Guardian.co.uk
9 May 2008
SINGAPORE, May 9 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell will shut its second-largest crude distillation unit (CDU) and two secondary units at its Singapore plant next month for routine maintenance, piling more pressure on tight global distillate supplies.
The CDU No. 4, with a capacity of 115,000-130,000 barrels per day (bpd) on Bukom island, as well as a gasoline-making platforming unit, is set to shut in early June and run for about three weeks, refining sources said on Friday. The platformer can produce an estimated 6,000 bpd of gasoline. The turnaround on the hydrotreater -- one of the smallest among seven others that produce mainly ultra-low sulphur diesel and jet fuel -- will start around June 24 and last for about a month, the sources added.
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