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
ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas, linear alpha olefin project is now scheduled to be completed in 2023 rather than in 2022. - Read More
Dec 15, 2021
San Joaquin Refining will be taking its naphthenic base oils plant in Bakersfield, California, off-line on February 1 for a three-week turnaround.
Dec 09, 2021
Petrobras is still negotiating to sell the Lubricants and Petroleum Derivatives of the Northeast refinery in Fortaleza, but it will not meet an end-of-the-year deadline. - Read More
Dec 09, 2021
Paulsboro is completing a turnaround, which began on Oct. 16 and is expected to be wrapped up in the next few days.
Nov 04, 2021
Motiva has slated a turnaround and catalyst change for Q3 2022.
Nov 04, 2021
Excel Paralubes was heard to be starting a minor maintenance program in the next few weeks and plans to delay a longer turnaround until Q3 or Q4 2022.
Nov 04, 2021
The competitive process for the sale of Petrobras’ Lubnor refinery in Fortaleza is still underway the company said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Oct 27, 2021
Eneos is planning to shutter its plant in Negishi, Japan, in 2022 in response to a decline in refined products in that country. - Read More
Oct 22, 2021
ExxonMobil Synthetics plans to expand the production capacity of its metallocene high viscosity polyalphaolefin plant in Baytown, Texas, by 20%. - Read More
Oct 13, 2021
Neste has agreed to sell its API Group III business to Chevron, the companies announced on 10/04/2021. - Read More
Oct 06, 2021
Upcoming Plant Events: (1) Ergon has scheduled a 7-16 day planned maintenance beginning Oct. 23rd at its naphthenic refinery in Vicksburg, Mississippi (2) Calumet has scheduled a turnaround that will last 1-2 weeks at its Princeton, Louisiana, plant in early November. (3) San Joaquin Refining plans to start a three-week maintenance shutdown at its Bakersfield, California, plant on Feb. 1, 2022.
Oct 04, 2021
Mubadala, an investment management firm based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, reached a deal to acquire Brazil’s Landulpho Alves refinery (operated by Petrobras) and assume operations in early 2022, subject to final approval. - Read More
Oct 04, 2021
At the Tatarstan Oil and Gas Forum held earlier this month in Russia, a Kazakhstan government official stated that a 280,000 t/y Group II/III base oil plant is expected to be completed soon. - Read More
Sep 22, 2021
The search for a new operator for the Isla Refinery in Willemstad, Curacao, may be on once again. - Read More
Sep 18, 2021
Lub-rref announced that it will build a new rerefinery in Julda, Bangladesh. The company aims to open the facility in 2024 with capacity to produce 52,000 t/y of Group II base stocks. - Read More
Sep 11, 2021
