Asia refinery 2024–2025 maintenance/outages
The table below lists planned and unplanned refinery shutdowns for 2024–2025 compiled through a survey of Asian oil refiners and market sources.
(* Marks latest updates on planned maintenance or outages)
Latest news:
> PetroChina to close last unit of biggest north China refinery end-June, sources say
> India's BPCL plans to shut Bina refinery unit for 15-day maintenance in August
> Taiwan's Formosa cuts crude processing due to maintenance activities
> Japan's Eneos says unplanned shutdown begins at 77,000-bpd unit at Kawasaki
> Idemitsu restarts Yokkaichi's No.3 CDU on Aug 11 after maintenance
> Idemitsu shuts No.3 CDU at Yokkaichi refinery for maintenance
> Japan's Eneos shuts 77,000-bpd Kawasaki No.3 CDU on August 9 for maintenance
> Idemitsu shuts 165,000-bpd Aichi CDU for scheduled maintenance
> Japan's Eneos restarts two crude distillation units at Kawasaki after shutdown
> Japan's Eneos restarts 77,000-bpd Kawasaki CDU after unplanned shutdown
> Japan's Eneos says unplanned shutdown began at 145,000-bpd Sendai CDU on May 23
> Japan's Cosmo Oil undergoes unplanned shutdown of No.2 CDU in Chiba refinery
> Malaysia's Prefchem restarts gasoline unit after repairs since January, sources say
> Malaysia's PRefChem shuts both residual fluid catalytic cracking units, sources say
> Taiwan's CPC Corp shuts one crude unit at Talin for maintenance until November, sources say
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PLANNED TURNAROUND: |
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Country |
Company/Location |
Unit |
Capacity (in '000 bpd unless specified) |
Timing |
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2025 |
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CHINA |
Sinopec/Beihai |
CDU |
125 |
February 25 to April 25 |
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CHINA |
CNOOC/Huizhou |
CDU |
220 |
Early March, for up to 2 months |
|
CHINA |
Sinopec/Jiangsu |
CDU |
290 |
End-March to mid-May |
|
CHINA |
Sinopec/Jiujiang |
CDU |
150 |
March 15 to May 10 |
|
CHINA |
Sinopec/Gaoqiao |
CDU |
260 |
March 20 to May 20 |
|
CHINA |
Sinopec/Tianjin |
No. 3 CDU |
220 |
April 16 to June 14 |
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CHINA |
Sinopec/Jinling |
CDU |
380 |
April 1 to May 25 |
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CHINA |
Sinopec/Hainan |
CDU |
184 |
Early April to end-May |
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CHINA |
Sinopec/Shanghai |
CDU |
320 |
October 9 to December 7 |
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CHINA |
Sinochem/Quanzhou |
CDU |
300 |
Q4 |
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CHINA* |
PetroChina/Dalian |
CDU |
200 |
End June, full closure for relocation |
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INDIA |
MRPL/Mangalore |
CDU |
144 |
Mid-May, for 30-45 days |
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INDIA |
Reliance/Jamnagar |
Refinery |
660 |
April 9 for 21 days |
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INDIA |
IOC/Gujarat |
Refinery |
360 |
June-July |
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INDIA* |
Bharat/Bina |
Refinery |
156 |
August 11 for 15 days |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
RFCC |
540 |
March 3 for 84 days |
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TAIWAN* |
Formosa/Mailiao |
Refinery |
540 |
No.2 residue hydrodesulphurisation unit from September 16 to October 26, No.2 residual fluid catalytic cracking unit from September 9 to November 3 (Crude processing reduced to 360,000 bpd from 500,000 bpd) |
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TAIWAN* |
CPC Corp/Talin |
CDU |
150 |
Mid September to second half of November |
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S.KOREA |
SK Energy/Ulsan |
CDU |
110 |
End-May to end-June |
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S.KOREA |
SK Energy/Ulsan |
HDS |
40 |
Mid-March to mid-May |
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S.KOREA |
GS Caltex/Yeosu |
CDU |
330 |
End-February to end-March |
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JAPAN |
Eneos/Chiba |
CDU |
129 |
January 22 - end-March |
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JAPAN* |
Eneos/Mizushima-B |
No. 3 CDU |
105 |
Febuary 26 to June 3 |
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JAPAN* |
Eneos/Mizushima-B |
CDU |
141 |
May 16 to early July |
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JAPAN* |
Idemitsu/Yokkaichi |
No. 3 CDU |
155 |
May 19 to August 11 |
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JAPAN* |
Fuji Oil/Sodegaura |
CDU |
143 |
May 9 to July 21 |
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JAPAN* |
ENEOS/Kawasaki |
No. 3 CDU |
77 |
August 9 to late November |
