Monday, Jul 02, 2012

(Adds Kuwait, HPCL shutdown shutdowns)

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--The following table lists recent and upcoming maintenance schedules and outages for oil refineries in Asia. More information will be added as it becomes available.



2012 Shutdowns

Country Company Location Unit (B/D) Period/Duration

China PetroChina Dalian Refinery units End-Mar to Apr
(400,000)
India BPCL Numaligarh Refinery Apr 18; 40 days
(60,000)
India HPCL Visakhapatnam CDU, FCC End-June; 45 days
(166,000)
India IOC Panipat Diesel Unit Jun-Jul; 15 days
(N/A)
India IOC Haldia CDU, Secondary Units Jun-TBA
(N/A)
India IOC Gujarat VDU Jun-Jul
(N/A)
India MRPL Mangalore Refinery Apr 12-26
(300,000)
India Reliance Jamnagar II CDU, delayed coker Mid-Feb; 3 weeks
(N/A), (160,000)
Reliance Jamnagar Diesel hydrotreater Apr 2; 3 weeks
(N/A)
Japan Cosmo Oil Chiba CDU No. 1 *** Mar 2011-Mar 2012; Sep 22-Nov 16
(220,000)
Japan Cosmo Oil Chiba CDU No. 2 *** Mar 2011-Mar 2012; Mid-Late July
(120,000)
Japan Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi CDU No. 5 *** Oct 1-Nov 14, 2012
(90,000)
Japan JX Marifu Refinery Feb 4-Mar 10, Apr 18-May 7 2012
(127,000)
Japan JX Oita Refinery *-May 13
(136,000)
Japan Idemitsu Kosan Hokkaido Refinery Mar 9-Mar 15; Late May-Late Jul
(140,000)
Japan Idemitsu Kosan Tokuyama Refinery Sep-Nov 2012; TBA
(120,000)
Japan Petrobras Nishihara Refinery Apr 2-Apr 28, 2012
(100,000)
Japan Showa Shell Mizue CDU Early Apr-TBA
(65,000)
Japan Taiyo Oil Shikoku No. 1 CDU Jun 15-Jul 10
(88,000)
Japan Taiyo Oil Shikoku No. 2 CDU Jul 15-Jul 10
(32,000)
Japan Taiyo Oil Shikoku FCC Unit Jun 15-Aug 11
(25,000)
Japan TonenGeneral Kawasaki CDU No. 1 Jan 2012-TBA
(67,000)
Japan TonenGeneral Kawasaki CDU No. 2 *-May 6
(185,000)
Japan TonenGeneral Kawasaki CDU No. 3 May-Jun 2012
(83,000)
Kuwait KNPC Mina Al Ahmadi CDU No. 4, other units Jan, Apr 2013
(N/A)
Pakistan Parco Multan Whole refinery Mar 16-Apr 15
(100,000)
Singapore Shell Pulau Bukom Partial refinery 1H Jul
(N/A)
S Korea SK Energy Ulsan No. 4 CDU Mar 2012; one month
(250,000)
Sri Lanka Ceypetco Sapugaskanda Whole Refinery Jan 2012; 35 Days
(50,000)
Taiwan Formosa Mailiao No. 2 RDS Jul 25, 2010-1H 2012
(80,000)
Taiwan Formosa Mailiao No. 3 CDU Mid-May-early Jul
(N/A)
Thailand Bangchak Bangkok Whole Refinery May 25-Jun 23
(120,000)
Vietnam Petrovietnam Dung Quat Whole Refinery May 15-TBA
(130,000)

Note: B/D - Barrels a day

N/A - Not available

TBA - To be announced

CDU - Crude distillation unit

FCC - Fluid catalytic cracker

HDS - Hydrodesulfurizer

RCC - Residue catalytic cracker

RFCC - Residual fluid catalytic cracker

RDS - Residual desulfurizer

RHDS - Residue hydrodesulfurizer

VDU - Vacuum Distillation Unit

VRDS - Vacuum residual desulfurizer

* - Tons a year

**Restarted commercial operations on Mar. 9; Jan. 14-Mar. 9 was test run.

***Refinery mostly offline since March 2011 earthquake; restarting slowly

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

02-07-12 0935GMT