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Released May 22, 2023 | sugar land
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Valero, on May 20, experienced a partial power outage at its 170,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) McKee Refinery in Sunray Texas, which caused the 76,000-BBL/d Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU), 30,000-BBL/d Hydrocracker and the 9,500-BBL/d SF Alkylation (SF Alky) Unit to shut down. The units are expected to be back online in the next 12 to 24 hours.
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PDVSA's 80,000-BBL/d FCC unit (DCAY) at its 625,000-BBL/d Amuay Refinery in Venezuela, remains offline. The unit, which was forced to shut down on March 2 due to catalyst issues, remains under mechanical repairs and current expectations are to restart the unit in the first week of June. Separately, the 120,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation 4 and 180,000-BBL/d Crude 5 units remain offline until late July and November, respectively.
Sonatrach continues with a 30-day plant-wide maintenance turnaround of the RA1K block at its 430,000-BBL/d Skikda Refinery in Algeria. Expectations are to restart the block by June 16.
Hengli Petrochemical Dalian Company Limited continues with a 38-day planned turnaround of the 64,000-BBL/d Reformer 1 at its 400,000-BBL/d refinery in Dalian, China. Expectations are to restart the unit by June 25.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
Valero, on May 20, experienced a partial power outage at its 170,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) McKee Refinery in Sunray Texas, which caused the 76,000-BBL/d Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU), 30,000-BBL/d Hydrocracker and the 9,500-BBL/d SF Alkylation (SF Alky) Unit to shut down. The units are expected to be back online in the next 12 to 24 hours.
International
PDVSA's 80,000-BBL/d FCC unit (DCAY) at its 625,000-BBL/d Amuay Refinery in Venezuela, remains offline. The unit, which was forced to shut down on March 2 due to catalyst issues, remains under mechanical repairs and current expectations are to restart the unit in the first week of June. Separately, the 120,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation 4 and 180,000-BBL/d Crude 5 units remain offline until late July and November, respectively.
Sonatrach continues with a 30-day plant-wide maintenance turnaround of the RA1K block at its 430,000-BBL/d Skikda Refinery in Algeria. Expectations are to restart the block by June 16.
Hengli Petrochemical Dalian Company Limited continues with a 38-day planned turnaround of the 64,000-BBL/d Reformer 1 at its 400,000-BBL/d refinery in Dalian, China. Expectations are to restart the unit by June 25.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
