Released November 04, 2020 | SUGAR LAND
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North America
Valero shut down the 36,000-BBL/d Unicracker for repairs on October 26 at its 220,000-BBL/d Bill Greehey Refining West Complex in Corpus Christi, Texas. The unit remains offline and is expected to be down for a week.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, today, November 4, completed 45-day planned maintenance at its 144,000-BBL/d Fort McMurray Oil Sands Upgrader (Horizon Oil Sands) in Alberta, Canada.
Phillips 66, on November 3, restarted the 42,000-BBL/d Hydrocracker (Unit 240) that was shut October 23 at its 82,000-BBL/d Rodeo, California, refinery. Separately, the 18,500-BBL/d Reformer (Unit 244) was shut on October 21, and the 16,740-BBL/d Unisar Jet/Diesel Hydrotreater on October 17. A duration for these outages is undisclosed at this time.
International
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) continues to operate its 660,000-BBL/d Jamnagar Domestic Tariff Area Refinery in India at approximately 89% due to low demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 330,000-BBL/d CDU 1 has been derated by 14% and the 330,000-BBL/d CDU 2 by 8% since October 21. Tentative expectations are to resume normal operations by November 23. Additionally, the planned turnaround of the 70,000-BBL/d Diesel Hydrotreater 1 has been rescheduled as procurements were delayed due to COVID-19. The turnaround is now expected to begin January 7, 2021, and the unit will be back online on February 5.
Nayara Energy Limited continues to operate the 365,000-BBL/d CDU 1 at 93% throughput at its 405,000-BBL/d Vadinar Refinery in India. The unit was restarted on October 23 after a 23-day planned turnaround. The 76,000-BBL/d Diesel Hydrotreater 1 is derated by 8% and the 126,000-BBL/d Hydrocracker 1 by 11%. As of now, the units are tentatively expected to resume normal operations by November 30.
Zhejiang Petrochemical Company Limited has started final commissioning for the new 200,000-BBL/d Crude 4 (CDU 4) unit at its 400,000-BBL/d Zhoushan (Daishan) Refinery in China. Crude oil-in was performed on November 1, and commercial production is expected to begin by November 30. The 200,000-BBL/d CDU 3 is scheduled for a trial run in mid-November, and startup is scheduled for December 30. Other major units are expected to start commercial operation by March 31, 2021, depending on the progress of trial runs. The refinery capacity will increase to 800,000 BBL/d after project completions and startups.
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