Chevron Lubricants Lanka reported that its net profit rose 7.3 percent to 590 million rupees in 2013 as lower costs more than offset a slight drop in revenue. Southern Oil Refineries was scheduled to conduct trials last month to determine if sulfur-removing technology from Australias Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation can upgrade its API Group I rerefinery in Gladstone, Australia, to Group II. Fire broke out Feb. 16 at Pertaminas refinery in Dumai, Indonesia, but the Jakarta Post reported two days later that operations were normal.