24 Nov 2021 | 21:07 UTC

REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: Chicago gasoline prices rise on a spate of regional refinery outages

Midwest refinery outages have pushed up the price of refined products in both the Group 3 and Chicago markets, with Chicago CBOB posting an average quarterly price of $2.29/gal -- the highest Q4 average since 2013 -- on strong demand and refinery outages, according to Platts price assessments. PBF on Nov. 23 reported a fire at its Toledo refinery, which sources said took out one of the plant's two crude units for about two weeks.

Owner

Refinery

Capacity

Unit Name

Unit b/d

Start

End

b/d

PADD I (US ATLANTIC COAST)

Ergon

Newell, WV

22,300

Fire at platformer

NA

5/29/2021

NA

PBF

Paulsboro, NJ

160,000

Partial shutdown

85,000

1/1/2021

NA

PBF

Delaware City, DE

182,200

Turnaround

NA

9/20/2021

10/20/2021

Flaring

NA

10/13/2021

NA

Phillips 66

Linden, NJ

258,000

CDU turnaround

NA

9/1/2021

10/15/2021

PADD II (US MIDWEST)

BP-Husky (Cenovus)

Lima, OH

155,000

5-year turnaround

NA

9/1/2021

10/1/2021

CVR

Wynnewood, OK

74,500

FCCU regenerator

NA

9/1/2021

9/5/2021

RD hydrocracker conversion

26,500

NA

NA

turnaround

NA

2022

2022

CVR

Coffeyville, KS

132,000

turnaround

NA

2023

2023

HollyFrontier

Tulsa, OK East plant

70,300

Loss of power

NA

8/25/2021

NA

Tulsa, OK East plant

Flaring

NA

7/7/2021

NA

Tulsa, OK West plant

85,000

Flaring from coker

11,000

7/7/2021

NA

Husky/Cenovus

Superior, WI

45,000

Heavy crude unit

25,000

4/26/2018

Q1 2023

Light crude unit

20,000

4/26/2018

2022

Husky

Lima, OH

179,000

Turnaround

NA

11/1/2021

NA

Meridian

Davis, ND

49,500

Plant

49,500

Q42024

Q12025

Marathon

St. Paul Park, MN

103,000

SRU

NA

4/1/2021

4/30/2021

Marathon

Robinson, IL

253,000

Equipment failure-Ammonia

NA

11/16/2021

NA

Power outage

NA

7/15/2021

7/17/2021

Marathon

Catlettsburg, KY

291,000

turnaround

NA

11/1/2021

NA

PBF Energy

Toledo, OH

172,800

Fire - one CDU down

NA

11/23/2021

12/8/2021

Phillips 66

Ponca City, OK

206,000

FCCU

76,912

8/27/2021

NA

Valero

Ardmore, OK

86,000

platformer unit malfunction

NA

7/27/2021

NA

alkylation unit upset

NA

7/6/2021

NA

alkylation unit shutdown

NA

5/31/2021

NA

WRB

Wood River, IL

356,000

Unit upset on E sulfur train

NA

10/8/2021

NA

PADD III (US GULF COAST)

