Israel’s refinery output for Q1 dropped 16% from the previous quarter to 243,500 b/d, or 82% of nameplate capacity, according to the latest filings from the country’s two refineries: the 197,000 b/d Bazan Refinery at Haifa in the north and the 100,000 b/d Ashdod Refinery in southern Israel.

This was largely due to maintenance work at Bazan where overall output was down 23% quarter-on-quarter to 154,400 b/d, or 78% of capacity. The drop “stemmed mainly from the shutdown of the hydrocracker (HCU), hydrogen production unit, [57,000 b/d] CDU 3 and ancillary facilities for periodic maintenance,” Bazan says. (CONTINUED - 665 WORDS)

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