Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

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North America
Valero Refining, on February 28, initiated shutdown procedures on the 80,000-BBL/d Crude West and 36,000-BBL/d Continuous Catalytic Reformer (CCR) units at its 190,000-BBL/d refinery in Memphis, Tennessee, to perform 45 days of planned maintenance.

International
Ryazan NPK CJSC, on March 1, was forced to shut down the 9,000-BBL/d Hydrotreater L-24/6 (Block 1) and 9,000-BBL/d Hydrotreater L-24/6 (Block 2) units after a fire occurred at its 397,000-BBL/d Ryazan Refinery in Russia. The impact and damages are being assessed.

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) continues with a 25-day planned major turnaround of the 15,000-BBL/d Visbreaker Unit 1 at its 300,000-BBL/d Mangalore Refinery in India. The restart is expected by March 10.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)'s 66,000-BBL/d (design capacity: 56,000 BBL/d) Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) 1 at its Manali Refinery in India continues to operate at 92%. The unit expects to resume full throughput by March 18.

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