Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
HF Sinclair, on March 1, will start 45 days of maintenance on the 50,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) and 4,000-BBL/d SF Alkylation (SF Alky) 1 Unit and associated units at its 144,000-BBL/d Puget Sound Refinery in Anacortes, Washington.

International
Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) delayed the restart of the 22,600-BBL/d hydrofluoric alkylation unit, 120,000-BBL/d Vacuum Gas Oil (VGO) Hydrotreater Unit and 92,000-BBL/d High-Olefin Fluid Catalytic Cracker (HOFCC) Unit at its 400,000-BBL/d Rabigh Refinery in Saudi Arabia. The units now are tentatively expected to be back online on February 19.

ENEOS Corporation is performing a planned turnaround of the lone crude unit at its 150,000-BBL/d Negishi Refinery in Japan, and expectations are to restart the unit by February 24. Additionally, a shutdown of the 63,000-BBL/d Gas Oil Hydrotreater 2 (2GO) Unit and 33,000-BBL/d Kerosene & Light Gas Oil HDT 3 Unit is scheduled to begin February 18, and expectations are to restart the units by March 2.

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