutdown of its 117,000-BBL/d Feyzin Refinery in France. The refinery shut down in late September after a leak was detected at the 29,000-BBL/d Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU), and the restart was delayed due to strike action. Negotiations are ongoing, and a full restart is expected by early November.

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