Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

Pemex has maintained production capacity at 53% at its 177,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Ciudad Madero, Mexico, refinery this month and plans to increase it to 56% in February. The 137,000-BBL/d Crude Combo 3 is running at 75,0000 BBL/d and the 40,000-BBL/d Crude Combinada BA Unit 110 at 22,000 BBL/d, while other major processing units are being kept online. Separately, the 15-day planned turnaround on the Reformer Unit 901 remains on schedule to be performed in March.