Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Suncor Canada, on March 27, will begin a 58-day planned maintenance turnaround of the 90,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Fluid Coker 8-3 Unit and five other units at its 265,000-BBL/d Mildred Lake Oil Sands Upgrader and Refinery in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Marathon, on January 23, shut down the 29,500-BBL/d Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) on the south side of its 131,000-BBL/d refinery in El Paso, Texas. The unit should be back online in the next 24 to 48 hours.

International
Khartoum Refinery Company Limited (KRC), on November 25, was forced to shut down its 51,000-BBL/d Khartoum Refinery in Sudan, because the product-storage facility was full as the refinery was unable to supply to the local market due to ongoing civil unrest. Separately, KRC was attacked by a rebel group on January 21, which damaged a few storage tanks. KRC anticipates a tentative restart of the refinery by March 15.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) delayed the restart of the 66,000-BBL/d VGO Hydrocracker at its 310,000-BBL/d Visakhapatnam Refinery in India. The unit now is expected to be back online on January 27.

Cnergyico Pk Limited continues with the unplanned shutdown of its 35,000-BBL/d Mouza Kund Refinery 1 in Pakistan, due to a crude oil shortage. The refinery has been under shutdown since March 5, 2023, and tentative expectations are to resume operations by March 31.

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