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JAPAN* |
Idemitsu/Aichi |
CDU |
165 |
October 8 (undisclosed end date) |
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JAPAN* |
Cosmo/Sakai |
CDU |
100 |
August 27 to October |
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JAPAN* |
ENEOS/Kawasaki |
No. 2 CDU |
172.1 |
August 16 to late November |
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2024 |
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AUSTRALIA |
Ampol/Queensland |
Refinery |
110 |
July |
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INDONESIA |
Pertamina/Balikpapan |
Refinery (Partial) |
200 |
Third week of February-mid May (reduced production from 260,000 bpd to 60,000 bpd due to upgrading, revamped production to 360 kbd post upgrading) |
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INDIA |
MRPL/Mangalore |
CDU |
6 million tpy |
July - September (three-week long maintenance shutdown) |
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INDIA |
BPCL/Kochi |
CDU |
6 million tpy |
Mid-September (for a month) |
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INDIA |
Nayara Energy/Vadinar |
DCU |
Unclear |
End-August,early September for 3 weeks |
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JAPAN |
Cosmo/Chiba |
No. 2 CDU |
102 |
April 29- June 25 |
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JAPAN |
Cosmo/Yokkaichi |
CDU |
86 |
June 6-early July |
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JAPAN |
ENEOS/Oita |
CDU |
136 |
May 13 - late August |
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JAPAN |
ENEOS/Kawasaki |
No. 2 CDU |
172.1 |
May 13 - mid August |
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JAPAN |
ENEOS/Kawasaki |
No. 3 CDU |
77 |
March 22 - late August |
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JAPAN |
ENEOS/Marifu |
CDU |
128 |
Jan. 27 - April 10 |
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JAPAN |
Taiyo/Shikoku |
No.1 CDU |
106 |
June 25 - mid-July |
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JAPAN |
Taiyo/Shikoku |
No. 2 CDU |
32 |
June 26 - mid-July |
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JAPAN |
Idemitsu/Hokkaido |
CDU |
150 |
June 22 (a few months) |
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JAPAN |
ENEOS/Negishi |
CDU |
153 |
September 9- Late November |
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SINGAPORE |
Singapore Refining Company (SRC)/Jurong island |
CDU |
290 |
Mid-August to H2 September |
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SINGAPORE |
Shell/Bukom |
CDU |
237 |
Mid-August to early October |
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MALAYSIA |
Prefchem/Pengerang |
CDU |
300 |
February 3, likely to restart on March 3 |
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MALAYSIA |
Prefchem/Pengerang |
RFCC |
140 |
February 3, likely to restart on March 3 |
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S.KOREA |
GS Caltex/Yeosu |
No. 2 CDU |
155 |
March, one month |
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S.KOREA |
SK Energy/Ulsan |
No. 1 and No. 2 VRDS |
80 |
Likely mid-March to mid-April for first unit; end-March to early May for second unit |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
CDU |
40 |
June (cut run rates by 40,000 bpd to 440,000 bpd) |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
No. 3 CDU |
180 |
Mid-March (40 days) |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
No. 2 RDS |
80 |
Mid-March (40 days) |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
No. 2 RFCC |
84 |
Mid-March (60-70 days) |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
No. 1 CDU |
180 |
Mid-September (40 days) |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
No. 1 RDS |
80 |
Mid-September (40 days) |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
No. 1 RFCC |
84 |
Mid-September |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
No. 1 Naphtha Cracker |
700 tpy |
Between June-August |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
No. 2 Naphtha Cracker |
1.03 tpy |
January (1-2 months) |
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VIETNAM |
Binh Son/Dung Quat |
Refinery |
130 |
March 15 - early May (48-50 days) |
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UNPLANNED TURNAROUND: |
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Country |
Company/Location |
Unit |
Capacity ('000 bpd unless specified) |
Timing/Reasons |
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2025 |
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S.KOREA |
SK Energy/Ulsan |
CDU |
170 |
February 26 for 2 weeks |
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JAPAN |
Eneos/Sakai |
CDU |
140 |
February 17 (Fire, undisclosed end date) |
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JAPAN |
