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Released September 20, 2021 | SUGAR LAND
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North America
Phillips 66's 250,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, remains shut down following Hurricane Ida. At this time, a damage assessment is ongoing, and it is unknown when the facility will be up and running.
Shell Chemical, on October 15, will begin a four-week planned maintenance turnaround involving eight units in Area 2 at its 85,000-BBL/d Mobile Refinery in Saraland, Alabama.
Pemex TRI continues to define the 2022 turnaround program at its 270,000-BBL/d refinery in Cadereyta, Mexico. Current expectations are for the 65,000-BBL/d Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) 1, 42,500-BBL/d Gasoline Hydrotreater (Ultra-low Sulfur Gasoline Unit) and associated units to begin 45 days of maintenance in April 2022.
International
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has accelerated the 30-day planned turnarounds of the 140,000-BBL/d Condensate Splitter 1, which now will begin January 15, 2022, and the 140,000-BBL/d Condensate Splitter 2, which now will begin April 15, 2022, at its 400,000-BBL/d Ruwais Refinery 1 (East) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The units are expected to be back online February 13, 2022 and May 14, 2022, respectively.
Petronor SA, today, September 20, restarted the 90,000-BBL/d Crude 2 Unit at its 200,000-BBL/d refinery in Bilbao, Spain, after it had been offline since November 30, 2020 due to COVID-19 and low market demand. The 31,000-BBL/d Visbreaker unit is offline due to COVID-19, but currently under decoking, while the facility's remaining units continue to operate at 60% capacity as the company plans to progressively ramp up production.
PDVSA, in mid-September, was forced to shut down the 79,500-BBL/d Crude DA-1 and 34,000-BBL/d Reformer (Continuous Catalytic Reformer), due to mechanical issues, at its 181,500-BBL/d refinery in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. Repairs are underway and the units are expected to be back online in 72 hours. Separately, the 70,000-BBL/d Crude DA-2, 38,000-BBL/d Diesel Hydrotreater (HDT) and associated units are online, but de-rated, while the 32,000-BBL/d Crude DA-3, 15,000-BBL/d Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCC) and associated units continue offline.
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