The following is a table of refinery shutdowns in Asia, confirmed by Bloomberg. To search for refinery outages, enter {REFO <GO>}.
Shutdown Type: P: Planned, U: Unplanned, N: Non-maintenance
Refinery Shutdown Capacity Company Period Type b/d Unit Reason --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** AUSTRALIA ***
BP Bulwer Island May, 08 P 88,000 CDU, RFCC units shut for BP PLC to 65 day maintenance.
Jul 05, 08 Restart confirmed.
Caltex Kurnell Apr 25, 08 P 124,500 FCC shut for maintenance. Chevron Corp to
May 05, 08
Caltex Lytton Qtr 3, 08 P 105,500 CDU, diesel hydrotreater Chevron Corp to shut for maintenance in
Qtr 4, 08 second half of year.
Apr, 08 N 105,500 Hydrotreater shut after
to leak. Repairs done by
Apr 22, 08 April 24, restart
confirmed.
Shell Clyde Jan 25, 08 N 86,000 FCC shut late January due Royal Dutch Shell PLC to to erratic operating
Jul, 08 behaviour months of
repairs. Shell said July
4 maintenance was being
completed.
*** BANGLADESH ***
Eastern Chittagong Apr, 08 P 33,000 CDU, 4,100 barrel-a-day Petrobangla to capacity shut.
May, 08
*** CHINA ***
PetroChina Dushanzi Aug, 08 P 120,000 Capacity to increase to China National to 10 million tons from 6 Petroleum Corp Aug, 08 million tons a year, with
the additional capacity
scheduled to start in
August.
Sinopec Fujian Jan 01, 08 P 240,000 Connecting Refinery China Petroleum & to Addition to exixting Chemical Corp, Exxon Jan 31, 08 Refinery Mobil Corp, Saudi Arabian Oil Co
Sinopec Hainan Feb, 08 P 128,700 Residue Desulfurizer China Petrochemical to Corp Mar, 08
Sinopec Maoming Oct, 09 P 270,000 New wax hydrotreater China Petrochemical to scheduled to begin Corp Oct, 09 operations. Capacity
36,000 barrels a day.
Jun 03, 08 N 270,000 Ethylene unit hit by
to fire. Duration of outage
Jun, 08 not known.
Apr 16, 08 N 270,000 Hydrocracker fire on
to April 16 shuts unit for
May 06, 08 20 days.
Sinopec Qilu Jul 31, 08 P 210,000 CDU China Petrochemical to Corp Aug 28, 08
Apr 30, 08 P 210,000 CDU
to
May 19, 08
Sinopec Qingdao Jun, 08 P 183,900 Refinery begins China Petrochemical to operations in mid-June. Corp Jun, 08
Sinopec Tianjin Qtr 1, 09 P 100,000 New units to increase China Petrochemical to crude distillation Corp Qtr 4, 09 capacity to 250,000
barrels a day scheduled
to start in 2009.
Sep 05, 08 P 100,000 Full shutdown for at
to least 40 days as of Sept.
Oct 15, 08 5.
*** INDIA ***
Bharat Mumbai May 01, 08 U 138,000 CDU shutdown for a week Bharat Petroleum Corp to in first week of May for Ltd May 08, 08 unplanned maintenance.
Hindustan Mumbai Apr 21, 08 P 111,500 Full shutdown for 35 days Hindustan Petroleum to to tie in new units. Corp Ltd May 09, 08
Indian Gujarat Koyali Qtr 1, 10 P 274,000 New diesel hydrotreater Indian Oil Corp Ltd to unit to start.
Qtr 2, 10
MRPL Mangalore Apr 01, 08 P 193,800 CDU of 120,000 b/d Oil & Natural Gas Corp to capacity to shut April 1, Ltd Apr, 08 hydrocracker also to
close for maintenance in
April.
Reliance Jamnagar Qtr 3, 08 P 660,000 New units to increase Reliance Industries Ltd to capacity to 580,000
Qtr 4, 08 barrels a day.
*** INDONESIA ***
Pertamina Balongan Aug, 08 P 125,000 Full shutdown in August. Pertamina PT to Additional details not
Aug, 08 available.
May 09, 08 U 125,000 Residue catalytic cracker
to shut because of fault,
May 22, 08 cutting refinery runs by
30%. Operations resumed
May 22, full output
planned for May 27.
Pertamina Cilacap Aug, 08 P 348,000 Runs cut by 34%, or Pertamina PT to 118,000 barrels a day,
Aug, 08 for August maintenance.
Mar 18, 08 U 348,000 Full shutdown for
to unspecified technical
Mar 18, 08 fault. Operations resumed
the same day. Operating
rates reduced.
