24 Jan 2020 | 20:04 UTC — New York

Refinery news roundup: Unplanned outages at key US Midwest refineries support stronger gasoline, diesel prices

New York — Unplanned outages at several large Midwest refineries are supporting higher diesel and gasoline prices, market sources said.

Group 3 suboctane gasoline was assessed at prompt NYMEX RBOB minus 1.15 cent/gal Thursday, up from the January-to-date average of minus 6.17 cents/gal. Chicago ULSD was assessed Thursday at NYMEX ULSD minus 9 cents/gal, up from the January average of minus 20 cents/gal.

Refineries hit by unplanned outages include Flint Hill's 320,000 b/d Pine Bend, Minnesota plant, ExxonMobil's 238,600 b/d Joliet refinery in Illinois, and Phillips 66's 207,000 b/d Ponca City, Oklahoma plant.

REFINERY OUTAGES (2020)
Owner Refinery Capacity (b/d) Unit Name Unit b/d Start End
PADD I (US ATLANTIC COAST)
PBF Delaware City, DE 182,200 alkylation unit 11,000 2/15/2020 3/30/2020
182,200 CDU 180,000 10/1/2020 11/15/2020
PBF Paulsboro, NJ 160,000 Reformer 32,000 Q2 2020 Q2 2020
Phillips 66 Bayway, NJ 258,000 HSFO to LSFO NA 2020 2020
PADD II (US MIDWEST)
BP Whiting, IN 413,500 CDU 70,000 6/15/2020 7/15/2020
ExxonMobil Joliet, IL 238,600 plant NA 1/22/2020 1/30/2020
Flint Hills Pine Bend, MN 320,000 CDU 45,000 1/15/2020 1/29/2020
HollyFrontier Tulsa, OK 162,000 Coker 8,500 2/1/2020 3/15/2020
Husky Superior, WI 50,000 CDU 38,000 4/26/2018 2021
FCCU 11,323
partial operations 12/31/2020
full operations 2021
Marathon Robinson, IL 228,000 Coker 28,100 3/1/2020 4/1/2020
Meridian Davis, ND 49,500 FCCU NA Q3 2020 Q3 2020
PBF Toledo, OH 172,800 Alkylation unit 82,000 3/1/2020 4/15/2020
9,000 3/1/2020 4/15/2020
Phillips 66 Ponca City, OK 207,000 CDU-unplanned shutdown 65,000 1/23/2010 NA
Phillips 66 Ponca City, OK 207,000 CDU 65,000 3/1/2020 4/15/2020
Valero Memphis, TN 180,000 CDU NA 1/15/2020 3/1/2020
PADD III (US GULF COAST)
Citgo Lake Charles, LA 418,000 CDU NA 1/15/2020 2/28/2020
reformer 50,000
CDU 71,500
Delek US Big Spring, TX 73,000 CDU 75,000 1/22/2020 3/15/2020
FCCU 23,000
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge, LA 505,200 CDU NA 2/1/2020 3/1/2020
Motiva Port Arthur, TX 610,000 FCCU 82,100 1/6/2020 2/17/2020
Shell Norco, LA 218,200 CDU NA 1/10/2020 1/30/2020
Valero Three Rivers, TX 89,000 plant NA 1/15/2020 3/1/2020
Valero McKee, Texas 195,000 FCCU 54,500 1/22/2020 NA
Phillips 66 Belle Chasse, LA 260,000 CDU 250,000 1/5/2020 2/28/2020
FCCU 104,000
Coker 25,200
Reformer 42,000
Phillips 66 Sweeny, TX 265,000 CDU NA 1/10/2020 2/15/2020
WRB Borger, TX 146,000 plant NA 3/1/2020 3/15/2020
PADD IV (US ROCKIES)
Suncor Denver, CO 103,000 CDU 37,000 3/1/2020 4/1/2020
Par Pacific Holdings Newcastle, WY 18,000 NA Q4 2020 Q4 2020
PADD V (US WEST COAST)
Marathon Petroleum Los Angeles, CA 363,000 plant NA 1/5/2020 2/5/2020
Par Pacific Holdings Honolulu, HA 148,000 plant NA 3/1/2020 4/1/2020
Phillips 66 Los Angeles, CA 139,000 NA NA 1/21/2020 NA
CANADA
Sturgeon Northwest Redwater, AB 80,000 Cdu 80,000 2020 2020
Co-Op Refinery Complex Regina, SK 130,000 plant 15% below 12/5/2019 NA
MEXICO Salamanca 220,000 sulfur processing NA 11/20/2018 12/10/2018
Pemex Salamanca 220,000 fire in Maya CDU NA 11/20/2018 12/10/2018
Pemex Minatitlan 285,000 offline since July 150,000 10/9/2018 12/15/2018
Pemex Madero 190,000 190,000 7/1/2018 12/15/2018

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James Bambino