Today's Refining Hotline Headlines

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North America
Motiva, on September 26, started 40 days of planned maintenance on the 90,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Vacuum Pipe Still (VPS) 2, 40,000-BBL/d Vacuum Tower 2 and MPU 3 (N-Methyl-Pyrrolidone) units at its 640,000-BBL/d refinery in Port Arthur, Texas.

ExxonMobil's Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) at its 600,000-BBL/d refinery in Beaumont, Texas, experienced a process upset on Monday, and as a result, the unit will be reduced 10% until this upcoming weekend while minor repairs are underway.

International
Reliance Industries Limited, on September 26, began a 21-day planned turnaround of the 175,000-BBL/d delayed coker unit at its 780,000-BBL/d Jamnagar SEZ Refinery in India. Expectations are to restart the unit by October 16.

TotalEnergies SE's 1,060 million-pound-per-year Naphtha Cracker 3 ethylene unit at its 360,000-BBL/d refinery in Antwerpen, Belgium, remains offline after being shut down for a maintenance turnaround in late September. The unit is expected to resume operation in early December. Meanwhile, the 50,000-BBL/d FCCU 1, which was forced to shut down on August 6 following a fire, remains offline and is tentatively expected to restart by early December.

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