Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

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North America
Valero Refining has been forced to reduce production rates by approximately 20% at its 190,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Memphis, Tennessee, refinery, due to low levels on the Mississippi River that have caused incoming and outgoing shipping issues. The duration for the event is unknown at this time.

Phillips 66, on October 29, expects to complete a planned plant-wide maintenance turnaround at its 100,000-BBL/d Ferndale, Washington, refinery.

International
Gazprom Neft PAO continues with a planned maintenance shutdown of the 16,000-BBL/d Isomerization (Isomalk-2), 10,400-BBL/d Visbreaker and Sulfur Recovery (UPS) units at its 400,000-BBL/d Omsk Refinery in Russia. The units shut down in mid-September and October, and are scheduled to be back online in late October and early November, respectively. Meanwhile, the reconstruction of the 4,600-BBL/d Catalytic Reformer L-35/11-600 unit is ongoing, and the unit is expected to be restarted at the end of November.

PDVSA remains unable to restart the processing units at its 295,000-BBL/d Cardon Refinery in Venezuela, due to utility issues. The whole refinery was forced to shut down on October 20 due to a power blackout.

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