Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

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North America
Valero Energy Corporation, on April 16, started a 21-day turnaround of the 95,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Crude 18 (Sweet), and 22,000-BBL/d Reformer units at its 265,000-BBL/d Jean Gaulin Refinery in Canada, to perform minor repairs and a catalyst replacement. The units are expected to resume activities on May 6.

HollyFrontier, on April 16, shut down the 40,000-BBL/d crude unit and 22,000-BBL/d Naphtha Hydrotreater at the East side of its 125,000-BBL/d refining complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The units are expected to return to service by the end of the week.

Pemex TRI has not yet restarted the processing units at its 325,000-BBL/d refinery in Salina Cruz, Mexico, after being forced to shut down April 15 due to a fire at the gasoline storage tank. Plans are to have major units back online, processing on-spec products, at approximately 50% of capacity by April 23.

International
Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Company Limited has decreased the operational runs by 15% at its 260,000-BBL/d Shanghai Refinery in Shanghai Shi, China, due to falling domestic demand for refined products and COVID-19 lockdowns. The event began April 1.

OMV Aktiengesellschaft, today, April 20, began a planned maintenance turnaround at its 192,000-BBL/d Schwechat Refinery in Austria, which includes five units and associated units. The completion is expected in early June.

HRC, on April 17, was forced to shut down 12 units at its 121,000-BBL/d Homes Refinery in Syria, due to a crude oil shortage. The units are tentatively expected to restart by May 31. Separately, HRC derated its 20,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) 2 by 40%. The CDU 1 remains offline, but the two units are expected to restart and resume normal operations by May 31.

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