Today's Refining, Natural Gas Hotline Headlines

North America
Freeport LNG restarted Train 3 at its three-train, 15.3 million-ton-per-annum (MTPA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction plant in Texas. The train was removed from service to inspect and replace the 75-megawatt (MW) electric motors from General Electric that each drive a Baker Hughes centrifugal compressor which experienced technical issues caused by Winter Storm Heather. Freeport LNG will now perform inspections and repairs/replacements as needed on Trains 1 and 2 and currently anticipates all work will be complete in May, with full normal operations resuming in June.

PBF Energy, on April 19, plans to begin a four-week planned maintenance turnaround of the 45,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Diesel HT, Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU) 2 and SRU 3 units at its 165,000-BBL/d refinery in Paulsboro, New Jersey.

International
Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) further delayed the commercial startup of the BAPCO Modernization Project at its 267,000-BBL/d Sitrah Refinery in Bahrain. The startup now is expected on January 15, 2025. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence Refining Project Database can click here to read related project reports.

Esso Raffinage SAF continues with a shutdown of the 170,000-BBL/d Crude 2 (Unit 17-1, Conversion) and 46,000-BBL/d DSV 1 (Vacuum Unit) at its 240,000-BBL/d Port-Jerome Gravenchon Refinery in France. The units were shut down due to a fire that occurred on March 11, and inspections and damage assessment are underway. The restart date is unknown at this time, but IIR continues to monitor the situation and will issue an update accordingly.

Reliance Industries Limited was forced to shut down the 100,000-BBL/d Heavy Naphtha Unifiner unit (HNUU) and 100,000-BBL/d Reformer at its Jamnagar Domestic Tariff Area Refinery in India. Expectations are to resume operations by March 23. All other units are operating normally, except for the 70,000-BBL/d Diesel Hydrotreater (DHT) 1 Unit, which has been under a planned 30-day major maintenance turnaround since March 6.

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