US Refinery Status: Valero Restarts Corpus -2-
October 19 2009 - 9:18AM
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fall turnaround Sept. 30
Exxon Baytown 572.5 FCCU No. 3 shut Sep 15. for
TX planned maintenance.
Flint Corpus 288.1 $250 mln project for new Spr
Hills Christi, TX diesel desulfurization, 2010
sulfur recovery unit to begin
in Fall 2008. Construction
to last 18 months.
Shut Sat Gas Unit No. 1 at the
west plant for work on Oct. 15.
Marathon Garyville 245.0 Project to increase crude oil 4Q
LA refining capacity by 180,000- 2009
b/d 85% complete, as of end
April. New units expected
start up in 4Q 2009.
Motiva Port Arthur 285.0 Expansion project to increase 1Q
TX throughput capacity by 325,000 2012
b/d, to 610,000-b/d, slowed.
Completion now seen 1Q
2012, from 2010.
Shell Deer Park, 340.0 Hydroprocessing unit, cata- Oct 24
lytic cracker unit and alky-
lation shut between Oct 1 and
Oct 24 for fall turnaround
maintenance.
Total Port Arthur 232.0 Shut unit 805 for Oct. 8
maintenance on Oct. 5.
Shut unit 810 for work Sept.22
Unit 822 restarted Sept. 29
Restarted 837 Oct. 1
Valero Corpus 340.0 Coker unit shutdown for econo- n/a
Christi, TX mic reasons and planned work;
delayed to June 19 from June
12. The 20,000-b/d unit will
remain off line through July
but could restart at any time
if margins improve.
20,000-b/d FCCU in East n/a
Plant shut; West Plant
50,000-b/d FCCU at reduced
rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
Valero Norco, LA 250.0 Upgrade project to build 2012
a new diesel hydrotreater
unit moved from 2010 to
4Q 2012.
Turnaround at coker unit 1Q
delayed until 1Q 2010
from 4Q 2009.
The coker will operate at
50% of capacity when
restarted due to poor
economics.
Valero Port Arthur 325.0 77,000-b/d FCCU at reduced n/a
TX rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
Valero Sunray, TX 170.0 55,000-b/d FCCU at reduced n/a
rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
Valero Three Rivers 95.0 Plant-wide 24-day turnaround Oct. 2
TX began Sep 9. Restart seen
around Oct. 2.
24,000-b/d FCCU at reduced n/a
rates since mid-Dec for
economic reasons.
Western El Paso 122.0 Planned work scheduled for 1Q
TX 2010.
Alon Big Spring 67.0 Adding a new ultra low sulfur
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