Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Petro Star, on May 6, started a 13-day planned maintenance turnaround of the lone crude unit at its 60,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) refinery in Valdez, Alaska.

International
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has delayed the restart of the 560 million-cubic-foot-per-day Gas Processing Train 2 (U-32) at its 346,000-BBL/d Mina Al Ahmadi Refinery in Kuwait, due to additional repairs needed following a major fire on January 14. The unit also has been under a planned maintenance turnaround since December 4, and the restart now is tentatively expected by July 15.

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has delayed the restart of the 15,000-BBL/d Visbreaker Unit 1 at its 300,000-BBL/d Mangalore Refinery in India. The restart now is tentatively expected by May 17.

Petroineos France SAS, on May 8, began a planned plant-wide maintenance turnaround at its 218,000-BBL/d Lavera Refinery in France. Completion is expected in mid-June.

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