Plants & Equipment

Net Loss in Q4 for Calumet
A view of Calumet’s refinery and base oil plant in Shreveport, Louisiana. Lube Report Staff Photo

Net Loss in Q4 for Calumet

January 22, 2025

Calumet said last week that it expects a net loss for the fourth quarter of 2024 once its yearly results have been given ...

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

January 15, 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., part of the Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi, axed plans to open a 350,000-metric-tons-pe ...

Group II Run Rates Up at Daesan

Group II Run Rates Up at Daesan

January 8, 2025

Hyundai and Shell Base Oil has pushed up run rates at its API Group II base oil plant in Daesan, Korea.

U.S. Base Oil Demand Slumps, Exports Soar

U.S. Base Oil Demand Slumps, Exports Soar

December 25, 2024

Domestic base oil demand in the United States has steadily declined over the past two years, pushing suppliers to boost ...

HPCL Pumps Money into Base Oil Production

HPCL Pumps Money into Base Oil Production

December 25, 2024

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd is investing U.S.$551 million on expanding base stocks production at its Mumbai refinery, ...

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Cerilon GTL Plant Receives Permit

December 11, 2024

Cerilon, the start-up company working to build North America’s first gas-to-liquids base oil plant, said Tuesday that ...

Vibra Expands Rio Plant

Vibra Expands Rio Plant

December 4, 2024

Brazilian lube company Vibra completed expansion works of its Lubrax lubricant plant in Duque de Caxias to the tune of $ ...

Ardova Opens Lagos Blending Plant

Ardova Opens Lagos Blending Plant

December 4, 2024

Nigerian energy company Ardova has opened a sparkling new lubricant blending plant in Apapa, a district of the capital L ...

Running a Lubricant Plant

Running a Lubricant Plant

December 2, 2024

A lot goes into running a successful lubricant plant, but good leadership might be the most important factor.

Axel Royal Back in Operation After Fire

Axel Royal Back in Operation After Fire

November 27, 2024

An investigation is ongoing into the cause of a fire at Axel Royal’s Tulsa factory last Tuesday. The blaze sent plumes ...

Exxon Ups Spending on Recycling

Exxon Ups Spending on Recycling

November 27, 2024

Oil giant ExxonMobil will fork out U.S.$200 million on expanding recycling operations at its Beaumont and Baytown refine ...

Pentas Flora Upgrades Rerefinery

Pentas Flora Upgrades Rerefinery

November 20, 2024

View from Banting, Malaysia, site of Pentas Flora’s waste oil rerefinery.

Optimizing ROI in Maintenance

Optimizing ROI in Maintenance

November 4, 2024

Emerson’s Izzy Rivera outlines some essential strategies designed to optimize return on investment in maintenance.

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TPC Expands Di-isobutylene Output

October 9, 2024

TPC announced its chemical plant in Houston has increased its capacity to make di-isobutylene, in response to growing de ...

Shell Group III Unit Gets Electric Heater

Shell Group III Unit Gets Electric Heater

September 18, 2024

British oil major Shell’s plans to convert a hydrocracker at its Wesseling, Germany, refinery into a production unit f ...

Exxon Opens UK Distribution Hub

Exxon Opens UK Distribution Hub

September 18, 2024

ExxonMobil is opening a new supply terminal in Dagenham, United Kingdom, providing an extension in the supply chain for ...

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Prospects from Sapref Buy-out Debated

August 14, 2024

The state’s acquisition of the Sapref refinery in Durban could revive local base oils production in South Africa’s i ...