HollyFrontier idling Navajo refinery FCCU

April 5, 2012

HollyFrontier Corp. reported plans for an unscheduled shutdown of the fluid catalytic cracking unit at its 100,000-b/d Navajo refinery in Artesia, NM, for mechanical repairs.

Bob Tippee

HollyFrontier Corp. reported plans for an unscheduled shutdown of the fluid catalytic cracking unit at its 100,000-b/d Navajo refinery in Artesia, NM, for mechanical repairs.

It expected the shutdown to last 10-15 days and total crude throughput to be cut by a total of 800,000 bbl.

About the Author

Bob Tippee | Editor

Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.