IIR Energy Breakers: DCP Midstream's Port Arthur, Texas, Natural Gas Plant to Remain Offline Four Weeks

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Natural Gas, Production
DCP Midstream's Port Arthur, Texas, Natural Gas Plant to Remain Offline Four Weeks
DCP Midstream's 230 million-standard-cubic-foot-per-day (MMSCFD) natural gas processing plant in Port Arthur, Texas, is likely to remain offline for at least four weeks as work crews continue to assess flooding damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and perform repairs. As of Monday, 2,420 MMSCFD of natural gas processing capacity was still offline in Texas and Louisiana due to Harvey. This represents 20% of the region's capacity. (Plant: 1511852)

Refining
Valero Restarts Units at Port Arthur Refinery in Texas
Valero has restarted the 75,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) AVU 147 Crude Still, as well as the 100,000-BBL/d Delayed Coker (operating at about two-thirds capacity) and one of two Hydrocrackers at its 343,000-BBL/d Port Arthur, Texas, refinery. Hurricane Harvey caused heavy flooding in Port Arthur. Expectations are to return the facility to normal operations by the middle of next week. As of Monday, more than 1.7 million BBL/d of refining capacity was still offline in Texas and Louisiana due to Harvey. This represents 31% of the region's capacity. (Plant: 1013116)

Marathon Delays Planned Maintenance at Kentucky Refinery by a Week
Marathon Petroleum has delayed 60 days of planned maintenance on the North Side of its 242,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Catlettsburg, Kentucky, Refinery Complex by one week. Oil-out procedures will now begin on Friday, September 15. Units involved include the 19,000-BBL/d HF Alkylation, 200 T/d SRU 1 and the 42,000-BBL/d High Pressure VGO Hydrotreater. The 120,000-BBL/d Crude 3 will be running at reduced rates (approximately 50%) until repairs have been completed. The refinery produces gasoline, distillates, asphalt, heavy fuel oil, aromatics, propane, refinery-grade propylene and sulfur. (Plant: 1018029)

Chemical Processing
LyondellBasell Restarts HDPE Operations in Matagorda, Texas
LyondellBasell has restarted production at its 1.54 billion-pound-per-year high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant in Matagorda, Texas. The plant went offline due to Hurricane Harvey. As of Monday, 16.78 billion pounds per year of ethylene capacity was still offline in Louisiana and Texas, accounting for 35% of regional capacity. (Plant: 1516759)

ExxonMobil Restarts Baytown Polypropylene Plant
ExxonMobil has restarted its polypropylene plant in Baytown, Texas. The plant experienced high water as a result of Hurricane Harvey but did not incur major damage. The ExxonMobil area is the largest refining and petrochemical complex in the United States. The complex is located on approximately 3,400 acres along the Houston Ship Channel, about 25 miles east of Houston. (Plant: 1000546)

Power
St. Lucie Nuclear Power Station Unit 01 in Florida Taken Offline Due to Switchyard Issue
Florida Power & Light Company took Unit 01 of the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Station offline Tuesday due to a switchyard issue. The 982-megawatt unit is expected to remain offline until Wednesday. With a total capacity of 1,958 MW, the St. Lucie Power Station remained online this past weekend during Hurricane Irma. The storm left millions without power. The power station was commissioned in 1976. (FRCC) (Outage: 387168) (Plant: 1016650)

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