TABLE-U.S. refinery expansion plans-updates Chevron

Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:48pm GMT
 
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Since early 2005, U.S. refining companies have revealed plant expansion plans totaling around 1 million barrels per day, adding to some 355,000 bpd of expansion projects already on the books.

U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said in early 2006 the U.S. oil industry could boost expansion plans to 2 million bpd, the equivalent of 10 mid-sized refineries, within the next few years.

Rising costs for new expansions and a downturn in the energy market since the summer of 2006 has led some companies to review their planned expansions

The following is a list of some reported U.S. refinery expansion plans: REFINERY CAPACITY UNIT COMPLETION ============================================================================= EAST COAST (PADD 1) ============================================================================= SUNOCO INC. (SUN.N) Phila., PA 15,000 bpd FCC early-07 Cost up one third to $400 million

on scope changes, cost pressures

40-50,000 bpd HDS early-09 up to $275 million to convert an

idle hydrocracker to process

heating oil into ultra-low sulphur   Continued...

 

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