Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
ExxonMobil continues with restart procedures at its 500,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after shutting down the plant on May 21 due to a loss of steam from a third-party provider. The 210,000-BBL/d PSLA 10 Crude Unit is online, in hot-oil circulation until secondary units return to service. The facility expects to complete the restart by May 29, except for one of its two 110,000-BBL/d PCLA (Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit) units, which will remain offline for shutdown-induced repairs until the beginning of next week.

International
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), on May 23, began a 30-day planned turnaround of the 150,000-BBL/d Diesel Hydrodesulfurization (DHDS) 1 Unit at its 760,000-BBL/d Jamnagar Special Economic Zone Refinery in India. The restart is expected by June 21.

PT Pertamina Persero Balikpapan extended an unplanned shutdown of the 200,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) IV, 20,000-BBL/d Platformer, 20,000-BBL/d Naphtha Hydrotreater (NDHT) and associated units at its 260,000-BBL/d b/d RU V - Balikpapan Refinery in Indonesia, to perform necessary repairs after a fire on May 15 within the Plant 5 complex. The units now are expected to restart on May 29. The other refining units are operating normally.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), on May 21, was forced to derate its 150,000-BBL/d Mumbai Refinery in India by 15% due to water crises. The refinery tentatively expects to resume full throughput by June 5. Eleven major units are involved.

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