Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Pemex continues with commissioning, testing and pre-startup activities of the processing units and auxiliary services at its 340,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) grassroot Dos Bocas Olmeca Refinery in Mexico. The public inauguration originally announced for February 28 did not occur as planned, and the company has not provided any comments regarding the matter. Recent research by IIR Energy indicates the commercial startup potentially could be delayed until the second half of 2024 rather than May as previously scheduled. IIR continues to monitor the refinery's operational status and will update accordingly.

International
Ryazan NPK CJSC was forced to shut down the 170,000-BBL/d AT-6 (Crude 5), 83,200-BBL/d ABT-4 (Crude 4) and 49,900-BBL/d ABT-4 (Vacuum 4) units at its 397,000-BBL/d Ryazan Refinery in Russia after a fire broke out on the Crude 5 and Crude 4 units due to a drone attack that occurred early today, March 13. IIR will continue to monitor the situation and update accordingly.

LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez LLC expects to begin assessing damage at its 354,561-BBL/d Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez Refinery in Russia, after a fire broke out due to a drone attack on March 12. The fire affected the 120,000-BBL/d ABT-6 (Crude 04) and the 72,000-BBL/d ABT-6 (Vacuum 04) units. IIR will continue to monitor the situation and update accordingly, although the units could remain shut down for several months due to the extent of the damage.

Peton Invest Technology LLC was forced to shut down its entire 100,000-BBL/d Novoshakhtinskiy Refinery in Russia. The units went offline earlier today, March 13, as a preventive measure due to an attempted drone attack. Expectations are to restart the units by March 15.

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