Released June 03, 2020 | SUGAR LAND
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North America
Shell restarted the 240,000-BBL/d Crude DU-5 on May 30, after the unit was shut down due to mechanical issues on May 28, at its 240,000-BBL/d Norco, Louisiana, refinery. The 40,000-BBL/d Hydrocracker and 21,380-BBL/d Coker, which were also forced offline, continue with restart procedures.
HollyFrontier at its 52,000-BBL/d Cheyenne, Wyoming, refinery, will cease operations at the end of July in order to begin a conversion of the facility into a renewable diesel plant. The conversion project is scheduled to kick off in September, with completion in first-quarter 2022; the plant capacity will be 6,000 BBL/d. Separately, the plant will continue to run at reduced rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic until the project starts in late July.
Pemex TRI continues running at lower rates its 177,000-BBL/d Ciudad Madero, Mexico, refinery. The whole refinery is processing a total of 96,000 BBL/d by having the 40,000-BBL/d Crude Combinada BA U110 running at 50% and the 137,000-BBL/d Crude Combo 3 at 55% of normal capacity, due to inventory controls related to company finances. Other processing units are kept at 53% capacity. Separately, a 30-day planned turnaround of six (and other associated) units in Area 3 is scheduled to occur in October.
International
Sonatrach has rescheduled a 45-day planned major maintenance turnaround of its RA1K block, which includes six major units, at its 430,000-BBL/d Skikda Refinery in Algeria. Previously, the turnaround was scheduled from June 1, but is now expected to begin tentatively by September 15. Expectations are to complete repairs and restart the units by October 29. Separately, Sonatrach was forced to shut down the 165,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation Unit 1 and 165,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation Unit 2, from April 30 to May 5, due to a distributed control system (DCS) issue.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on May 25 restarted the 27,000-BBL/d Hydrocracker unit at its 400,000-BBL/d Ruwais Refinery 1 (East) in Abu Dhabi. The unit was under shutdown since May 5 due to low demand as a result of COVID-19. Additionally, the 140,000-BBL/d Condensate Splitter 1 continues to operate at 80% since May 1, while the 140,000-BBL/d Condensate Splitter 2, which was operating at 80% since May 1, resumed 85% on June 1. Separately, the 20,780-BBL/d Kerosene Hydrotreater, which was operating at 60% since May 5, resumed 77% on May 26. As of now, the units are expected to resume normal operations by June 15.
Persian Gulf Star Oil Company (PGSOC) has rescheduled a 30-day planned maintenance shutdown of the Condensate Block 1 at its 360,000-BBL/d Bandar Abbas Refinery in Iran due to COVID-19. The turnaround, which was previously planned for June 1, is now expected to begin by December 1. Expectations are to complete repairs and restart the units by December 30. As of now, the refinery continues to operate at normal throughput.
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