Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Houston Refining LP, on January 17, shut down the 147,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Still 537 (Crude) Unit for unplanned repairs at its 268,000-BBL/d Houston Refinery in Texas, after experiencing issues believed to be associated with Winter Storm Elliot. The restart is expected by January 22.

Phillips 66's 146,000-BBL/d refinery in Borger, Texas, remains operational despite a fire that broke out January 17 at the refinery complex's Johnson Tank Farm.

International
Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has extended the shutdown of the 40,000-BBL/d Residual Hydrotreater (RDS) 3 Unit at its 350,000-BBL/d Talin Refinery in Taiwan. The unit has been offline since October 13, 2022. At this time, the restart date has not been determined.

PDVSA has not yet restarted its 295,000-BBL/d Cardon Refinery in Venezuela, after the processing units were forced to shut down on January 15 due to a fire. The 75,000-BBL/d Crude 1, 75,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation 2, 51,000-BBL/d Reformer (PLT) and associated units are set to be back online by January 23.

National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Pty) Limited (NATREF) has delayed the restart of the 30,200-BBL/d Diesel Hydrotreater, 20,000-BBL/d Naphtha Hydrotreater and 14,500-BBL/d Reformer at its 108,500-BBL/d Natref Refinery in South Africa. The units were forced to shut down on January 3 due to an issue with the Reformer's compressor, and as a result, six other units are operating at 70%. Expectations are to complete the repairs and resume the units' normal throughput by January 23.

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