Three Bids in for Curacao Refinery - Read More
Apr 13, 2022
The sale of Neste’s API Group III business to Chevron has closed. - Read More
Apr 12, 2022
China National Offshore Oil Corp. is finalizing plans for a large base oil expansion at its refinery in Taizhou, Jiangsu province. - Read More
Mar 18, 2022
Sapref to pause operations in March 2022 - Read More
Feb 15, 2022
Shell is considering building an API Group II base oil unit at its refinery on Singapore’s Pulau Bukom island. - Read More
Feb 11, 2022
Due to a delay in delivery of required parts, San Joaquin Refining’s scheduled February 1 three-week turnaround will now start on February 12.
Feb 08, 2022
Hyundai Oilbank-Shell’s base oil plant in Seosan-si (Daesan) will be shut down in April for a maintenance program.
Feb 04, 2022
GS Caltex is expected to have a turnaround at its plant in Yeosu, South Korea, starting in April.
Feb 04, 2022
Cross Oil is anticipated to complete a short turnaround at its Smackover, Arkansas, plant in March.
Feb 02, 2022
CNOOC Taizhou has begun producing Group III base oils.
Feb 01, 2022
Eneos Corp. will close its Negishi refinery in October 2022 and its Wakayama refinery in October 2023. - Read More
Jan 28, 2022
Refineria di Korsou has selected a number of potential operators for the currently idle Isla Refinery in Willemstad, Curacao. - Read More
Jan 26, 2022
Vertex Energy backed out of its deal to sell its used motor oil collection and rerefining business to Safety-Kleen Systems. - Read More
Jan 26, 2022
U.S. Production, Imports & Exports of Base Oils for October 2021 is now available. - Read More
Jan 09, 2022
Poland’s Lotos Group recently awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract for an upgrade and expansion of its base oil plant in Gdansk, Poland. - Read More
Jan 09, 2022
Croda said Cargill will acquire five of its manufacturing sites, including its Gouda, Netherlands, facility, which produces esters and other materials. - Read More
Jan 02, 2022
An explosion and fire at ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas, refinery on Dec. 23 was reported to have injured four workers and affected a gasoline production unit. The accident was anticipated to have only marginal impact on base oils output even though refinery run rates have been reduced after the incident.
Jan 02, 2022
