Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

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North America
Marathon, on October 3, began to shut down the 145,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Crude 10 A Unit at its 530,000-BBL/d refinery in Garyville, Louisiana, for a 21-day maintenance turnaround. After the event is completed, the 145,000-BBL/d Crude 10 B will shut down for 21 days. Additionally, the 134,000-BBL/d Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) 25, 39,600-BBL/d Hydrofluoric Alkylation (HF Alky) 27 and 87,000-BBL/d Gasoline Desulfurizer 55 also were shut down on October 3, for eight weeks of planned maintenance.

ExxonMobil, on October 2, shut down the 180,000-BBL/d Crude A, plus the associated 35,000-BBL/d Vac A-1 and 15,000-BBL/d Vac A-2 units, for a 30-day turnaround at its 350,000-BBL/d refinery in Beaumont, Texas.

Pemex TRI is performing a planned turnaround at its 285,000-BBL/d Lazaro Cardenas (Minatitlan), Mexico, refinery. The 150,000-BBL/d Combinada Maya (Crude) (U-10000), 50,000-BBL/d Hydrotreater (Gas-Oil) (HDSG) (11000), 17,000-BBL/d Hydrotreater (Gasoline) (HDG) and associated units began minor repairs on September 19. The refinery is running at approximately 30% of normal capacity.

International
Esso Raffinage SAF tentatively expects to restart its 240,000-BBL/d Port-Jerome Gravenchon and 140,000-BBL/d Fos-sur-Mer refineries in France around mid-October, after they were shut down in late September due to an ongoing strike.

Total Refining & Chemicals tentatively expects to restart its 205,000-BBL/d Gonfreville Refinery in France around mid-October, after it was shut down in late September due to an ongoing strike.

OMV Aktiengesellschaft continues with a shutdown of the 150,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) 1 and 49,500-BBL/d Vacuum Unit 1 at its 192,000-BBL/d Schwechat Refinery in Austria. The units were shut down for a planned maintenance turnaround in late April, and the restart was delayed due to a mechanical incident that occurred at the CDU 1 toward the end of the turnaround. Repairs are still ongoing, and the restart is now expected in mid-October.

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