Refinery to startup again soon for WCS Canadian heavy crude prices have come under pressure in recent weeks due to a number of factors including U.S. refinery outages and weak pricing on the U.S. Gulf Coast, analysts said.
* Exxon Mobil’s 251,800-barrel-per-day refinery in Joliet, Illinois, started heating its units this week, according to industry monitor IIR, and may be able to restart operations sometimes in mid-August. Joliet is a major consumer of Canadian crude and took most units offline after losing power following a tornado in July