Exxon Joliet refinery restarts reformer after outage, IIR Energy says
XOM•ExxonMobil’s 275,000-barrel-per-day Joliet refinery in Illinois finished restarting its 50,000-bpd catalytic reformer, which went offline on October 20, IIR Energy said.
1. Reformer restart completed
ExxonMobil’s Joliet refinery in Illinois has finished restarting its 50,000-barrel-per-day catalytic reformer, which went offline on October 20, industry monitor IIR Energy said. The refinery has a capacity of 275,000 barrels per day.
2. Unit operations
The reformer converts hydrocarbons with low octane numbers into higher-octane reformate. Exxon declined to comment on specific unit operations.
