Valero sees no restart date yet for Aruba refinery

NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Valero Energy Corp said Monday that some of the units at its fire-stricken refinery in Aruba are on circulation, but there was still no timeline for restarting the refinery, a company spokesman said.

“We are not producing anything,” said Bill Day, adding that by keeping some units running it makes it easy to implement the restart process.

The 275,000 barrel per day refinery shut down all process units on Friday after a fire in a vacuum unit. The refinery, which was already running at reduced rates after a fire earlier in January, produces finished distillate products and intermediate feedstocks.

Valero has said it considering options for the refinery, including a sale or a joint venture.