Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
ExxonMobil remains on schedule to begin a seven-to-eight-week planned turnaround on April 1 of six major units and several sulfur recovery units at its 250,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Joliet Refinery in Illinois.

TotalEnergies continues with an unplanned shutdown of the 35,000-BBL/d NAC Group Reformer (Unit 825) at its 190,000-BBL/d Port Arthur Refinery in Texas. The unit was expected to be restarted March 22, but the unit will be down for an additional two to three weeks for more extensive repairs.

International
Kuibyshev Refinery OJSC was forced to shut down the 70,000-BBL/d ABT-5 (Crude 2) and 43,800-BBL/d ABT-5 (Vacuum 2) units at its 145,900-BBL/d Kuibyshev Refinery in Russia, after a fire broke out following a drone attack on March 23. The extent of the damage and duration of the shutdown are unknown at this time, and IIR will continue to monitor the situation and update accordingly.

Eni Spa, in mid-March, started a planned plant-wide maintenance turnaround at its 130,000-BBL/d Taranto Refinery in Italy. The turnaround is due to be completed in early May.

Toa Oil Company Limited delayed the restart of four units at its 70,000-BBL/d Keihin Refinery in Japan due to additional repairs needed for the refinery's hydrogen production unit. The units have been under an unplanned shutdown since December 3, 2023, due to piping issues in the hydrogen production unit. Expectations now are to resume operations by April 26.

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