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
Indian Oil Corp. awarded Chevron Lummus Global a contract for a new 270,000 tons per year catalytic dewaxing unit and hydrocracker revamp in Gujarat, India. The project includes construction of a base oil plant with capacity to make API Group II and III base stocks.
Sep 06, 2021
Emery Oleochemicals has agreed to sell their Asia-Pacific unit. - Read More
Aug 20, 2021
Stalled negotiations are threatening Refineria di Korsou’s search to find an operator for the Isla Refinery in Curacao. - Read More
Aug 18, 2021
