Asia refinery 2020-2021 maintenance/outages
06/09/2021 08:22
SINGAPORE, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The table lists planned and unplanned refinery shutdowns for 2020-2021 compiled through a survey of Asian oil
refiners and market sources.
(* Marks latest updates on planned maintenance)
For refinery outages in the new Reuters Oil Fundamentals Database, click:
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Latest news:
> India's MRPL shuts 60,000 bpd crude unit for 35 days -sources urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2PQ2IE
> Japan's Eneos restarts 136,000-bpd Oita CDU after fire urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2PO04P
> Japan's Taiyo Oil restarts No. 2 CDU at Shikoku refinery after maintenance urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2PO04M
> Japan's Eneos to restart Oita refinery CDU after over a year urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nT9N2P404P
> Vietnam's Binh Son refinery cuts output on weak demand -PetroVietnam urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2PK07L
> Taiwan's Formosa plans to shut desulphuriser in Oct for maintenance urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2PH0FB
> India's HPCL to operate expanded Mumbai refinery at full rate by mid-Oct urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2PB3MT
> Japan's Idemitsu restarts one of two CDUs at Yokkaichi after maintenance urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2P625R
> Japan's Eneos restarts 168,000-bpd CDU at Kashima after electrical trouble urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2P623J
> Japan's Eneos shuts 168,000-bpd Kashima CDU due to electrical trouble urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2OO1RI
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 Timing
unless specified)
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 Crude unit 60 Aug. 15-Sept. 18
JAPAN 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 Kosan/Yokkaichi CDU 100 or 155 Restarted on July 29 after
maintenance shutdown on 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 179 tpy 2 weeks in Feb
styrene (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 140 tpy 6 days in Feb and another 6 days
(HDPE) unit in Aug
Bangchak/Bangkok refinery 120 mid-Feb-March 25
VIETNAM *PetroVietnam/Binh Son Refinery 130 Cuts output to 90% on weak demand
2020
Country Company/Location Unit Capacity (in '000 bpd Timing
unless specified)
CHINA Sinopec/Qilu, Shandong CDU and hydrocracking unit 160 Sept. 25 to Dec. 17
Sinopec-SK/Wuhan Petchem, refinery 170 in late October for about 50 days
Wuhan
Sinopec-SK/Wuhan Petchem, ethylene plant 800kt/yr mid October for about 50 days
Wuhan
Sinopec-SK/Wuhan Petchem, ethylene production 180kt/yr From Aug. 1 until Sept. 14
Wuhan
Sinopec-SK/Wuhan Petchem, methanol to olefins (MTO) 600 kt/yr July 24 to Oct. 22
Wuhan unit
PetroChina/Dalian refinery 410 April 8 to late June (2.5 months)
PetroChina/Ningxia refinery 100 July 1 to mid-August
CNOOC/Huizhou refinery 200 Oct-Nov (50 days)
Sinopec/Tianjin refinery 250 early May (2 months)
Sinopec/Zhenhai CDU 160 mid-March (40 days)
PetroChina/Guangxi CDU 260 Feb 10 (40 days)
Sinopec/Tahe CDU 30 March 10 to April 20 (40 days)
PetroChina/Yunnan CDU 260 early Dec (50 days)
INDIA IOC/Paradip Refinery 300 July 25 to Aug. 15
