Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Shell, on April 1, started a 64-day planned maintenance turnaround of four units at its 225,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Scotford Upgrader in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.

Imperial Oil, on April 3, started a 70-day planned maintenance turnaround of four units at its 187,000-BBL/d Strathcona Refinery in Edmonton, Alberta.

Suncor has restored power at its 98,000-BBL/d Denver Refinery in Commerce City, Colorado, after losing service on April 2. The refinery remains shut down following damage from Winter Storm Elliot, but the company is forecasting a restart within the next seven days. The company had been planning a restart by the end of the first quarter.

International
Esso Raffinage SAF continues with a shutdown of its 240,000-BBL/d Port-Jerome Gravenchon Refinery in France after it was forced to shut down on March 24 due to a lack of feed supply as a result of ongoing strike actions. The restart date remains unknown.

South Refineries Company has delayed the commercial startup of the 70,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) 4 at its 210,000-BBL/d Basra Refinery in Iraq. The restart is tentatively expected by October 15. The new unit, which has been under construction since June 15, 2017, will boost the refinery's capacity to 280,000 BBL/d.

Petroineos France SAS is restarting its 218,000-BBL/d Lavera Refinery in France, which was fully shut down on March 20 due to a strike action. The restart procedures are underway and full operation is expected by April 5.

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