Refining Capacity In or Near Restart After Harvey Tops Still-Shut Capacity
Refining Capacity In or Near Restart After Harvey Tops Still-Shut Capacity
As of Monday afternoon, U.S. Gulf Coast oil refinery restarts and ramp-ups
underway in the region's recovery from Hurricane Harvey represented processing
capacity of 3.143 million b/d, which exceeded the 2.269 million b/d of crude
processing capacity still shut, according to OPIS estimates.
At the peak impact point of the storm's several-day flooding assault along the
Texas coastline and regions just inland, the crude capacity at 20 refineries in
Texas and Louisiana idled stood at 5.2 million b/d, or 27% of total U.S.
operable processing.
Valero Energy Corp. said over the weekend that two of its five Harvey-impacted
refineries - Corpus Christi and Texas City -- had restarted and were operating
at pre-hurricane rates. Two more - Three Rivers and Houston - continued to ramp
up runs, the company said.
Valero's refinery in Port Arthur has begun the restart process, according to a
filing with Texas environmental regulators. Emissions associated with the "air
startup" were estimated to end Sept. 25, the report said.
ExxonMobil Corp. on Sunday said its Baytown, Texas, refinery had been "spared
significant damage" and was making "progress on restart activities." A return
to normal operations hinges largely on the availability and condition of
transportation infrastructure, the company said.
As of presstime, OPIS had not received responses to queries about the
operations/recovery status of refineries owned by CITGO, Marathon Petroleum,
Pasadena Refining, Motiva, Total, Deer Park and LyondellBasell (Houston
Refinery).
OPIS notes that the crude processing capacity idled due to Hurricane Harvey
came from both total shutdowns and run cuts at refineries which continued to
operate through the storm.
Grouped by operations/recovery status, the breakdown of the 20 affected
refineries looks like this:
(crude capacities given in barrels per stream day)
RETURNED TO OPERATIONS:
Valero Texas City 231,000 b/d
Valero Corpus Christi 300,000
Sub-total: 531,000 b/d
RAMPING UP/ RESTARTING:
Valero Three Rivers 91,000 b/d
Valero Houston 197,000
Calcasieu 105,000
CITGO Lake Charles 440,000
Phillips 66 Lake Charles 273,000
Valero Port Arthur 415,000
CITGO Corpus Christi 163,500
Flint Hills Corpus Christi 304,000
MPC Galveston 481,000
MPC Texas City 89,500
ExxonMobil Baytown 584,000
Sub-total: 3,143,000 b/d
SHUT; ASSESSING, PREPARING FOR RESTART:
ExxonMobil Beaumont 377,400 b/d
Deer Park 340,000
Motiva Port Arthur 635,000
Total Port Arthur 245,000
Phillips 66 Sweeny 260,000
Pasadena Refining 115,700
Houston Refinery 296,300
Sub-total: 2,269,400 b/d
--Beth Heinsohn, bheinsohn@opisnet.com
--Andrew Atwal, aatwal@opisnet.com
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underway in the region's recovery from Hurricane Harvey represented processing
capacity of 3.143 million b/d, which exceeded the 2.269 million b/d of crude
processing capacity still shut, according to OPIS estimates.
At the peak impact point of the storm's several-day flooding assault along the
Texas coastline and regions just inland, the crude capacity at 20 refineries in
Texas and Louisiana idled stood at 5.2 million b/d, or 27% of total U.S.
operable processing.
Valero Energy Corp. said over the weekend that two of its five Harvey-impacted
refineries - Corpus Christi and Texas City -- had restarted and were operating
at pre-hurricane rates. Two more - Three Rivers and Houston - continued to ramp
up runs, the company said.
Valero's refinery in Port Arthur has begun the restart process, according to a
filing with Texas environmental regulators. Emissions associated with the "air
startup" were estimated to end Sept. 25, the report said.
ExxonMobil Corp. on Sunday said its Baytown, Texas, refinery had been "spared
significant damage" and was making "progress on restart activities." A return
to normal operations hinges largely on the availability and condition of
transportation infrastructure, the company said.
As of presstime, OPIS had not received responses to queries about the
operations/recovery status of refineries owned by CITGO, Marathon Petroleum,
Pasadena Refining, Motiva, Total, Deer Park and LyondellBasell (Houston
Refinery).
OPIS notes that the crude processing capacity idled due to Hurricane Harvey
came from both total shutdowns and run cuts at refineries which continued to
operate through the storm.
Grouped by operations/recovery status, the breakdown of the 20 affected
refineries looks like this:
(crude capacities given in barrels per stream day)
RETURNED TO OPERATIONS:
Valero Texas City 231,000 b/d
Valero Corpus Christi 300,000
Sub-total: 531,000 b/d
RAMPING UP/ RESTARTING:
Valero Three Rivers 91,000 b/d
Valero Houston 197,000
Calcasieu 105,000
CITGO Lake Charles 440,000
Phillips 66 Lake Charles 273,000
Valero Port Arthur 415,000
CITGO Corpus Christi 163,500
Flint Hills Corpus Christi 304,000
MPC Galveston 481,000
MPC Texas City 89,500
ExxonMobil Baytown 584,000
Sub-total: 3,143,000 b/d
SHUT; ASSESSING, PREPARING FOR RESTART:
ExxonMobil Beaumont 377,400 b/d
Deer Park 340,000
Motiva Port Arthur 635,000
Total Port Arthur 245,000
Phillips 66 Sweeny 260,000
Pasadena Refining 115,700
Houston Refinery 296,300
Sub-total: 2,269,400 b/d
--Beth Heinsohn, bheinsohn@opisnet.com
--Andrew Atwal, aatwal@opisnet.com
Copyright, Oil Price Information Service
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