Update on Asian refinery maintenance/turnarounds and outages
The table below lists planned and unplanned refinery shutdowns for 2026 compiled through a survey of Asian oil refiners and market sources.
nomenclature:
AU - Aromatic Unit
CCU - Catalytic Cracker Unit - makes gasoline
CDU - Crude Distillation Unit - refines crude into products
CFU - Condensate Fractionation Unit
CSU - Condensate Splitter Unit
CCR - Catalytic Reformer
DCU - Delayed Coking Unit
DHDS - Diesel Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
FCC - Fluid Catalytic Cracker - makes gasoline
FCCU - Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
FOHDS- Fuel Oil Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
HOU - Heavy Oil Upgrading - refines fuel oil to lighter products
HCC - Hydro Catalytic Cracker - produces middle distillate fuels
KHDS - Kerosene Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
KHU - Kerosene Hydrotreating Unit
LRCC - Long Residue Catalytic Cracker
RFCC - Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracker - makes gasoline, propylene
RDS - Residual Desulphuriser - reduces sulphur content in product
RHDS - Residue Hydro Desulfurization Unit
RHDS - Residue Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
TBA - To be announced
VDU - Vacuum Distillation Unit
VGO - Vacuum Gasoil Hydrotreater
VRDS - Vacuum Residual Desulphuriser
VSB - Visbreaker
** - thousand tons per year
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