Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

International
PDVSA's 80,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) (DCAY) at its 625,000-BBL/d Amuay Refinery in Venezuela, remains offline. The unit, which was forced to shut down on March 2 due to catalyst issues, remains under mechanical repairs; current expectations are to restart the unit no sooner than late July. Separately, the 120,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation 4 and 180,000-BBL/d Crude 5 units remain offline until late July and November, respectively.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has delayed the commercial startup of the Crude Flexibility Project at its 417,000-BBL/d Ruwais Refinery 2 (West) in the United Arab Emirates. The startup is tentatively expected by July 24. The 177,000-BBL/d Atmospheric Residue Desulfurization (ARDS) Unit and supporting units are under test runs. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Refining Project Database can click here to read related project reports.

Eni Spa continues with a planned plant-wide shutdown at its 113,200-BBL/d Livorno Refinery in Italy. The shutdown is expected to wrap up by mid-July.

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