Eneos/Oita |
CDU |
136 |
January 21- January 27 (unknown) |
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JAPAN* |
Eneos/Kawasaki |
No. 2 and No. 3 CDU |
249.1 |
April 21 - May 7 (reason undisclosed) |
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JAPAN* |
Eneos/Kawasaki |
No. 3 CDU |
77 |
June 4 to June 5 (reason undisclosed) |
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JAPAN* |
Eneos/Mizushima-B |
No. 2 CDU |
95.2 |
April 24 - May 16 (reason undisclosed) |
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JAPAN* |
Eneos/Sendai |
CDU |
145 |
May 23 (undisclosed reasons or end date) |
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JAPAN* |
Cosmo/Chiba |
CDU |
102 |
May 29 (undisclosed reasons or end date) |
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MALAYSIA* |
Prefchem/Pengerang |
RFCC |
70 |
End January - May 19 (technical problems) |
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MALAYSIA* |
Prefchem/Pengerang |
RFCC |
540 |
September 29, aiming to restart within a week (reason undisclosed) |
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2024 |
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JAPAN |
Eneos/Kashima |
CDU |
175 |
August 20 (undisclosed end date) |
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JAPAN |
Cosmo/Chiba |
No. 1 CDU |
75 |
February 7 - February 14 (system trouble) |
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JAPAN |
Eneos/Negishi |
CDU |
153 |
February 10 - February 20 (equipment failure) |
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JAPAN |
Eneos/Negishi |
CDU |
153 |
March 31 - April 24 (system trouble) |
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JAPAN |
Idemitsu/Aichi |
CDU |
160 |
February 6 - February 23 (technical trouble with peripheral equipment) |
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JAPAN |
ENEOS/Sendai |
CDU |
145 |
August 1 (undisclosed end date) |
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JAPAN |
ENEOS/Chiba |
CDU |
129 |
July 23- July 28 |
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MALAYSIA |
Hengyuan/Port Dickson |
LRCC |
42.7 |
June 20 (shut down for inspection and repairs after leakage) |
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S.KOREA |
Hyundai/Seosan |
CDU |
50 |
June, one week (Reduced crude processing volume at one of the CDUs to about 250,000 bpd about 300,000 bpd) |
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S.KOREA |
Hyundai/Seosan |
RFCC |
90 |
Mid-June, 10-14 days (technical issue) |
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S.KOREA |
Hyundai/Seosan |
Refinery (Partial) |
Exact affected capacity unknown |
May (Slight reduction to crude runs to about 87%) |
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S.KOREA |
S-Oil/Onsan |
CDU |
250 |
February 23 - February 27 (Fire) |
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S.KOREA |
S-Oil/Onsan |
RFCC |
73 |
February 23 - February 27 (Fire, RFCC reduced runs up to 20%) |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
Refinery Port |
NA |
Earthquake - April 3 afternoon (Precautionary measure following earthquake) |
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TAIWAN |
Formosa/Mailiao |
RFCC |
84 |
June 17 - end June (technical problems) |
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THAILAND |
Thai Oil/Sriracha |
No. 3 CDU |
180 |
January 16 - Janurary 28 (Technical problem) |
For maintenance plans in the following regions click below:
Middle East REF/ME Europe [REF/E] N. America [REF/US]
NB:
AU - Aromatic Unit
CCU - Catalytic Cracker Unit - makes gasoline
CDU - Crude Distillation Unit - refines crude into products
CFU - Condensate Fractionation Unit
CSU - Condensate Splitter Unit
CCR - Catalytic Reformer
DCU - Delayed Coking Unit
DHDS - Diesel Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
FCC - Fluid Catalytic Cracker - makes gasoline
FCCU - Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
FOHDS- Fuel Oil Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
HOU - Heavy Oil Upgrading - refines fuel oil to lighter products
HCC - Hydro Catalytic Cracker - produces middle distillate fuels
KHDS - Kerosene Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
KHU - Kerosene Hydrotreating Unit
LRCC - Long Residue Catalytic Cracker
RFCC - Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracker - makes gasoline, propylene
RDS - Residual Desulphuriser - reduces sulphur content in product
RHDS - Residue Hydro Desulfurization Unit
RHDS - Residue Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
TBA - To be announced
VDU - Vacuum Distillation Unit
VGO - Vacuum Gasoil Hydrotreater
VRDS - Vacuum Residual Desulphuriser
VSB - Visbreaker
** - thousand tons per year
(Reporting by Asia Energy Desk; Editing by Vijay Kishore)
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