Dumai refinery shut down<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (Reuter): Indonesia's state-owned oil firm
\nPertamina's 26,500 barrels per day (bpd) hydrocracking unit at
\nits Dumai refinery will remain shut until Jan. 22, a Pertamina
\nofficial told Reuters yesterday.<\/p>\n
The maintenance shutdown, which started on Dec. 22, is to
\nallow the refinery to change the catalysts in the hydrocracker,
\nhe said. The hydrocracker produces middle-distillates.<\/p>\n
The Dumai refinery has another hydrocracker with the same
\ncapacity which is still running, the official said. The 120,000-
\nbpd refinery is located in central Sumatra.<\/p>\n
A possible shortage of crude feedstock to Indonesia's largest
\nrefinery in Cilacap was averted with the prompt arrival of a 1.7-
\nmillion-barrel term cargo of Arabian Light crude due today, the
\nofficial said.<\/p>\n
There were initial fears that the cargo in a very large crude
\ncarrier would be delayed and Pertamina might face a shortage of
\nfeedstock as its reserve floating storage tank off Teluk Semanka
\nwas also facing technical problems last week.<\/p>\n
The power supply in the floating storage was disrupted for
\nthree days last week but was restored over the weekend, he said.<\/p>\n
The official also confirmed an earlier Reuters report that the
\n300,000-bpd Cilacap refinery is already operating at 90 percent
\ncapacity.<\/p>\n
The facility was running at 70 percent capacity since resuming
\noperations in November following a fire on Oct. 24 which
\ndestroyed seven kerosene and naphtha storage tanks.<\/p>",
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