LyondellBasell, Houston, Texas: Capacity: 263,776 barrel-per-day (bpd)
Lyondell said in April of 2022 that it would permanently shut the refinery by year-end 2023, as it was unable to find a buyer and did not want to invest to keep the facility open.
Phillips 66 Alliance, Belle Chasse, Louisiana: Capacity: 255,000 bpd
Phillips 66 announced in November 2021 that it would not reopen the Alliance refinery, which was shut in mid-August ahead of Hurricane Ida. The 50-year-old refinery was severely damaged after several feet of water flooded it during the storm.
Limetree Bay, St Croix, US Virgin Islands: Capacity: 210,000 bpd
Limetree Bay Energy
shut its St. Croix refinery due to financial problems in May 2021 after only operating for a few months, due to operational setbacks.
The refinery had already been idle for a decade before restart. The plant was sold to a Jamaican oil storage facility in December 2021
Shell Convent, St. James, Louisiana: Capacity: 240,000 bpd
Shell announced in November
2020 it would be shuttering the refinery after attempts to sell the plant between July and October were unsuccessful. The refinery became unprofitable as COVID-19 spread across the United States.
Marathon, Martinez, California: Capacity: 161,000 bpd
Marathon Petroleum said in August
2020 that it would permanently close two refineries in Martinez, California, and Gallup, N.M. in response to lower fuels demand, after idling the facilities following COVID-19 outbreaks in the United States. The company is converting the Martinez refinery to produce 260 million gallons per year of renewable diesel starting in 2023.
Phillips66, Rodeo, California Capacity: 120,200 bpd
U.S. refiner Phillips 66 plans to fully convert its Rodeo, California, crude oil refinery into a renewable fuels plant using cooking oil and food wastes beginning in 2024.
HollyFrontier, Cheyenne, Wyoming: Capacity: 52,000 bpd
HollyFrontier Corp said in June
2020 it would
convert its Cheyenne refinery into a renewable diesel plant
Calcasieu Refining, Lake Charles, Louisiana: Capacity: 135,500 bpd
Calcasieu Refining shut its Lake Charles plant in early August of
2020, according to the Louisiana Department on Environmental Quality, citing demand loss during the pandemic.
ADDITIONS TO PRODUCTION
The U.S. is home to only one real 2023 “mega-project,” but it may impact gasoline, diesel and jet fuel later in the first quarter of 2023. ExxonMobil Corp. will expand the capacity of its Beaumont, Texas, refinery by 250,000 from its current nameplate of 384,000 b/d.
The first quarter is expected to see the restart of the rebuilt 50,000 b/d Superior, Wis., refinery that has been offline since an early 2018 explosion and fire.
Valero Energy Corp. is adding 102,000 b/d of crude processing capacity at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery and the work will include a 55,000 b/d increase in coking capacity.
