Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
ExxonMobil, on October 20, shut down the 75,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) PTR 3 (Reformer) at its 600,000-BBL/d refinery in Beaumont, Texas, for two weeks of planned maintenance.

International
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) continues with a 25-day planned maintenance turnaround of the 40,000-BBL/d Delayed Coker Unit (Unit 20-Train 1) and 50,000-BBL/d Atmospheric Residue Desulfurization (ARDS) Unit 4 (Unit 112-Train 2) at its 454,000-BBL/d Mina Abdulla Refinery in Kuwait. Expectations are to restart the units by November 3.

Cepsa is restarting its 221,000-BBL/d La Rabida Refinery in Spain, after the refinery was forced to shut down October 22 due to a power outage. The units are expected to resume operations by October 27.

Total Refining & Chemicals Feyzin was forced to shut down its 117,000-BBL/d Feyzin Refinery in France due to technical issues. The restart is tentatively expected by October 31.

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