ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery Shut by Power Outage Amid Tight Fuel Supplies

ExxonMobil’s 264,000-barrel-per-day Joliet, Illinois, refinery was shut down Sunday after a power outage at about 3:30 p.m. Central time triggered its safety flare; power was restored around 7 p.m. The company is assessing the facility, stabilizing units and investigating the cause, while one industry estimate said normal operations could resume by the end of the week. The refinery supplies gasoline and diesel to the Midwest and can produce about 11 million gallons of fuel per day. The outage comes amid tight fuel supplies, and a prolonged shutdown could further pressure regional availability and prices, with the national average diesel price recently exceeding $6 per gallon.