Suncor wraps planned maintenance at Edmonton refinery

Oct. 8, 2014
Suncor Energy Inc. has completed a month of scheduled maintenance at its 142,000-b/d refinery in Edmonton, Alta., the company said.

Suncor Energy Inc. has completed a month of scheduled maintenance at its 142,000-b/d refinery in Edmonton, Alta., the company said.

The planned maintenance work, which began on Sept. 8, wrapped within its scheduled timeframe of 4 weeks, Suncor said (OGJ Online, Sept. 9, 2014).

While details regarding the precise nature of the maintenance activities were not disclosed, the work involved was part of the company’s regularly scheduled program to support safe, reliable operations at the refinery, Suncor noted.

The company previously wrapped an 8 week-long program of scheduled maintenance at the Edmonton refinery in late May (OGJ Online, May 27, 2014).

An 8-week program of regularly planned maintenance, which also began on Sept. 8, remains ongoing at the company’s 85,000-b/d Sarnia, Ont., refinery.