*** JAPAN ***
Cosmo Chiba Sep 13, 08 P 240,000 CDU No. 1 shuts Cosmo Oil Co Ltd to
Nov 09, 08
Apr 25, 08 P 240,000 CDU No. 2 shuts
to
Jun 30, 08
Cosmo Sakai Aug 20, 08 P 80,000 CDU No. 1 shuts Cosmo Oil Co Ltd to
Oct 01, 08
Cosmo Yokkaichi Sep 29, 08 P 175,000 CDU No. 5 shuts Cosmo Oil Co Ltd to
Nov 26, 08
Idemitsu Aichi Jul 03, 08 U 160,000 RFCC shuts for Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd to maintenance.
Jul 17, 09
Idemitsu Hokkaido May 15, 08 P 140,000 CDU, units shut mid-May Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd to to July 1. Restart
Jul 01, 08 confirmed.
Japan Kashima Oct 10, 08 P 270,000 Condensate splitter Nippon Mining Holdings to Inc Nov 08, 08
Jul 10, 08 U 270,000 FCC, capacity 35,500 b/d,
to shuts for repairs.
Jul 22, 08 Restart confirmed.
Kyushu Oita May 20, 08 P 160,000 CDU No. 3 shuts Nippon Oil Corp, Showa to Denko KK, Mitsui & Co Jun 21, 08 Ltd, Marubeni Corp
Nansei Nishihara Jun 18, 08 P 100,000 CDU No. 1 shuts for Petroleo Brasileiro SA, to maintenance. Sumitomo Corp Jul 09, 08
Jan 01, 08 P 100,000 CDU No. 1
to
Jan 10, 08
Nihonkai Toyama May 15, 08 P 60,000 CDU No. 1 shuts Nippon Oil Corp to
Jun 22, 08
Nippon Marifu Mar 15, 08 P 127,000 CDU Nippon Oil Corp to
Apr 24, 08
Nippon Mizushima Sep 15, 08 P 250,000 CDU No. 3 shuts Nippon Oil Corp to
Oct 15, 08
Nippon Muroran Apr 15, 08 U 180,000 Fire in oil-tank farm. Nippon Oil Corp to Nippon said refinery
Apr 15, 08 production was
unaffected.
Nippon Negishi Sep 16, 08 P 340,000 CDU No. 4 shuts Nippon Oil Corp to
Oct 29, 08
May 24, 08 P 340,000 CDU No. 2 shuts. Restart
to confirmed.
Jul 16, 08
Nippon Sendai Jun 08, 08 P 145,000 CDU No. 1 shuts. Restart Nippon Oil Corp to confirmed.
Jul 13, 08
Feb, 08 U 145,000 RFCC
to
Mar, 08
Showa Yamaguchi Sep 09, 08 P 120,000 CDU No. 2 shuts Showa Shell Sekiyu KK to
Oct 09, 08
Taiyo Shikoku Jun 24, 08 P 120,000 CDU No. 1 shuts. Taiyo Oil Co to
Jul 16, 08
Jun 24, 08 P 120,000 CDU No. 2 shuts. Restart
to confirmed.
Jul 14, 08
Teikoku Kubiki May 20, 08 P 4,724 CDU No. 1 Teikoku Oil Co Ltd to
Jun 10, 08
Toa Keihin Apr 07, 08 P 185,000 CDU No. 3 shuts Toa Oil Co Ltd to
May 13, 08
TonenGeneral Kawasaki May 22, 08 P 335,000 CDU No. 1 TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK to
Jun 10, 08
May 13, 08 P 335,000 CDU No. 2
to
Jun 15, 08
Mar 22, 08 P 335,000 CDU No. 3
to
Apr 18, 08
TonenGeneral Sakai Jul 01, 08 N 156,000 CDU shuts after fire. TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK to Restart confirmed.
Jul 04, 09
May 26, 08 P 156,000 CDU No. 1
to
Jun 07, 08
TonenGeneral Wakayama Oct 02, 08 P 170,000 CDU No. 3 TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK to
Oct 30, 08
Sep 22, 08 P 170,000 CDU No. 2
to
Sep 27, 08
Jul 08, 08 N 170,000 Shutdown after power cut.
to
Jul 09, 08
*** NEW ZEALAND ***
New Zealand Whangarei Sep, 09 P 109,000 New units to expand crude BP Oil New Zealand Ltd, to distillation capacity by Mobil Oil New Zealand Sep, 09 35,000 b/d, to 95,000 Ltd, Shell New Zealand b/d, scheduled to start Holdings Ltd, Emerald in September 2009. Capital Holdings Inc, Caltex New Zealand Ltd
*** PHILIPPINES ***
Petron Bataan Apr 11, 08 N 180,000 Full shutdown after power Petron Corp to cut. Normal operation
Apr 22, 08 resumed April 22.
