BP's Whiting, Indiana, Refinery Delays Restart from Maintenance

BP (BP.L) has delayed the restart of a crude distillation unit and a coker at its 435,000 barrel-per-day Whiting, Indiana, refinery from maintenance, boosting fuel prices in the Chicago market, industry sources said on Tuesday.

BP, which started the planned turnaround at the largest refinery in the U.S. Midwest in late September, began restarting units involved in the turnaround in early November. The restart had been scheduled for mid-November.

A source said at least two of the units - the 250,000-bpd sour crude distillation unit and the 102,000-bpd coker unit - experienced issues during the restart process. The units are expected to be back online this week, the source added.