Shell shuts down refinery

Shell shuts down refinery

SINGAPORE (Reuter): Shell Singapore plans to shutdown a 35,000
barrels-per-day (bpd) cracker for a scheduled month-long
maintenance beginning November 1, a source close to the company
said.

The long residue catalytic cracker converts low sulfur
residues into gasoline and middle distillates.

The shutdown of the cracker and the Balongan refinery in
Indonesia is expected to keep tight the gasoline supplies in the
region, traders said.

Indonesia's 125,000-bpd crude unit will be closed for 24-days
beginning Oct. 1 and an associated 80,000-bpd residue catalytic
cracker will be down for 60-days also from Oct. 1, Pertamina
officials told Reuters earlier.