Aug 22 2016, 14:58 ET | By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor
Motiva Enterprises’ 235K bbl/day Convent, La., refinery plans a partial restart of the heavy oil hydrocracking unit by year-end, but full production is not expected to return before fall 2017 as repairs are made from the Aug. 11 fire, Reuters reports, citing Gulf Coast market sources.
In addition to extensive repairs required to return the 45K bbl/day hydrocracker, Motiva will revamp the unit during the shutdown for the planned linking of the Convent refinery with the company’s refinery in Norco, La., sometime next year, according to the report.
Prior to the fire, Motiva had planned to shut the unit on Feb. 1, 2017, for a revamp that will enable it to run a wider slate of feedstocks.
Motiva is owned equally by subsidiaries of Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A, RDS.B).
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