	montedison other refineries to shut for work selm societa energia montedison is to close its priolo  refining units from march th to march th for maintenance a company spokesman said throughput at the refinery is currently estimated at bpd although total capacity is nearer bpd several other mediterranean refineries are currently shutdown for maintenance most of which were scheduled some months ago but industry sources said that shutdowns may have been rearranged to avoid running negative netback  tighter availabilities of products as a result of the shutdowns in the med is helping to keep products markets bullish particularly for march deliveries oil traders said garrone s refinery at san quirico capacity bpd is due to shutdown on march th for three weeks and the jointly owned isab garrone refinery at mellili capacity bpd is due to start up around march th following its closure for maintenance a month ago a company spokesman said the esso italiana refineries at augusta and siracusa will not be closing this spring a spokesman for the company said in france the distillation unit at societe francaise de bp s lavera refinery has been closed for maintenance since march and is due to restart early april total capacity is bpd it is currently operating at around pct capacity a company spokesman said shell francaise s berre l etang refinery will shut down in early april until mid june a company spokesman said capacity is around bpd compagnie francaise de raffinage cfr will close the visbreaker at its la mede refinery in early april but would not affect  throughput at the refinery a company spokesman said current capacity is bbl day despite current bullish sentiment in the med however traders noted that  netbacks are beginning to look more attractive and most maintenance shutdowns should be finished in two to three weeks as a result oil industry sources suggest that the situation may ease by mid april reuter 
