LyondellBasell's 264,000 b/d Houston, Texas, refinery will begin shutting units in January and complete its previously-announced exit from the crude refining business by the end of the first quarter 2025.
The Houston plant will shut a crude distillation unit (CDU) and coking unit in January followed by a secondary CDU, coking unit and the refinery's fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC) in February, the company said in an earnings presentation today.
The February unit shutdowns will include the closure of "ancillary units", LyondellBasell said.
The company today re-iterated its time line of exiting the refining business by the end of the first quarter and continues to evaluate an advanced recycling or renewable fuels conversion at the plant.
