Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

Motiva extended the restart of the 110,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) 2, 350,000-BBL/d Vacuum Pipe Still (VPS) 5 (crude) and associated units at its 640,000-BBL/d refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, to February 19. Repairs on the VPS-5 unit are complete, but it will not be brought online until ongoing issues with the DCU 2 are resolved.