Marathon to begin planned maintenance at Robinson, Illinois refinery
Marathon will begin planned maintenance activities on units at its 255,000-bpd refinery in Robinson, Illinois on March 18.
The refinery's primary crude unit, which processes both sweet and sour crude, will be down for maintenance, including heat exchanger work. The plant's 85,000-bpd diesel hydrotreater unit, 65,000-bpd vacuum distillation unit and 28,000-bpd hydrocracker unit will also undergo turnaround.
The crude unit is expected to be shut for seven to 10 days and restart at a reduced rate estimated at 75% of capacity until the rest of the planned work is completed. The 38,500-bpd reformer unit will also undergo turnaround, another source told Reuters.
The maintenance work is expected to last about two months, the source said.
Robinson refinery processes sweet and sour crude oils into gasoline, distillates, natural gas liquids and petrochemicals, propane and heavy fuel oil, its website shows.
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