Maintenance & Reliability
Crude processing ends at Scotland's Grangemouth oil refinery, redundancies start
Scotland's only oil refinery ceased crude oil processing as of Tuesday, as the site transitions to an import terminal.
Venezuela restarts Amuay refinery's FCC after El Palito halts unit
Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has restarted the fluid catalytic cracker unit (FCCU) at the country's largest refinery, the 645,000-bpd Amuay, expanding its capacity to produce motor fuels.
Chemical maker LyondellBasell misses quarterly profit estimates on weak volumes
LyondellBasell on Friday missed Wall Street expectations for quarterly profit, due to maintenance downtime and lower volumes in its largest segment supplying raw materials to the automotive, construction and electronics industries.
Azerbaijan's SOCAR resumes operations at Baku oil refinery
Azerbaijan's oil company SOCAR has resumed operations at an oil refinery in Baku after a 40-day shutdown caused by maintenance works after a fire.
Russia's diesel output to rise in May despite seasonal maintenance
Russia's ability to produce diesel is expected to rise in May despite usual seasonal maintenance at oil refineries, as more diesel-producing units are expected to go back online after repairs.
Russia well prepared for refinery maintenances with high fuel stockpiles
Russia has ample motor fuel inventories to offset possible shortages during refinery maintenances.
Japan's Eneos restarts 129,000-bpd Chiba CDU after maintenance
Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp., restarted the 129,000-bpd crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Chiba refinery near Tokyo on April 7, following scheduled maintenance.
Taiwan's Formosa cuts refinery run rate to 68% on planned maintenance
Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp. is operating its refinery at 68% capacity this month, or about 370,000 bpd, down from 70% in March due to planned maintenance on one of its refining units.
Suncor reports planned equipment shutdown at Montreal refinery
Suncor is conducting planned equipment shutdowns for maintenance works starting April 8, 2025. Maintenance works are scheduled to last approximately 5 weeks at the Montreal refinery.
India's HPL to start maintenance turnaround at Haldia petrochemical complex in mid-April
HPL has a 700,000-metric ttpy ethylene plant, 491,000 tpy of chemical processing capacity and about 1 MMtpy polymer processing capacity at its manufacturing facility in Haldia in the eastern state of West Bengal.
- Pumps & Valves Innovation Conference Brings Program for Operators, Engineers to the Gulf Coast 4/22
- Australia's Queensland invests in biodiesel to cut reliance on fuel imports 4/22
- Indonesia biodiesel consumption eclipses 3.9 MM kiloliters so far this year 4/22
- Malaysia's palm oil-based biodiesel push to add 300,000 tpy in demand 4/22
- India's L&T Energy GreenTech, Japan's ITOCHU ink 300,000 tpy green ammonia supply deal 4/22
- Energy services group Saipem ‘well positioned’ to win Iran war repair contracts 4/22
