Maintenance & Reliability

Tasnee's Saudi Ethylene and Polyethylene Co. commences planned maintenance of ethylene plant

Ghana's Tema oil refinery restarts after 9-yr shutdown

Refining began on December 19 at the 45,000-bpd refinery, which had been shut since 2017.

Eneos plans to shut Marifu CDU in mid-January for maintenance

The refiner, a unit of Eneos Holdings, restarted the 172,100-bpd No. 2 CDU at its Kawasaki refinery near Tokyo on November 21 after it had been shut since August 16 for a planned turnaround.

Asia refinery 2025–2026 maintenance/outages

The table lists planned and unplanned refinery shutdowns for 2025 and 2026 compiled through a survey of Asian oil refiners and market sources.

Digital Exclusive: Root cause analysis on hydrochloric acid corrosion in a diesel hydrotreater unit

HF Sinclair forecasts lower CAPEX in 2026 on reduced maintenance costs

U.S. refiners have been focusing on maintenance activities after operating at breakneck capacity in 2022 following supply shortages stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Aster to carry out further upgrades at Singapore Bukom refinery

The plans include a previously announced project to spend $75 MM to revitalize its condensate splitter unit which it acquired in June, and $71 MM on its lube oil complex to produce higher-value base oils.

Valero plans CDU upgrades at Port Arthur, Texas (U.S.) refinery in February

Among the improvements will be upgrades to processing of bottoms - heavy, gunky residual crude oil that is usually sent to the coker or used in asphalt.

Update: bp Olympic Pipeline begins restart process after completing repairs

The Olympic Pipeline moves refined petroleum products including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from northern Washington to Oregon and consists of one 16-in. diameter pipeline and one 20-in. pipeline.

Tales of innovative approaches for skin metal temperatures