Both Crude Units at BP Rotterdam Oil Refinery are Offline, WoodMac Says

SEATTLE (Oil Monster): Both crude units at BP's Rotterdam oil refinery are offline following a shutdown at one 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) unit in the morning of June 3, energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Tuesday.

Wood Mackenzie expects the 200,000 bpd crude unit, which shut down on June 3, to restart imminently as it is likely an unplanned outage, the consultancy said.

Another 200,000 bpd crude unit at the refinery shut down on May 1, while planned works at the unit were expected to start in April, Wood Mackenzie added.

On April 16, BP had also shut a 32,000 bpd catalytic reformer unit that produces gasoline blending components, according to Wood Mackenzie.

BP did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment on Tuesday.

The refinery, one of the biggest in Europe, has a total crude processing capacity of 400,000 bpd.

Courtesy: www.reuters.com