Refinery Status: Citgo Restates Illinois FCCU

19th Jul 2010 13:30

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 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. The key gasoline-making unit at Citgo's Lemont, Illinois, refinery restarted Thursday following about nine days of unplanned maintenance due to electrical problems emanating from a severe storm. For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using the code N/REF. Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart (in 000s bbl/day) UNPLANNED EAST COAST Conoco Bayway 210.0 Heat slows processing rate July 6th GULF COAST BP Texas City 455.8 FCCU hits snag will restart July 9 Citgo Corpus 163.0 FCCU No. 2 in East Plant nor- June 30 Christi, TX mal June 30 after two opacity spikes caused by Hurricane Alex. Power restored and units re- covering after lightning strike interrupts power at both the East and West Plants. Lyondell Houston 268.0 CDU hit by fire on May 17 is June 20 TX expected to restart in four weeks. 2nd crude unit re- started from unplanned mainte- nance on May 19. All other pro- cess units have been operating with feedstocks on hand. Marathon Texas City 76.0 Brief period of flaring re- n/a TX ported June 25 during efforts to isolate small leak at Alky- lation Unit feed bypass line. (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 19, 2010 08:30 ET (12:30 GMT)