Calcasieu Refining

Lake Charles, LA

135,500

Idled

135,500

8/1/2020

NA

Calumet Specialty

Cotton Valley, LA

13,020

Cold weather impact

13,020

2/15/2021

2/25/2021

Calumet Specialty

Shreveport, LA

57,000

Cold weather impact t/a delayed

2/1/2021

3/15/2021

Calumet Specialty

Princeton, LA

8,300

Cold weather impact

83,000

2/15/2021

2/25/2021

Chevron

Pasadena, TX

112,229

FCCU startup

NA

7/2/2021

7/2/2021

FCCU startup

5/7/2021

5/11/2021

Citgo

Corpus Christi, TX

167,500

SRU-B train on oxygen outage

NA

9/3/2021

9/7/2021

Citgo

Lake Charles, LA

418,000

Reduced rates due to Ida

NA

8/27/2021

9/1/2021

rate cut on Colonial shutdown

83,800

5/10/2021

NA

Deer Park

Deer Park TX

302,800

CDU valve snag

NA

3/31/2021

3/31/2021

Delek US

Big Spring, TX

73,000

Naphtha hydrotreater

25,500

8/26/2021

8/27/2021

Delek US

Krotz Springs, LA

80,000

Shut for Ida

80,000

8/27/2021

9/8/2021

Delek US

Tyler, TX

75,000

Planned work FCCU

NA

10/4/2021

10/11/2021

Delek US

El Dorado, AK

83,000

Cold weather impact t/a moved up

NA

2/15/2021

3/15/2021

ExxonMobil

Beaumont, TX

369,024

hole in coker pipe

NA

2/20/2021

NA

ExxonMobil

Baytown, TX

560,500

Loss of feed to FCCU3

NA

9/14/2021

9/17/2021

FCCU3 boiler trip

NA

8/20/2021

8/21/2021

ExxonMobil

Baton Rouge, LA

520,000

Shutdown for Ida

520,000

8/27/2021

9/8/2021

Flint Hills

Corpus Christi, TX

338,500

Product pipeline leak

NA

3/11/2021

3/4/2021

HollyFrontier

Artesia, NM

110,000

turnaround/pretreatment

NA

10/1/2021

11/15/2021

Houston Refining

Houston, TX

Hydrogen Leak in Unit 635

11/14/2021

NA

Marathon

Gallup, NM

27,000

Permanent shut down

27,000

Q2 2020

NA

Marathon

El Paso, TX

131,000

Unit shutdown from power outage

NA

11/13/2021

11/14/2021

Marathon

Galveston Bay, TX

585,000

Ultracracker flaring

NA

8/9/2021

NA

FCCU#3 flaring

NA

7/12/2021

7/13/2021

coker compressor trip

5/20/2021

5/20/2021

Marathon

Garyville, LA

578,000

Shutdown for Ida

578,000

8/27/2021

9/10/2021

Motiva

Port Arthur, TX

607,000

Hydrocracker 2 process upset

NA

11/19/2021

11/20/2021

607,000

FCCU 3, alky unit startup

11/11/2021

11/14/2021

PBF Energy

Chalmette, LA

190,000

Shutdown for Ida

190,000

8/27/2021

9/15/2021

Planned work

NA

H22021

H22021

Placid Refining

Port Allen, LA

75,000

Shutdown for Ida

75,000

8/27/2021

9/3/2021

Phillips 66

Sweeny, TX

265,000

Facility-wide power blip

NA

10/8/2021

NA

Phillips 66

Westlake, LA

Unit shutdown

NA

11/20/2021

NA

Phillips 66

Belle Chasse, LA

255,600

Permanent shutdown Ida damage

255,600

9/19/2021

NA

Shell

Norco, LA

230,611

Shutdown for Ida

227,400

8/27/2021

NA

TotalEnergies

Port Arthur, TX

180,500

SRU flaring on start-up

NA

10/10/2021

10/12/2021

Valero

Port Arthur, TX

Process unit upset

NA

10/31/2021

Valero

Corpus Christi, TX

290,000

Reformer repair

39,000

3/27/2021

NA

Valero

Three Rivers, TX

89,000

#1 SRU repair

NA

3/18/2021

NA

St. Charles, LA

215,000

Shutdown for Ida

215,000

8/27/2021

9/15/2021

Meraux, LA

125,000

Shutdown for Ida

125,000

8/27/2021

9/15/2021

WRB

Borger, TX

149,000

Gas oil hydrotreatreater

NA

10/4/2021

10/5/2021

FCCU 29, GOHDS

NA

9/29/2021

10/9/2021

Unit 29 FCCU ESP work

NA

9/13/2021

10/13/2021

SRU start-up flaring

NA

9/8/2021

9/9/2021

power outage-several units

NA

8/25/2021

8/26/2021

PADD IV (US ROCKIES)

HollyFrontier

Cheyenne, WY

48,000

Repurposed to RD facility

48,000

8/1/2020

NA

Chevron

Salt Lake City, UT

54,720

Flaring from compressor

NA

6/2/2021

NA

Calumet

Great Falls, MT

25,000

RD co-process 14,000

14,000

Q1 2022

Q1 2023

Sinclair Refining

Sinclair, WY

75,000

leak from No. 3 SRU

NA

9/18/2021

NA

Suncor

Commerce City, CO

103,000

Turnaround Plant 1, Plant 3

NA

7/7/2021

PADD V

BP

Cherry Point, WA

242,000

Planned unit shutdown

NA

8/27/2021

9/8/2021

242,000

TGU flaring after unit trip

NA

7/19/2021

NA

Chevron

El Segundo, CA

269,000

flaring from utility power failure

NA

10/12/2021

NA

flaring from utility power failure

NA

8/21/2021

NA

Richmond, CA

245,271

process upset

NA

9/11/2021

NA

power outage/flaring

NA

7/25/2021

NA

Marathon Petroleum

Carson, CA

363,000

Earthquake, power loss, flaring

363,000

9/17/2021

NA

Flaring

9/22/2021

NA

Marathon Petroleum

Anacortes, WA

119,000

Rates cut on compressor issue

NA

11/17/2021

11/18/2021

PBF

Torrance, CA

160,000

Planned turnaround

NA

9/7/2021

NA

PBF

Martinez, CA

156,400

Planned work/install cat feed reactors

NA

Q42020

Q42021

Par Pacific Holdings

Honolulu, HA

148,000

10-day reforner catalyst generation

54,000

Q3 2021

Q3 2021

Par Pacific Holdings

Tacoma, WA

40,700

Partial shutdown

NA

Q1 2021

Q1 2021

Phillips 66

Wilmington, CA

139,000

Flaring after earthquake

NA

9/18/2021

NA

Phillips 66

Rodeo, CA

120,200

Repurposed to RD facility

120,200

2020

2024

Phillips 66

Santa Maria, CA

44,500

To be shut down

44,500

2023

2023

HollyFrontier

Anacortes, WA

145,000

Vacuum PS repair

NA

11/6/2021

NA

Valero

Wilmington, CA

85,000

restart of DCU, HTU and SRU

NA

3/6/2021

NA

US VIRGIN ISLANDS

Limetree Bay

St. Croix, USVI

176,400

Shutdown-Chapter 11 bankruptcy

172,400

6/22/2021

NA

EPA-ordered 60 day shutdown

5/14/2021

7/4/2021

CANADA

Irving Oil

Saint John, NB

330,000

planned work

NA

9/24/2021

11/12/2021

North Atlantic Refining

Come by Chance, NF

130,000

Warm idle mode

130,000

3/29/2020

NA

Parkland

Burnaby, BC

55,000

planned work

NA

12/1/2021

12/31/2021

Suncor

Edmonton, AB

142,000

expansion

146,250

Q4 2020

Q12021

Suncor

Montreal, QC

137,000

Planned work on sulfur plant

137,000

9/15/2021

10/6/2021

MEXICO

Pemex

Minatitlan

285,000

fire in gasoline unit

NA

4/7/2021

7/6/2021