Asia refinery 2021-2022 maintenance/outages
07/03/2022 07:02
(Adds updates on Vietnam, Japan)
SINGAPORE, March 7 (Reuters) - The table lists planned and unplanned refinery shutdowns for 2021-2022 compiled through a survey of Asian oil refiners and
market sources.
(* Marks latest updates on planned maintenance or outages)
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Latest news:
> Vietnam to import additional 2.4 mln cu m of petroleum products in Q2 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2V014C
> Vietnam to auction gasoline from reserves, power outage hits refinery urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2UY03B
> Japan's Eneos shuts 120,000-bpd Marifu CDU for maintenance urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2UZ15V
> India Reliance delays 21-day crude unit shutdown to Sept - sources urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2UR1V5
> Vietnam's largest refinery to resume full operations from March 15 - ministry urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2UK3DH
> Idemitsu has no plan to provide financial aid to Nghi Son refinery -official urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nT9N2890AB
> Mexico's Pemex sharply cuts oil supply to India as it readies new refinery urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2UE2HZ
> Japan's Eneos to shut 81-yr-old Wakayama refinery in 2023 as demand falls urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2U50AE
> Taiwan's Formosa shuts hydrocracker following fire urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2U50N3
> Taiwan's Formosa plans to shut 3 refining units in March for maintenance urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2T60HO
> Indian Oil says fire at Haldia refinery unit kills 3, injures 44 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T62HK
> SK Energy, Hyundai Oilbank to shut crude units in March, April urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2T702P
For maintenance plans in the following regions click below:
Middle East REF/ME Europe REF/E N. America REF/US
PLANNED TURNAROUND:
Country Company/Location Unit Capacity (in '000 bpd unless Timing
specified)
2022
S KOREA SK Energy/Ulsan Crude unit 60 March-April
HyundaiOilbank/Seosan Crude unit 160 April-May
TAIWAN Formosa/Mailiao No. 1 CDU, No. 2 RDS, & RFCC 180 From March 1. CDU shut for 40 days while
maintenance at the other two units to take longer
due to upgrading works
VIETNAM *Nghi Son (NSRP) Refinery 200 To resume full ops by mid-March after running at
80% capacity from Jan
INDIA *Reliance/Jamnagar Refinery 704 March crude unit maintenance delayed to Sept
JAPAN Eneos/Wakayama Refinery 127.5 Permanent shutdown of entire refinery in Oct 2023
*Eneos/Marifu CDU 120 Shut for scheduled maintenance
2021
AUSTRALIA BP/Kwinana refinery 146 planned permanent closure in April
CHINA Sinopec/Changling CDU 160 mid-Feb (55 days)
PetroChina/Yunnan CDU 260 Restart on Jan 26 after 50 day overhaul
INDIA HMEL/Bathinda refinery 226 about 40 days maintenance from Jan 25-26 and prep
work to add petchem units in Sept-Oct
Haldia Petchem/Haldia Naphtha cracker 700,000 tpa from August 1 for about a month
MRPL/Mangalore CDU 60 Aug. 15-Sept. 18
IOC/Haldia CDU 80 mid-Nov; 40 days
VDU NA mid-Nov; 40 days
FCC NA mid-Nov; 50 days
diesel hydro desulphuriser NA mid-Nov; 25 days
JAPAN Eneos/Wakayama CDU 127.5 restarted on Nov. 26 after scheduled maintenance;
the unit was shut on Sept. 21
Idemitsu/Aichi CDU 160 plans to restart in mid- or late-December; was shut
