Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

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North America
Valero, on August 29, reduced rates (by an estimated 50%) on the 100,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Delayed Coker 843 at its 325,000-BBL/d refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, for minor equipment repairs. It is expected to return to full capacity in 48 to 72 hours.

International
Dangote Industries Limited has delayed the test run for the lone crude unit at its 650,000-BBL/d Lekki Refinery in Nigeria due to delays in ongoing functional checks. The test run now is tentatively scheduled to start by the end of September.

Acelen continues with planned repairs at its 314,500-BBL/d Mataripe Refinery in Brazil. A 30-day planned turnaround on the 63,000-BBL/d Crude Distillation (U-9) Unit and 43-day repair works on four other units began on August 20.

Ufaneftekhim JSC conducts a planned maintenance turnaround of the 50,000-BBL/d ABT-3 (Crude 3) and the 30,000-BBL/d ABT-3 (Vacuum 3) Units at its 190,000-BBL/d Ufaneftekhim Refinery in Russia. The units are scheduled to restart operations in early September.

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