Maintenance & Reliability

Hunt Refining's Tuscaloosa refinery (U.S.) expedites maintenance, repairs on fire-damaged coker unit

Hunt Refining has expedited and started maintenance and repairs on the fire-damaged coker unit at its 63,000-bpd petroleum refinery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama last week.

ExxonMobil Joliet refinery (U.S.) running unit at reduced rate

ExxonMobil was operating the catalytic cracker unit at its 275,000-bpd Joliet, Illinois (U.S.) refinery at reduced rates earlier this week. The refinery ran its 98,000-bpd catalytic cracker unit at approximately 50% capacity due to unspecified mechanical issues.

ExxonMobil working to resolve operational issue at refinery in Illinois (U.S.)

ExxonMobil said on Tuesday it was working to resolve an issue at its 275,000-bpd refinery in Joliet, Illinois (U.S.).

Indonesia's Pertamina refinery unit plans 30-day shutdown of Dumai plant in October

The refining unit of Indonesian state energy company Pertamina plans a 30-day shut down of its Dumai refinery in October, chief executive Taufik Aditiyawarman said.

Russia's idle oil refining capacity revised up by 30% in May

Russia's offline primary oil refining capacity has been revised up by 29.5% in May from the previous plan to 3.41 MM tonnes (t).

Malaysia's Prefchem restarts gasoline unit after repairs since January

Malaysia's Pengerang Refining Co. (Prefchem) has restarted one of its two residue fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) units in the past week after shutting it for repairs early this year.

Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery cancels June maintenance at gasoline unit

Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery has cancelled June maintenance at its 204,000-bpd gasoline-making unit as it completed planned works during an unplanned shutdown from April 7 to May 11.

bp's 440,000-bpd refinery in Whiting, Indiana (U.S.) restarted reformer unit last week

bp brought back the 60,000-bpd reformer unit at its facility last Wednesday after shutting it down in late April due to unknown issues.

Chevron attempting to restart El Segundo, California refinery after taking units offline last week

thyssenkrupp Uhde successfully commissions EnviNOx® emission reduction system for Covestro’s NAUCI project in China

thyssenkrupp Uhde is proud to announce the successful commissioning of its EnviNOx® system for Covestro Polymers (China) Co. Ltd. at their nitric acid plant in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. This state-of-the-art technology will significantly reduce nitrogen oxides and nitrous oxide emissions.