Thursday 28 April 2011

Petronas says Malacca refinery shutdown due to power outage

State oil firm Petronas said that its refinery complex in the central state of Malacca had to shut down due to a power outage from the main power grid.

“On 26 April, Petronas Malacca Refinery Complex at Sungai Udang, Malacca experienced a shutdown causing interruption to its operation,” Petronas said in a statement.

Petronas said the refinery complex was now in the process of resuming its operations.

The Malacca complex houses two refining trains. The first train has a processing capacity of 100,000 barrels per day of sweet crude and condensates.

The second train, a joint venture between Petronas and Conoco-Phillips has a rated capacity of 100,000 barrels per day of sweet and sour crudes. — Reuters