EU Refinery Maintenance

The latest update on the European refinery maintenance schedule according to Bloomberg.

• In Germany, Shell’s Miro refinery’s 86kbpd FCC and 76kbpd FCC feed hydrotreater were shut on 11 October. Other monitored units remained unchanged. Partial planned work was expected to start mid-October according to WoodMac. Bloomberg estimated previously works started in early September and are scheduled to end 31 October.
• Bayernoil’s Vohburg refinery has planned maintenance at the 60kbpd Topping 1 unit until 29 November. Works began on 8 October.
• The PCK Schwedt refinery’s 35kbpd visbreaker was shut down on 11 October according to Woodmac.
• In the UK, Valero’s 220kbpd Pembroke refinery will be shut down until 31 October. The dates for the maintenance are not final.
• Essar Energy’s Stanlowe refinery will return on 15 November. The halt to the CDU and VDU is limiting output by 195kbpd.
• In Portugal, Galp’s 220kbpd Sines refinery is scheduled to halt until 24 Nov.
• In Spain, BP’s Castellon de la Plana refinery is scheduled to fully halt its output of 110kbpd on 15 October until 8 December. The halt is carried out every six years.
• In Belgium, the 58kbpd gasoline hydrotreater at TotalEnergies’ Antwerp refinery was restarted during the afternoon of 13 October. Activity returned to normal operational levels at that time. The 74kbpd FCC was shut on 7 August and remained offline according to WoodMac.
• In the Netherlands, increased activity was observed at the 83kpd VDU at BP’s Rotterdam refinery during the morning of 13 October but remained below normal levels. The unit was shut on 11 April.