REPORT / Canada Refinery Maintenance (updates Vitol)
CALGARY, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The following list details
1998 maintenance schedules, repairs, outages, etc. at Canadian
refineries.
The list is compiled on a "best efforts" basis using
market sources where the company does not confirm and may not
be definitive. (*confirmed by company)
COMPANY LOCATION REFINERY DETAILS CAPACITY
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IMPERIAL* SARNIA ON NO PLANNED SHUTDOWNS FOR 119,000
Q4 1998
IMPERIAL* NANTICOKE ON NO PLANNED SHUTDOWNS FOR 112,000
Q4 1998
IMPERIAL* DARTMOUTH NS NO PLANNED SHUTDOWNS FOR 82,000
Q4 1998
IMPERIAL* EDMONTON AB NO PLANNED SHUTDOWNS FOR 176,000
Q4 1998. LAST OUTAGE WAS
IN Q2 1998, WHEN
ALKYLIZATION UNIT, HYDRO
TREATER, ATMOSPHERIC &
VACCUUM UNIT AND
POWERFORMER DOWN. CAT
CRACKER REMAINED IN
OPERATION
PETROCAN* EDMONTON AB PLATFORMER, REFORMER, CRUDE 116,000
UNIT, COKER, CAT CRACKER,
ALKYLIZATION UNIT PLANNED
TO BE DOWN IN Q2, 1998
PETROCAN* MONTREAL QU NO. 1 CRUDE UNIT, POWER- 87,000
FORMER, PLATFORMER, ISOMAX,
VISBREAKER, CANMET UNIT
DOWN Q2 1998. CAT CRACKER,
POLYMERIZATION UNIT,
ALKYLIZATION UNIT PLANNED
DOWN Q3 1998. POWER OUTAGE
CAUSED 3-DAY SHUTDOWN JAN.
9-11, '98.
PETROCAN* OAKVILLE ON REFORMER PLANNED DOWN Q3 1998 81,000
SHELL* FT SASK. AB FULL PLANT OUTAGE FOR 15 DAYS 90,000
IN Q2, 1998.
SHELL* MONTREAL QU SOME MAINTENANCE PLANNED 130,000
FOR Q4 1998. POWER OUTAGE
CAUSED SHUTDOWN JAN. 9-10,
1998.
SHELL* SARNIA ON FIRE TO HYDROCRACKER 72,000
HEATER SEPT. 28 CUT RUNS
TO 50,000 BPD. ROSE TO
63,000 BY OCT. 5.
CHEVRON* BURNABY BC NO MAJOR TURNAROUNDS PLANNED. 50,000
INSTALLING PENEX UNIT AND
ADAPTING PLANT TO MEET NEW
B.C. REFORMULATED FUEL
REGULATIONS ON SULPHUR AND
BENZENE CONTENT FOR Q4 1998
SUNCOR* SARNIA ON NO MAJOR TURNAROUNDS PLANNED 70,000
IN 1998.
SUNCOR* FT MCMURRAY AB (OIL SANDS PLANT) MAJOR 85,000
TURNAROUND AND DEBOTTLE-
NECKING WAS IN Q2 1997.
BOOSTED CAPACITY. NOTHING
MAJOR PLANNED IN 1998.
SYNCRUDE* FT MCMURRAY AB (OIL SANDS PLANT) RESTARTED 220,000
COKER UNIT AUG. 19 AFTER
26-DAY SHUTDOWN TO REPAIR
REACTOR UNIT. AVERAGE 1998
PRODUCTION FORECAST NOW AT
212,000, DOWN FROM PREVIOUS
ESTIMATE OF 230,000.
HUSKY OIL *LLOYDMIN. AB (HEAVY OIL UPGRADER) PLANS TO 54,000
BOOST UPGRADER CAPACITY TO
150,000 BPD SYNTHETIC OIL
AND PRODUCTS WITH C$500 MLN
PROJECT. ESTIMATED ON
STREAM IN 2001 WITH
CONSTRUCTION START PLANNED
IN SECOND HALF 1999.
CONSUMERS' CO-OPERATIVE(HEAVY OIL UPGRADER) 52,000
REGINA SK
ULTRAMAR ST ROMUALD QU 150,000
IRVING* ST. JOHN, NB FIRE TO 34,600 BPD HYDRO- 250,000
CRACKER CUTPRODUCTION BY
20,000 BPD JUNE 9. OTHER
UNITS OPERATED NORMALLY.
NORTH ATLANTIC REFINING* ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SET FOR 105,000
(VITOL) COME BY CHANCE, SECOND HALF OF OCTOBER,
NF LIKELY FOR TWOWEEKS. EXACT
DATES, OUTPUT UNDISCLOSED.
MARCH 25,1998. THREE-WEEK
SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE WORK
MOVED UP IN CONJUNCTION
WITH REPAIRS TO THE UNIT.
FULL SHUTDOWN CONTINUED
UNTIL 3RD WEEK IN APRIL,
1998. |