Reliance/Jamnagar CDU 352 Fourth week of July (for 3-4
weeks)
IOC/Guwahati refinery 20 (to be expanded to Q1 2020
24kbpd)
IOC/Haldia, West Bengal some units 70 Sept. 2019 to mid-Jan. 2020
IOC/Bongaigaon, Assam some units 48 Dec. 2019 to Feb. 2020
HPCL/Vizag CDU 70 late May to June 6-7
Nayara/Vadinar CDU, secondary units 360 Oct. 1 (three weeks)
JAPAN Cosmo Oil/Chiba No. 1 CDU 75 May 27 to June 16
Cosmo Oil/Chiba No. 2 CDU 102 April 18 to June 13
Cosmo Oil/Yokkaichi No. 6 CDU 86 October (1 month)
Cosmo Oil/Sakai CDU 100 Sept. 3 to Sept. 20
JXTG/Sendai CDU 145 July 30 to Aug. 12
JXTG/Negishi No. 1 CDU 120 late Sept to early Nov
JXTG/Negishi No. 4 CDU 150 Aug. 31 to late October
JXTG/Mizushima-A No. 3 CDU 140 autumn
JXTG/Mizushima-B No. 2 CDU 90.2 Feb. 4 to April 1
JXTG/Oita ? 136 May-12
JXTG/Kashima No. 1 CDU 162 spring-summer
JXTG/Kashima splitter 35.1
Eneos (formerly JXTG)/Osaka CDU 115 Permanently shut on Sept. 30
Eneos/Chita refinery Plans to end production in Oct
2021
JXTG/Kawasaki PS-2 170
JXTG/Kawasaki PSKN 65 mid-March-tentative by August
JXTG/Kawasaki No. 2 CDU 170 April 18 - Aug. 8
JXTG/Kawasaki No. 3 CDU 65 March 16 - Sept. 5
JXTG/Sakai APS 135
JXTG/Wakayama CDU 127.5 late Sept-early Dec
JXTG/Chiba No. 1 CDU 129
Idemitsu/Hokkaido No. 1 CDU 150 June 11-mid-Sept
Idemitsu/Chiba No. 2 CDU 190
Idemitsu/Aichi No. 1 CDU 160
Idemitsu/Keihin (Toa) 70 shut by fire (since Dec. 25,
2019)
Idemitsu/Keihin (Toa) Refinery 70 Restarts on April 20
Idemitsu/Yamaguchi (Seibu) 120 by Oct. 7
Fuji Oil/Sodegaura No. 2 CDU 143
Taiyo Oil/Shikoku No. 1 CDU 106 summer
Taiyo Oil/Shikoku No. 2 CDU 32 summer
S KOREA Hyundai Oilbank/Daesan CDU 360 April-May (40 days)
Hyundai Oilbank/Daesan fcc 86 April-May (40 days)
Hyundai Oilbank/Daesan No. 2 CDU April 8-May 21
SK Energy/Ulsan No. 5 CDU 260 May 15-June 22
TAIWAN Formosa/Mailiao CDU 180 March 10 (40-45 days)
Formosa/Mailiao rfcc 86 March 10 (40-45 days)
Formosa/Mailiao rds 80 March 10 (40-45 days)
Formosa/Mailiao refinery 540 Run at lower rates from
late-April
Formosa/Mailiao No. 1 RDS 80 Oct (40 days)
CPC/Talin RFCC 25 April
CPC/Talin RFCC 50 May
VIETNAM Binh Son/Dung Quat refinery 130 Aug 12-Sept. 30
INDONESIA Pertamina/Balikpapan refinery 260 May-June 1
PHILIPPINES Pilipinas Shell/Tabangao refinery 110 mid-May-mid-June
Petron/Bataan refinery 180 May 5-Oct
AUSTRALIA Ampol/Lytton refinery 108 May to September
Viva Energy/Geelong Residual Catalytic Cracking NA early May-Nov
Unit, hydrofluoric acid
akylation unit and a smaller
crude distillation unit
UNPLANNED SHUTDOWN:
Country Company/Location Unit Capacity ('000 bpd Timing/Reasons
unless specified)
2021
INDIA Reliance /Gujrat FCCU NA June 6 for about 2 weeks
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)
2020
TAIWAN Formosa/Mailiao No. 2 residue desulphuriser 80 Fire on July 15 (duration
(RDS) unknown)
MALAYSIA Hengyuan/Port Dickson refinery 156 May 22 (fire at storage tank)
INDONESIA Pertamina/Balongan Refinery 125 Fire on March 29; Restart process
began on March 31
CHINA PetroChina/Fushun refinery NA May 16 (fire, no impact on
production-refinery)
JAPAN Idemitsu/Yokkaichi No. 2/3 CDU 100/155 May 20-June 15(glitch at CCR)
Idemitsu/Yokkaichi CCR NA May 18-June 14
JX Nippon/Oita CDU 136 May 26- (fire)
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; Editing by)
((asia.energy@thomsonreuters.com;
+65 6870 3121))
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