Spain's Bilbao Refinery Undergoing Maintenance Turnaround

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A planned turnaround is taking place at the 240,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Bilbao Refinery, owned by Repsol YPF SA (NYSE:REP) (Madrid, Spain) and operated by Petronor (Bilbao, Spain).

The conversion area at Bilbao, which is also known in the refinery as Plant 3, halted its production units on January 24 to complete planned maintenance work. During this downtime, several processing units, such as the 43,000-BBL/d FCCU, the 33,000-BBL/d UV3 (Visbreaker), and the 4,000-BBL/d HF Alkylation, among others, will be under inspection and maintenance. A source from the refinery confirmed the area will remain shut down for about 45 days; units are expected to be back online by the first fortnight of March.

Petronor is the company that runs the Bilbao Refinery and is a Repsol's subsidiary company. Petronor was founded in 1968 with the aim of refining and marketing petroleum products and their derivatives. Two years later, in 1970, the refinery began operations and it is now the largest refinery that Repsol owns in Spain.

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