Future Maintenance Shutdowns at La Pampilla Refinery

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--La Pampilla refinery, located in Lima, Peru, owned by Repsol YPF, S.A. (NYSE:REP) (Madrid, Spain), has performed the last maintenance turnaround planned for 2008. No other processing units will be shut down this year.

The 38-day catalyst regeneration of the 2,400-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) platforming unit began May 28. Catalyst regeneration is generally performed every 15 months, and the next turnaround of the platforming unit is scheduled for August 2009.

Plant officials are planning to perform a 15-day maintenance turnaround in the 70,000 BBL/d Topping Unit 2 in February 2009. The 36,000 BBL/d Vacuum Unit 2 is set to be shut down in June 2009 with the 27,000 BBL/d Visbreaker unit. No other turnarounds are planned for 2009.

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