Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Pemex TRI continues with planned repairs at its 285,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Refineria Lazaro Cardenas (Minatitlan) refinery in Mexico. Repairs on five units and associated units began in late August, and the units are scheduled to resume operations by October 15. Meanwhile, the 25,000-BBL/d Diesel Hydrotreater (U-100) continues out of service; a restart date is unknown at this time.

International
Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company continues with an unplanned shutdown of the 16,000-BBL/d Isomerization Unit 2 at its 340,000-BBL/d Bandar Abbas Refinery in Iran. The unit was shut down on September 22 due to a fire, and the restart is expected by October 26.

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) continues to operate its 300,000-BBL/d Paradip Refinery in India at around 55% due to high steam pressure leakage. Due to urgent repairs, IOCL plans for a 10-day minor shutdown, beginning October 12, that will affect eight major units.

South Refineries Company (SRC) 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, after the project's engineering, procurement and construction firm withdrew from the project. The project is around 95% complete; SRC's internal project team continues to work and tentatively expects commercial operations to begin by February 15, 2024. After startup, the design capacity of the refinery will be 280,000 BBL/d.

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