How then, do we move backwards? How does a society, with most of the people having no clue of future events, move from being dependent on a vast and intertwined network of goods and services produced by the indigenous people of whereever, to a local resource and renewable energy based society, and do so in the timeframe available (20-30 years using the most liberal extimates, 10-20 with resonable estimates, 5-10 with worst case scenarios), all the while prices on everything increasing, world politics getting more militaristic, governments continuously reducing civil liberties, shortages of goods on the market and weather patterns resembling bad Hollywood movies?
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
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Venezuela is in talks with Exxon Mobil (XOM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) over supplies to the Chalmette refinery, the oil minister said on Friday, amid an escalating legal battle between the OPEC nation and the U.S. oil giant.
Venezuela cut commercial ties to Exxon after it won court orders freezing up to $12 billion in Venezuela's assets but promised to honor a supply contract with Chalmette -- a joint venture between Exxon and Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
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But he said this may have been related to maintenance at the 192,000-barrel-per-day Chalmette, which in January began two months of planned maintenance to add new environmental controls.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:36 am Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
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Pasadena Refining System Inc. will restart on Monday its 117,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Pasadena, Texas, the company said in a filing with state regulators.
Pasadena shut down the refinery last week following a power failure
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
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UPDATE: Citgo Corpus Christi West Plant Shut 45 Days - Source
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
March 3, 2008 11:17 a.m.
HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Citgo Petroleum Corp. began a major turnaround at its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery on Monday, according to a person familiar with the work.
The work is slated to last for about 45 days, the person said. The West Plant of the refinery has been entirely shut, and the crude unit and coking unit at the East Plant are also undergoing maintenance, the person said.
The company doesn't comment on ongoing work. However, it did submit filings to a state regulator, saying that the crude unit and certain West Plant units would be shut. Emissions expected during the work necessitated the reports to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
The refinery has the ability to process 156,000 barrels a day of crude, and largely processes Venezuelan grades of crude oil.
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
FARC bombs pipeline in Colombia after their glorious vice-commandante is killed by the treacherous capitalist running dogs of the Colombia armed forces
i.e., FARC strikes back against Colombia....world oil goes to $106/barrel.
"oil rose after Colombian rebels bombed the Transandino Pipeline yesterday, escalating a cross- border dispute with Ecuador. "
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:47 am Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
There are quite number of refineries, too numerous to mention, undergoing planned or unplanned maintenence at this time. In addition, there were a number of recent problems.
All together, refinery utilization will be near cyclical yearly lows in the next few weeks.
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DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
March 12, 2008 8:31 a.m.
Most recently, Valero's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery is operating at higher-than-expected rates during coking unit repairs that began in Feb and are expected to conclude at end-March, the company said on March 11.
Marathon said on Mar 10 that its Detroit refinery entered a period of turnaround maintenance early in the week starting Mar 2; the company wouldn't comment on what units were involved or the duration of the work. Also ConocoPhillips began 2 to 6 weeks of maintenance at unspecified units at its Wood River, Illinois, refinery on Mar 7, traders said, and Flint Hill Resources' Minnesota refinery has reduced rates by 25,000 barrels a day, to 305,000-barrels a day until the completion of a new crude oil pipleline later this year.
Valero on Mar 9 began the process of restarting a hydrogen desulfuriaztion unit in the West Plant section of its Corpus Christi refinery; the unit was shut for pump repairs on Mar 4.
Chevron reported heavy flaring on Mar. 8 due to a compressor shutdown at its El Segundo, Calif., refinery; the unit or units affected is unknown. And ConocoPhillips restarted a hydrogen unit at its Rodeo, Calif., refinery on Mar 9; the unit was shut for planned maintenance on Feb. 22. ExxonMobil reported about 48 hours of planned maintenance at an FCCU boiler at its Baytown, Texas, refinery; that work was to conclude on Mar 10.
