Released September 28, 2020 | SUGAR LAND
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North America
ExxonMobil has taken the 110,000-BBL/d PCLA 3 (FCCU) offline at its 500,000-BBL/d Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery due to economics associated with lack of demand. At this time, a restart date for the unit is unknown and will depend on increases in product demand. The 110,000-BBL/d FCCU 2 remains online as the plant continues to operate at reduced rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PBF Toledo Refining Company restarted the 80,000-BBL/d Crude 3 (Sweet) on September 20 at its 160,000-BBL/d Toledo, Ohio, refinery. The 79,000-BBL/d FCCU was restarted on September 23 after the facility had a power outage on September 13.
Marathon Petroleum today, September 28, started a 49-day planned maintenance turnaround of the 120,000-BBL/d Crude 3 unit, 35,000-BBL/d LP VGO Hydrotreater and the saturated gas unit at its 242,000-BBL/d Catlettsburg, Kentucky, refinery. Additionally, the South Side will not undergo a plant-wide turnaround on October 9.
International
Abadan Oil Refining Company (AORC) has accelerated the 30-day planned maintenance shutdown of the 80,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation Unit 1 and 90,000-BBL/d Visbreaker unit at its 450,000-BBL/d Abadan Refinery in Iran. Previously scheduled for October 1, maintenance now will begin on September 24. Expectations are to complete repairs and restart the units by October 23.
IOCL's 42,000-BBL/d Crude 2 at its 274,000-BBL/d Gujarat Refinery in India resumed normal operations on September 22. The CDU 2 was derated by 5% since August 6, due to low demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 42,000-BBL/d Crude 1 has been running at 87% since September 23. Meanwhile, the 60,000-BBL/d Crude 5 was forced to shut down on August 6, also due to low demand. The units are expected to resume normal operations by October 15.
Imam Khomeini Oil Refining Company (IKORC) shut down the 94,387-BBL/d RFCCU, 34,590-BBL/d Reduced Crude Desulfurization Unit (Train A) and associated units on September 17, due to an issue in the RFCCU's riser column, at its 250,000-BBL/d Shazand Arak Refinery in Iran. Expectations are to complete the repairs and restart the units by November 25. As a result, the 30-day planned maintenance shutdown of the RFCCU and RCD (Train A) scheduled for April 1, 2021, has been cancelled. Separately, IKORC continues with a 90-day planned maintenance shutdown of three units that began on August 18.
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