Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Irving Oil, on September 6, started a 45-day planned maintenance turnaround of the 74,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracker (RFCCU) 425 at its 300,000-BBL/d refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Phillips 66, on September 6, started a 42-day plant-wide planned maintenance turnaround at its 100,000-BBL/d refinery in Ferndale, Washington.

International
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) has delayed the test run of the 18,200-BBL/d Naphtha Hydrotreater (NHT) 1, 62,000-BBL/d Diesel Hydrotreater (HDT) 1 and 53,000-BBL/d Kerosene Hydrotreater (KHT) 1 in Block 1 at its 615,000-BBL/d Mina Al Zour Refinery in Kuwait. The test runs now are expected to begin September 13. The 205,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) 1 in Block 1 is currently operating at 50% capacity, and is expected to begin commercial operations by October 3. KIPIC has delayed commercial operations of the 205,000-BBL/d Block 2 to begin November 3, and the 205,000-BBL/d Block 3 to December 15.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has delayed the restart of the Delayed Coker in the CBDC Block at its 417,000-BBL/d Ruwais Refinery 2 (West) in Abu Dhabi. The unit now is expected to restart on September 9.

Idemitsu Kosan Company Limited is restarting the lone crude unit at its 150,000-BBL/d Hokkaido Refinery in Japan, after it was forced to shut down due to naphtha leaks on September 4. Separately, the 36,500-BBL/d Kerosene Hydrodesulfurization Unit (DH) and Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrocracking Unit (HC), continue to undergo repairs with a tentative restart by September 10 and September 13, respectively.

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