U.S. Refinery Status: Sunoco Shuts FCCU At Marcus -2-

The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswires. The information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining sources and doesn’t purport to be a comprehensive list.

Sunoco Inc. (SUN) shut a key gasoline-making FCCU at its oil refinery in Marcus Hook, Pa., on Oct. 11 for four days of repairs, a report to the Pennsylvania state environmental protection agency said. Last week, a Reuters report said a crude unit and a reformer unit at the 178,000-barrel-a-day refinery were shut on Oct. 3 for two weeks of work, according to trade sources.

Suncor Energy Inc.’s (SU) oil refinery in Edmonton, Alberta will be operating at reduced rates over the next two weeks due to a disruption in hydrogen supplies, a company spokeswoman said on Oct. 11. The disruption in hydrogen supplies occurred at a third-party supplier which told Suncor it would be unable to supply hydrogen over the next two weeks.

ConocoPhillips (COP) on Oct. 10 said a process unit at its oil refinery in Wilmington, Calif., was shut the day before following a small fire that was quickly extinguished by the plant’s on-site emergency response team. No other details were provided.

Turnaround maintenance is under way at ConocoPhillips’ (COP) oil refinery in Ponca City, Okla., company spokesman Rich Johnson said on Oct. 6. While he was not able to provide details about the duration and specific units involved, a local news report referred to the work as ConocoPhillips’ biggest turnaround in the company’s history.

BP PLC’s (BP, BP.LN) oil refinery in Ferndale, Wash., on Oct. 7 was added to the list of area-refineries performing maintenance. Work started on Oct. 3. A hydrocracker, two delayed coking units, two reformer units are among several units slated for maintenance. A person familiar with operations at the refinery said catalyst regeneration will also take place.

PBF Holding Company LLC and Delaware City Refining Company LLC on Oct. 7 announced the successful restart of the Delaware City petroleum refinery, which was closed down by previous owners in 2009. Initial operations began in June 2011 and the refinery is now fully operational.

Unconfirmed reports on Oct. 5 said Sunoco Inc. (SUN) began two weeks of crude unit, reformer unit and sulfur recovery unit maintenance at its Marcus Hook, Penna., refinery.

Chevron’s (CVX) Bay-area refinery in Richmond, Calif., started 4-6 weeks of scheduled maintenance on unspecified units, the company said on October 4. Traders in the region said the plant’s crude unit will be worked on during the time frame.

Valero Energy (VLO) on Oct. 4 said scheduled turnaround maintenance got under way in late-Sept. at its Three Rivers, Texas, refinery crude unit and FCCU. The work was originally scheduled to start in Oct.

Pasadena Refining Systems Inc. said on Oct. 4 the cause of a crude unit fire on Sept. 30 at its Pasadena, Texas, refinery is still under investigation and that damage assessment continues. The refinery remains off-line with no estimate on restart.

For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using the code N/REF. Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart (in 000s bbl/day) UNPLANNED CANADA Suncor Edmonton 135.0 Refinery will operate at re- Energy duced rates for two weeks due to a disruption in supplies from a 3rd-party supplier, co. said on Oct. 11. CARIBBEAN EAST COAST Sunoco Marcus Hook 178.0 FCCU shut for 4 days mainte- PA nance on Oct. 11. Crude unit, reformer unit shut Oct. 3 for two weeks maintenance. GULF COAST Pasadena Pasadena 100.0 Sep 30 crude unit fire still Refining TX under investigation; damage assessment continues. Refinery remains off-line, the company said on Oct. 4. MIDWEST ROCKIES Sinclair Sinclair 74.0 Refinery at reduced rates fol- WY lowing fires at CDU on Sept. 3 and Sept. 4. Repairs and damage assessments underway. No update the company said on Oct. 6. WEST COAST Conoco Wilmington 140.0 Process unit shut Oct. 9 by small Phillilps CA Tesoro Anacortes, 120.0 FCCU shut Oct. 1 for maintenance WA traders said on Oct. 3; no further details provided. PLANNED CANADA CARIBBEAN Hovensa St. Croix 350.0 Planned maintenance at a crude unit, reformer and coker unit in Oct. will last 2-4 weeks, company said on Oct. 3. EAST COAST Conoco Trainer, PA 185.0 Crude processing halted; operations winding down, the company said on Sept. 30. The refinery will be shuttered in six months if not sold. PBF Delaware City 190.0 All refinery units operation- Oct 7 DE al, the company said on Oct. 7. Some units came on-line after major overhaul in June; the hydrocracking unit was the last unit to be restarted. Sunoco Philadelphia 335.0 Refineries up for sale on Marcus Hook 190.0 Sept. 6; process units will be shuttered in July 2012 if no buyer is found. Sunoco Marcus Hook 190.0 Crude unit, reformer unit Oct 16 PA and sulfur recovery unit shut for 2 weeks work, traders on Oct. 3. Not confirmed. GULF COAST 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. Total Port Arthur 232.0 Several units, including crude USA TX unit and FCCU shut six weeks turnaround maintenance, a source familiar with the plant said on Sept. 21. Valero Corpus 315.0 Crude & coker unit turnaround Oct. Christi, TX to start in Oct. for three 2011 weeks. Valero McKee TX 170.0 Vacuum unit turnaround planned for first half of 2012, company said. Expansion project announced March 2011 to increase crude oil throughput by 25,000 b/d to 195,000 b/d. Valero Norco, LA 185.0 Hydrocracker project will pro- 2013 ceed and be completed in late 2013, the co. said on 7/27/10. Upgrade project to build 2012 a new diesel hydrotreater unit moved from 2010 to 4Q 2012. Valero Port Arthur 325.0 Hydrocracker project will pro- 2012 TX ceed and be completed in late 2012. Valero Three Rivers 100.0 6 weeks of turnround work under Nov 6 TX way since late-Sep at FCCU and (est) crude unit. This work was ad- vanced from an early-Oct start. MIDWEST BP Whiting, IN 405.0 Turnaround at Pipestill 12 de- layed by 3 months; it was sup- posed to begin in November, a source said on March 25. Cenovus Roxana, IL 306.0 Coker and refinery expansion Q4 2011 (Conoco/WRB) project on track for comple- tion 4th Q 2011, the company said on July 26. Conoco Ponca City 187.0 Turnaround maintenance under way week of Oct. 3, the co. said on Oct. 6. No details pro- vided. CVR Coffeyville 115.7 Periodic turnaround will take 2012 KS place in two phases beginning in Fall 2011 and completed in Spring 2012. Husky Lima, OH 160.0 15-days of maintenance planned at Energy at aromatics unit in the fall of 2012. Husky Toledo, OH 140.0 Minor maintenance planned in 4Q Energy 2011, the company said on July 28; no details provided. Tesoro Mandan, ND 58.0 Total crude-oil processing capa- 2nd Q city to increase by 17% to 68,000 2012 b/d by 2nd quarter 2012. WEST COAST BP Ferndale, WA 225.0 Seasonal turnaround maintenance started Oct. 3. Hydrocracker, 2 reformers, 2 delayed coking units, listed among units involved in

the turnaround. Catalyst regener- ation will also take place. Chevron Richmond, 240.0 4-6 weeks of planned work under Oct 30- CA way at unspecified units, the Nov 13 company said on Oct. 4. Traders said the crude unit will be worked on in this 4-6 week period.

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