REPORT / USWC Refinery Maintenance - Tosco updated
The following list details West Coast refineries and their main
operating units and processing capacities, with outages and
operational problems listed parenthetically.
"*" indicates maintenance or outage confirmed by company.
The list is compiled on a "best efforts" basis using market
sources where the company does not confirm and may not be
definitive.
"+" indicates market source or company source.
COMPANY, LOCATION, REFINERY DETAILS
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ARCO
1)Carson, California
* Oct 8 1998: Fire at 20,000 bpd coker, shut for 2 weeks.
* May 1998: FCC in two-week planned shutdown.
- crude distillation: 265,000 bpd
- vacuum distillation: 128,000 bpd
- Fluid cat cracking: 96,000 bpd
- Coker: (2 units) 48,000 bpd/20,000 bpd
- Catalytic reforming: 52,000 bpd
- Cat hydrocracking: 43,000 bpd
- Cat hydrotreating: 181,000 bpd
2)Ferndale, Washington
+ Sept. 7-Oct 10/11 1998: Hydrocracker in turnaround.
* July 28 1998: Crude unit in two-week unplanned shutdown.
- crude distillation: 202,000 bpd
- Vacuum distillation: 101,000 bpd
- Coking: 51,000 bpd
- Catalytic reforming: 57,000 bpd
- Cat hydrocracking: 60,000 bpd
- Cat hydro-refining: 20,000 bpd
- Cat hydrotreating: 69,000 bpd
-----CHEVRON CORP
1)El Segundo, California
+ Oct 15 1998: traders said 180 kbpd CDU shut Oct 10-17/18.
* Sept. 1 1998: FCC running at reduced rate for undetermined
period.
+ June 16 1998: FCC in three-day unplanned shutdown.
+ July 6 1998: Crude unit in one-week unplanned shutdown.
+ Late July 1998: Hydrocracker reduced for undetermined period.
- Crude distillation: 258,000 bpd
- Coker: 64,000 bpd
- Fluid catalytic cracking: 61,000 bpd
- Hydrocracking: 47,000 bpd
- Reforming: 40,000 bpd
2)Richmond, California
+ July 9 1998: Hydrocracker in three-week unplanned shutdown.
- crude distillation: 235,000 bpd
- coking: 44,000 bpd
- fluid catalytic cracking: 65,000 bpd
- hydrocracking: 40,000 bpd, 30,000
- reforming: 45,000 bpd
- hydrotreating: 184,000 bpd
-----EXXON
1)Benicia, California
- crude distillation: 128,000 bpd
- vacuum distillation: 65,000 bpd
- fluid cat cracking: 66,000 bpd
- coker: 25,000 bpd
- cat hydrocracking: 29,000 bpd
- catalytic reforming: 33,000 bpd
- cat hydro-refining: 33,500 bpd
- cat hydrotreating: 111,500 bpd
- Alkylation: 13,000 bpd
-----MOBIL
1)Torrance, California
+ Feb. 1998: Cat hydrocracking in four-week planned shutdown.
- crude distillation: 130,000 bpd
- vacuum distillation: 95,000 bpd
- fluid cat cracking: 85,000 bpd
- coking: 47,500 bpd
- catalytic reforming: 42,000 bpd
- cat hydrocracking: 23,500 bpd
- cat hydro-refining: 93,000 bpd
- cat hydrotreating: 49,200 bpd
----- TESORO (takes over from Texaco Sept. 1)
1)Anacortes, Washington
- crude distillation: 108,200 bpd
- vacuum distillation: 45,000 bpd
- cat cracking: 44,800 bpd
-- Fluid cat cracking 42,000 bpd
-- Other cat cracking 2,800 bpd
- coking: 22,050 bpd
- catalytic reforming: 24,300 bpd
- cat hydrotreating: 69,300 bpd
-----SHELL
1)Martinez, California
+ July 15 1998: Coker in two-week unplanned shutdown.
- crude distillation: 155,200 bpd
- vacuum distillation: 103,300 bpd
- fluid cat cracking: 67,100 bpd
- coking: 38,900 bpd (2 Units)
- catalytic reforming: 29,000 bpd
- cat hydrocracking: 34,200 bpd
- cat hydrotreating: 197,400 bpd
-----TEXACO
1)Anacortes, Washington
+ August 4 1998: Coker in one-week unplanned shutdown.
- crude capacity: 147,000 bpd
- catalytic cracking 53,000 bpd
- coker:
2)Bakersfield, California
- crude capacity: 6,000 bpd
3)Wilmington, California
+ Late May 1998: Crude unit in two-week planned shutdown.
- crude distillation: 98,000 bpd
- catalytic cracking: 32,300 bpd
-----TOSCO
1)Avon-Rodeo, California
+ Oct/Nov 1998: Rodeo, Calif., 77K Rodeo crude unit in planned
shutdown, with run cuts.
+ Oct/Nov: Rodeo hydrocracker run cuts due to unplanned problem.
+ Oct/Nov: Rodeo Vacuum tower, reformer also rumored shut.
+ Oct/Nov: Avon, Calif., hydrotreater rumored shut.
+ August 4 1998: Rodeo, Calif., hydrocracker in indefinite unplanned
shutdown.
+ July 29: Avon, Calif., crude unit in two-week unplanned shutdown.
- distillation: 250,000 bpd (60,000 bpd at Avon)
- coker: 42,000 bpd
- cat hydrocracking: 32,000 bpd
2)Wilmington & Carson, Calif (connected by 4 mile line)
- Refining capacity: 90,000 bpd
3)Ferndale, WA
- crude capacity: 95,000 bpd
-----ULTRAMAR DIAMOND SHAMROCK
1)Wilmington, California
* Q4 planned shutdown of FCC, alkylation units. Runs cut to 108,000
bpd from 122K.
* Oct 12-15 1998: FCC unplanned shutdown.
* July 5 1998: FCC in one-week unplanned shutdown.
+ August 5 1998: FCC in one-week unplanned shutdown.
- crude distillation: 68,000 bpd (2 units)
- coker: 22,000 bpd
- cat cracker: 45,000 bpd |