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:40 am Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
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Most recently, ConocoPhillips began on Mar 14-15 two weeks of planned maintenance at its Bayway refinery in Linden, NJ. All units, with the exception of the FCCU, are shut for the next two weeks. Restart is estimated on about Mar 28,
Also, Valero said on Mar 17 that FCCU output at it's Delaware refinery was recently reduced to facilitate CO boiler repairs. The unit will operate at the lower rate for about one week.
ExxonMobil on Mar 13 began about two months of planned turnaround maintenance at a fluid catalytic cracking units at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery.
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HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--A gasoline-producing unit at LyondellBasell Industries large Houston oil refinery will be shut for about one month, rather than a few days as initially suggested, the company said Friday.
LyondellBassell said it is conducting unplanned maintenance on its fluid catalytic cracking unit, and estimates that the unit will be out of service until mid-April.
As a result of the shutdown, the 268,000 barrels a day refinery will operate at reduced rates during this outage, the company said in a press release.
The company shut the unit March 19, owing to an early-day compressor failure. On Thursday, the company said the unit would likely restart in one to two days. The company didn't specify why the outage was extended.
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
"Anomalies"
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Safety scare at BHP platform
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March 22, 2008
BHP Billiton's much-vaunted surge in oil production in the Gulf of Mexico — a key selling point in the group's promotion of its $148 billion takeover bid for Rio Tinto — has hit a snag.
The group's Melbourne office has confirmed it has been forced to evacuate all personnel from its 35%-owned and operated Neptune tension leg platform after inspections found "anomalies" in the hull of the oil and gas production facility.
The inspections were part of the final clearance for Neptune, 190 kilometres off Louisiana in water depths of 1300 metres, to begin production at a planned daily rate of 50,000 barrels of oil and 50 million cubic feet of gas.
The hull of the platform was built in Port Arthur, Texas. It is not known how long production will be delayed.
Neptune is already behind schedule. It was meant to have produced its first oil last year. It is also running over cost, with the original $US850 million development estimate made in 2005 increased to more than $US1.15 billion ($A1.22 billion).
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:21 am Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
Anomalies wrote:
Neptune is already behind schedule. It was meant to have produced its first oil last year. It is also running over cost, with the original $US850 million development estimate made in 2005 increased to more than $US1.15 billion ($A1.22 billion).
Behind schedule and increased costs. This is starting to sound like a broken record. We're still waiting for Thunderbird, which is severely behind schedule and costing a lot more than expected, the Saudi's new field is behind schedule and probably has increased costs too.
Lately, when ever I hear about a new prospect, all I can think of is how much later and how much more it will cost than they say in the news article.
Sure seems like the cheap oil is gone. _________________ Joe P. United Political Debate
"Only when the last tree is cut; only when the last river is polluted; only when the last fish is caught; only then will they realize that you cannot eat money." - Cree Indian Proverb
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:49 am Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
Refiners have intentionally cut back some production due to low gasoline refinery profit margins:
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US Refinery Operations Status: Conoco NJ Refinery To Restart
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
March 28, 2008 8:30 a.m.
ConocoPhillips will begin the sequential restart of all units at its 250,000 barrel-a-day Bayway refinery in Linden, N.J., on March 29-30, following about two weeks of planned turnaround maintenance at all units except the gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracking unit, or FCCU, a person familiar with the refinery's operations said Thursday.
Additionally, Valero Energy Corp. cut fluid catalytic cracker rates at some of its refineries, reducing run rates by 255,000 barrels-a-day across its system. Speaking at a conference Wednesday, the refiner mentioned its Corpus Christi, Texas refinery as one place where it had cut runs, shutting a 20,000 barrel-a-day unit.
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:38 am Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
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Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday a 30,000 barrel per day (bpd) hydrocracker at its 170,000 bpd San Francisco Bay-area refinery in Benicia, California, was shut after a Wednesday malfunction.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:48 am Post subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08
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In the Midwest, BP returned its Whiting, Ind. refinery to full service after nearly a year of work resulting from a fire last march and subsequent turnarounds. The company restarted a 95,000 b/d crude unit that had been shut since work late last year.
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