Refinery outages in September 2026
9 shutdowns or unit outages, 2 restarts and 1 flaring or emission report at refineries in September 2026. Outages that started this month took 862,200 barrels per day (b/d) offline where the amount is stated.
Shutdowns, restarts, attacks and fires
Sep 30, 2026 · Partial shutdown
Olmeca Refinery · Dos Bocas · Paraíso, Mexico
Offline amount not stated.
Source: Pemex
Sep 30, 2026 · Restart
Port Arthur Refinery · Premcor · Port Arthur, Texas
News lead: Valero restarts CDU at Port Arthur, Texas refinery after two week outage.
Sep 30, 2026 · Partial shutdown
Salina Cruz Refinery · Salina Cruz, Mexico
Offline amount not stated.
Source: Pemex
Sep 30, 2026 · Partial shutdown
Tula Refinery · Atitalaquia (Tula), Mexico
Offline amount not stated.
Source: Pemex
Sep 26, 2026 · Full shutdown
Ilsky Refinery · Ilsky, Russia
132,500 b/d offline.
Source: Militarnyi
Sep 26, 2026 · Restart
Joliet Refinery · Joliet, Illinois
News lead: Exxon Mobil Joliet refinery resumes operations nearly two weeks after power outage.
Source: TradingView · Incident record
Sep 25, 2026 · Full shutdown
Novoshakhtinsk Refinery · Novoshakhtinsk, Russia
100,400 b/d offline.
Source: Meduza
Sep 22, 2026 · Full shutdown
Kuibyshev Refinery · Samara, Russia
140,600 b/d offline.
Source: Bloomberg via ProFinance
Sep 21, 2026 · Unplanned outage
Joliet Refinery · Joliet, Illinois
News lead: Exxon's 275,000-Barrel-a-Day Joliet Refinery Remains Offline.
Source: Yahoo Finance · Incident record
Sep 18, 2026 · Flaring
Richmond Refinery · Richmond, California
News lead: Chevron Richmond shares community, flaring and safety updates at town hall.
Source: Richmond Standard · Incident record
Sep 17, 2026 · Unplanned outage
Joliet Refinery · Joliet, Illinois
News lead: Floodwater overwhelmed pump at Exxon Mobil's Joliet, Illinois refinery; facility remains offline following outage.
Source: Reuters · Incident record
Sep 15, 2026 · Unplanned outage
Joliet Refinery · Joliet, Illinois
News lead: Gas prices rise in Chicago after power outage at Exxon Mobil Joliet refinery.
Source: CBS News · Incident record
Sep 15, 2026 · Full shutdown
Syzran Refinery · Syzran, Russia
170,700 b/d offline.
Source: Bloomberg via ProFinance
Sep 14, 2026 · Unplanned outage
Joliet Refinery · Joliet, Illinois
News lead: Exxon Mobil shuts down Joliet refinery after power outage.
Source: Reuters · Incident record
Sep 8, 2026 · Full shutdown
Saint John Refinery · Saint John, New Brunswick
Planned turnaround. 318,000 b/d offline.
Source: Irving Oil
U.S. refineries also reported 23 releases to federal and Texas regulators in September 2026. U.S. refinery incident notices