on Sept. 19 for scheduled maintenance
Cosmo/Chiba No. 1 CDU 75 restarted on Nov. 19; unit was shut on Oct. 19 for
scheduled maintenance
Eneos/Negishi No. 1 CDU 120 planned permanent closure in Oct 2022
Eneos/Kashima No. 1 CDU 168 Restarted on July 29 after shutdown on July 6 due
to electrical glitch
Eneos/Oita CDU 136 Restarted on Aug 14 after a fire-led shutdown in
May 2020
Cosmo/Chiba No. 1 CDU 75 Planned maintenance in autumn (one month)
Cosmo/Sakai CDU 100 Planned maintenance in autumn (one month)
Eneos/Sakai refinery 135 May 18 (June)
Eneos/Mizushima-B No. 2 CDU 95.2 Feb. 23 to May 14
No. 3 CDU 105 Feb. 25 to early June
Eneos/Chiba CDU 129 Feb. 5 to April 22
Eneos/Kawasaki refinery 170 April 10 to 25
Idemitsu CDU 100 or 155 Restarted on July 29 after maintenance shutdown on
Kosan/Yokkaichi May 17
Idemitsu Kosan/Chiba CDU 190 1 to 1-1/2 months from April 28
Fuji Oil/Sodegaura CDU 143 May 12-July 8
Taiyo Oil/Shikoku No. 2 CDU 32 Restarts on Aug. 9 after planned work since
mid-July
Eneos/Sendai CDU 145 June 7 until mid-July
PHILIPPINES Petron/Batangas refinery 180 Jan to June
S KOREA SK Energy/Ulsan No.4 CDU 240 from mid-March to mid-April
GS Caltex/Yeosu No.4 CDU 330 March-April
TAIWAN Formosa/Mailiao No. 3 CDU, No. 1 RCC 180, 85 CDU = March -April 10, RCC = Feb 23-end-April
Formosa/Mailiao Reduced runs, 280 kbpd in Feb 540 reduced runs as it delays the restart of a coking
unit to Feb 9
Formosa/Mailiao Delayed coker 36 resume operations Feb 9
Formosa/Mailiao RDS 80 To shut in Oct for 40 days for catalyst change
THAILAND IRPC/Rayong No. 1 ADU, No. 2 ADU 65, 150 13 days in Jan, 10 days in Feb
ARDS unknown 30 days between Jan-Feb
polypropylene (PP) units 775 tpy 13 days in Jan
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene 179 tpy 2 weeks in Feb
(ABS) and styrene acrylonitrile
(SAN) plant
polystyrene (PS) unit 125 tpy 15 days in Feb
ethylbenzene (EB) and styrene 260 tpy 45 days in May-June
monomer (SM) plant
high-density polyethylene (HDPE) 140 tpy 6 days in Feb and another 6 days in Aug
unit
Bangchak/Bangkok refinery 120 mid-Feb-March 25
PetroVietnam/Binh Son Refinery 130 Cuts output to 90% on weak demand
UNPLANNED SHUTDOWN:
Country Company/Location Unit Capacity ('000 bpd unless Timing/Reasons
specified)
2022
TAIWAN *Formosa/Mailiao Hydrocracker 36 Fire on Jan 21, outage may last until mid-March
2021
INDIA Reliance /Gujrat FCCU NA June 6 for about 2 weeks
IOC/Haldia gasoline making unit NA Fire during planned maintenance work that began in
early-Dec lasting about 50 days
JAPAN Eneos/Wakayama CDU 127.5 Fire, system failure on March 29; restarted on May
14
Idemitsu/Hokkaido CDU 150 Fire on Jan 7 (restarted on Jan 18)
Idemitsu/Chiba CDU 190 Earthquake on Feb 13
Fuji/Sodegaura CDU 143 Earthquake on Feb 13 (restarted on Feb 16)
Eneos/Sendai CDU 145 Earthquake on Feb 13 (restart May 18)
TAIWAN CPC/Talin No impact to operations 350 Fire at unspecified unit during restart
Formosa/Mailiao RDS 2 80 Restarted in July, a year after the unit was shut
due to a fire
Formosa/Mailiao No. 3 CDU 180 May 17-24
VIETNAM Nghi Son 200 Blackout on Feb 12 (around a week)
Binh Son refinery 130 Output cut to 80%
NB:
AU - Aromatic Unit
CCU - Catalytic Cracker Unit - makes gasoline
CDU - Crude Distillation Unit - refines crude into products
CFU - Condensate Fractionation 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 tonnes per year
* Jamnagar - 580,000-bpd refinery adjacent to the older 660,000-bpd Jamnagar refinery
(Reporting by Asia Energy Desk)
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