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OIL PRODUCTS: Lyondell to Run Houston Refinery at 35% Utilisation Rate in Q1

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Lyondell Expects to run its 264k b/d Houston, Texas refinery at an average 35% utilisation in Q1, as it completes permanent shutdown, Bloomberg reported.

  • The shutdown process began in January and is expected to be completed by the end of Q1.
  • The shutdown of the company’s sole US refinery began with the closing of the smaller of two crude units and two cokers - the 130k b/d CDU 536 and the four-drum 42k b/d Coker 736, the oldest coker
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Lyondell Expects to run its 264k b/d Houston, Texas refinery at an average 35% utilisation in Q1, as it completes permanent shutdown, Bloomberg reported.

  • The shutdown process began in January and is expected to be completed by the end of Q1.
  • The shutdown of the company’s sole US refinery began with the closing of the smaller of two crude units and two cokers - the 130k b/d CDU 536 and the four-drum 42k b/d Coker 736, the oldest coker