Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

North America
Delek this week, December 14, expects to restart five units and associated units at its 73,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) refinery in Big Spring, Texas, after a fire occurred on November 29.

International
Raffineria de Milazzo SpA continues with a planned turnaround of the 137,859-BBL/d U017 TP4 (Topping 4) Unit at its 332,112-BBL/d Milazzo Refinery in Italy. The turnaround started in early November, and is expected to be completed in mid-December.

South Refineries Company (SRC) continues with a 30-day planned turnaround of the 70,000-BBL/d Crude Area 2 at its 210,000-BBL/d Basra Refinery in Iraq. Expectations are to complete repairs and restart the units by December 14.

Attock Refinery Limited continues to operate its 56,400-BBL/d Rawalpindi Refinery in Pakistan at 30%, due to low demand for furnace oil. The units are tentatively expected to resume normal operations by December 20.

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