EU Refinery Maintenance

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

• 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 which it took both crude units offline. Works began on 8 October and are scheduled to end on 29 November. A fire at Bayernoil’s Neustadt refinery in early October caused the hydrocracker to stop according to WoodMac.
• Shell’s Rheinland Godorf refinery shut its 116kbpd CDU and 37kbpd VDU on 19 October. Increased activity was observed on 24 October but rates remained below normal, WoodMac said.
• The FCC at BP’s Gelsenkirchen refinery stopped on 7 September. Works were scheduled to last seven weeks according to Bloomberg.
• The Oilinvest Holborn refinery in Hamburg is likely still under maintenance since 11 September. Maintenance has been still ongoing as of 9 October, the refinery posted on X.
• 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 France, Total’s Feyzin refinery shut down the 117kbpd CDU and 38kbpd VDU on Thursday morning according to WoodMac.
• Ineos’ Lavera refinery shut down the FCC since 29 September. The facility is currently restarting the steam cracker compressor according to Bloomberg.
• Exxon’s Ports Jerome refinery shut the Cat reformer on 9 October. Increased activity was observed on 19 October but rates remained below normal, WoodMac said.
• 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, TotalEnergies’ 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. The 32kbpd catalytic reformer was shut down on 23 October, WoodMac said.