Easing maintenance puts sector under pressure

摘要

European refiners returning from maintenance are putting even greater economic pressure on some of their peers to halt production. Miro’s 301,000 b/d Karlsruhe refinery in southwest Germany and ExxonMobil’s 270,000 b/d Fawley refinery in the UK are among the largest to return from maintenance in recent weeks. Around 800,000 b/d of crude distillation capacity is now off line for maintenance, down from a peak of around 1.4mn b/d last month.