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The facility, which processes 264,000 to 275,000 barrels of oil per day, experienced the outage on Sunday or Monday, with power restored later Monday.","category":"Business & Economy","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-09-14T22:46:10.938Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-14T21:16:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T22:46:10.938Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":60,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to named bodies, with independent outlets and specific dates and locations.","critic":"Reports include quotes from affected parties and specify what happens next.","hype":"Headlines promise a major event, but the body of the reporting is more measured."}},"tags":["#ExxonMobil","#JolietRefinery","#PowerOutage","#Energy","#Business"],"entities":["ExxonMobil","Joliet","Illinois","Patrick De Haan","GasBuddy","Stuart Turley"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["ExxonMobil's Joliet, Illinois refinery shut down on Sunday or Monday due to a power outage.","The refinery has a capacity of between 264,000 and 275,000 barrels per day.","Power was restored later on Monday, but the company was still assessing refinery units.","A similar outage occurred in July 2024 following a severe storm."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"ExxonMobil's refinery in Joliet, Illinois, experienced a power outage on Sunday or Monday, leading to its shutdown. The facility processes between 264,000 and 275,000 barrels of oil per day. Power was restored later on Monday evening, according to Stuart Turley, president and CEO of the Sandstone Group and host of the Energy News Beat podcast. The company was still assessing refinery units following the shutdown."},{"type":"heading","text":"Capacity figures differ"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Reports provide differing figures for the refinery's capacity. WND stated the capacity is 275,000 barrels per day, while Reuters reported it as 264,000 barrels per day."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated reports mention the EPA emergency fuel waiver issued in July 2024, which was detailed in the centre-rated report from WTVB and the full report from WND. 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