U.S. Refiners Reduce Fall Maintenance Plans to 3-Year Low

Bloomberg L.P., September 20, 2024

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RAND Report Released

September/October 2003 Inspectioneering Journal

This newly issued (28 August, 2003) document reports the results of discussions with representatives of refining firms, technologies, and services providers, research institutions, and other organizations on current and future trends in the U.S....

US fuelmakers are getting ready to carry out the lightest preventive maintenance season in three years, and the prospect that much of their capacity will stay online is easing some concerns about oil supplies backing up.

Refineries are planning to take about 529,000 barrels of daily crude-processing capacity offline during the fall, market intelligence firm IIR Energy estimated in a preliminary assessment. That’s about half the capacity shut down last year and the lowest for the period since 2021.

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