Italian-integrated Eni will conduct maintenance work on its 210,500 b/d Sannazzaro refinery from mid-September to late
October, according to market participants.
The work will probably only affect part of the refinery, as previous partial maintenance was carried out between October and November last year. It was not clear which units were offline then, nor which will be offline this time. Eni’s press office did not respond to a request for comment.
Vortexa data shows that for three weeks in October last year, no crude arrived at Genoa – the port that serves the refinery. Crude arrived every other week in 2022. That suggests that maintenance work was done on some crude distillation capacity during last year’s program.
Market participants expect a relatively light autumn refinery maintenance season in Europe this year, as relatively high product margins continue to incentivize refiners to keep units online where possible.
