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Motiva Port Arthur Plans Unit Shutdown Jan 8

REFINING

Motiva’s Port Arthur Texas refinery plans to shut its 345k bpd VPS-5 crude unit the first week of January and begin maintenance on it January 8 according to Bloomberg sources.

  • The unit mainly processes Saudi heavy-crude – in shorter supply since cuts.
  • The work is expected to last ~45 days.
  • The unit may take several days to a week to ramp up after.
  • The Q1 work will include the 95k bpd 6-drum DCU-2 delayed coker.

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