Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Valero continues with restart procedures on the 235,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Crude, 180,000-BBL/d Vacuum and 80,000-BBL/d Delayed Coker units at its 235,000-BBL/d Saint Charles Refinery in Louisiana, after they were forced offline on April 22 due to steam issues.

Phillips 66, today, April 25, started planned one-week maintenance on the 78,000-BBL/d Heavy Oil Cracker 27.1 in order to perform mechanical upgrades on the 27.1 regenerator at its 259,000-BBL/d refinery in Sweeny, Texas.

Marathon Petroleum, on April 24, shut down the 71,000-BBL/d crude unit at its 71,000-BBL/d refinery in Mandan, North Dakota. The rest of the facility has reduced rates by approximately 50% to control inventory until the issue is resolved. At this time, the facility is expected to resume normal operations by the end of the week.

International
Hyundai Oilbank Company Limited, on April 21, began a 31-day planned turnaround of the 160,000-BBL/d Crude 1 unit at its 690,000-BBL/d Deasan Refinery in South Korea. The restart is expected May 21. On April 22, Hyundai Oilbank began a planned turnaround of the 50,000-BBL/d b/d Hydrocracking (HCR) Unit and 50,000-BBL/d Delayed Coking Unit (DCU). The restart is expected May 22.

Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) expects to start commercial operations of the 205,000-BBL/d blocks 1, 2 and 3 at its 615,000-BBL/d Mina Al Zour Refinery in Kuwait by July 15, October 15 and December 15, respectively. The refinery has been under construction since October 15, 2016.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) continues with a 30-day planned turnaround of the 52,000-BBL/d Kerosene Merox 1 and 52,000 b/d Kerosene Merox 2 units at its 400,000-BBL/d Ruwais Refinery 1 (East) in Abu Dhabi. The turnaround began April 17, and the restart is expected by May 16.

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