*** SINGAPORE ***
SRC Pulau Merlimau Apr, 08 P 285,000 Hydrocracker, reformer Chevron Corp, Singapore to shut for maintenance in Petroleum Co Ltd May, 08 April and May. Specific
dates not available.
*** SOUTH KOREA ***
GS-Caltex Yosu Qtr 1, 10 P 650,000 New Hydrocracker No. 3 to LGM Group Ltd, Chevron to come on line in 2010. Corp Qtr 4, 10
Apr 15, 08 P 650,000 CDU No. 4 shut for 10
to days starting in
Apr, 08 mid-April.
Jan, 08 P 650,000 Heavy Oil Unit
to
Jan, 08
Inchon Inchon Jun, 11 P 275,000 New Hydrocracker 40,000 SK Energy Co Ltd to barrels/day construction
Jun, 11 to start June 2008 and
operations scheduled to
start June 2011
SK Ulsan Oct 06, 08 P 840,000 Hydrocracker SK Energy Co Ltd to
Oct 17, 08
Sep 22, 08 P 840,000 Middle Distillation Unit
to No. 3 shuts.
Oct 08, 08
Jun 11, 08 P 840,000 Middle Distillation Unit
to No. 4 shuts.
Jun 11, 08
Jun 10, 08 P 840,000 CDU No. 4 shuts.
to
Jun 11, 08
Jun 10, 08 P 840,000 Middle Distillation Unit
to No. 3 shuts
Jun 11, 08
Jun 09, 08 P 840,000 CDU No. 1 shuts
to
Jun 19, 08
Jun 08, 08 P 840,000 Middle Distillation Unit
to No. 2
Jun 24, 08
Jun 04, 08 P 840,000 Reformer
to
Jun 25, 08
Jun 02, 08 P 840,000 RFCC
to
Jul 03, 08
Jun, 08 P 840,000 New unit to come on line,
to increasing production
Jun, 08 from RFCC unit.
Jun 02, 08 P 840,000 Residue Desulfurization
to Unit
Jun 26, 08
May 25, 08 P 840,000 Middle Distillation Unit
to No. 5 shuts.
Jun 21, 08
May 19, 08 P 840,000 CDU No. 5 shuts.
to
Jun 25, 08
Apr 07, 08 P 840,000 Vacuum Residue
to Desulfurizer
Apr 30, 08
*** SRI LANKA ***
Ceylon Sapugaskanda Jan 21, 08 P 50,000 Refinery Ceylon Petroleum Corp, to Indian Oil Corp Ltd Mar 07, 08
*** TAIWAN ***
CPC Kaohsiung Oct, 08 P 220,000 CDU No. 8 CPC Corp Taiwan to
Nov, 08
Jan 05, 08 N 220,000 FCC
to
May 31, 08
Jan 04, 08 N 220,000 Vacuum gasoil unit
to
May 31, 08
Formosa Mailiao Nov, 08 P 540,000 CDU, vacuum distillation, Formosa Petrochemical to delayed coker shuts for Corp Dec, 08 40 to 50 days in
November.
Sep 01, 08 P 540,000 Low sulfur fuel oil unit
to (residue desuplurization
Oct 15, 08 unit) shuts early
September for 30-40 day
maintenance. Related
units also to be closed.
Jul 15, 08 U 540,000 RFCC, capacity 84,00
to barrels a day, shuts for
Jul 31, 08 leaking boiler.
Jul 01, 08 U 540,000 RFCC shuts July 1 for
to 10-15 days because of
Jul 13, 08 boiler leak.
Jun 16, 08 U 540,000 Hydrotreater for
to distillates shut for
Jun 23, 08 repairs, capacity 50,000
barrels a day.
Mar 10, 08 P 540,000 RFCC shut for
to maintenance. Restart
Apr 25, 08 confirmed.
Mar 10, 08 P 540,000 Residue Desulfurizer shut
to for maintenance.
Apr 24, 08
Mar 10, 08 P 540,000 CDU No. 1 shut. Restart
to confirmed.
Apr 20, 08
*** THAILAND ***
Bangchak Bangkok Feb 03, 08 P 120,000 CDU No. 3 PTT PCL, Krung Thai to Bank PCL Mar 06, 08
Jan 25, 08 P 120,000 CDU No. 2
to
Feb 18, 08
AddFavorite 
-
+