Base Oil Report: As per reports and information from our sources,ConocoPhillips stated that it will conduct maintenance until Dec. 20 on the electrostatic precipitators at its refinery in Borger, Texas, which will effect the fluid catalyst convertor unit.Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) experienced a brief power outage Dec. 12 at its 310,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Port Arthur, Texas.Pasadena Refining's Texas coker unit fire on Dec. 10 injures one man. The fire was contained and no other units at the plant were impacted, a company spokesman said.ConocoPhillips (COP) said a process unit upset and coke drum fire occurred at its Wood River refinery in Roxana, Illinois, on Dec. 9.ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) said operations had returned to normal following a relatively brief sulfur plant upset at its Beaumont, Texas, oil refinery on Dec. 10. The event was expected to have some impact on production.Sunoco Inc. (SUN) restarted a hydrotreating unit in the Point Breeze section of its Philadelphia refinery on Dec. 7, a filing to Philadelphia environmental regulators made public on Dec. 9 said. The unit was taken out of service on Nov. 15.ConocoPhillips on Dec. 9 said excess opacity was released at its Sweeny, Texas, refinery; the cause of the event wasn't specified. Conoco spokesman Rich Johnson confirmed there is planned maintenance work under way at the refinery, but didn't comment on the specific units involved and the duration of the work.BP PLC on Dec. 8 reported emissions associated with a valve malfunction at its Texas City, Texas refinery. A person familiar with operations at the plant said the event had no impact to production.Valero Energy (VLO) on Dec. 8 reported flaring and emissions at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery due to an issue at a wet gas compressor. The impact of the event to production wasn't clear.Chevron Corp. (CVX) on Dec. 7 said its oil refinery in El Segundo, Calif., had resumed normal operations after a power interruption on Dec. 1 forced the shutdown of several processing units.Syncrude on Dec. 6 said coker unit 8-1 shut on Nov. 22 for unplanned repairs at its Alberta, Canada oil-sands project was restarted at two-thirds of rated capacity.Delek USA Holding's (DK) Lion Oil refinery in El Dorado, Arkansas experienced a fire at the platformer unit on Dec. 5, the company said on Dec. 7. The unit wasn't damaged and will be restarted later on Dec. 7.Hovensa on Dec. 6 said scheduled fourth-quarter maintenance and upgrade projects have been completed at its oil refinery in St. Croix, part of the U.S. Virgin Islands. No units were shut down completely to conduct the work, the company said in early October, noting that there would be no impact on customers.

Base Oil Report: As per reports and information from our sources,ConocoPhillips announced last week it is decreasing the posted prices for most of its ConocoPhillips, Kendall, Phillips 66, and 76 Lubricant products by $0.25 per gallon ($0.03 per lb. on grease and gear oils) effective last Monday, December 12, 2011. This price change applies to PCMO, ATF, HDEO, and most other of the company's commercial and industrial lubricants. Full synthetic Kendall PCMO is included in the $0.25 per gallon price reduction.Products excluded from the decrease include certain full synthetic products in HDEO, ATF, automotive gear and industrial lubricants; low cost hydraulic fluids, private label products, and other select lubricants.

Base Oil Report: As per reports and information from our sources,Tesoro Crop. on Oct. 27 that it has ended maintenance at its refinery in Wilmington, Cali. Planned flaring would begin at the refinery Oct. 28 and last through the weekend, the company said. Trade sources said the work is being performed at a crude distillation unit and coker unit.Marathon Petroleum Corp. said Oct. 27 shut down the No. 3 crude unit and associated vacuum tower at its refinery in Catlettsburg, Ky., for a weeks worth of planned maintenance. Work on the refinery's alkylation unit continues, the company said.Tesoro Corp. said Oct. 27 it had restarted the FCCU and several associated units at tis refinery in Anacortes, Wash., after a nearly month-long planned maintenance.Total SA will extend a maintenance turnarond currently underway at its Port Arthur refinery to around Nov. 9, a source said Oct. 26. The work on the refinery's crude unit and FCCU was originally scheduled to finish by Nov 5.ConocoPhillips on Oct. 24 had an unspecified unit go out at its refinery in Belle Chasse, La., according to a filing made on Oct. 25.Exxon Mobil Corp. on Oct. 23 reported flaring at the FCCU at its refinery in Beaumont, Texas, noting that the problem could impact supply.Valero Energy Corp. on Oct. 21 said previously announced turnaround maintenance at a crude distillation unit and a coker unit began at its oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. The turnaround is expected to conclude in three weeks.Valero Energy Corp. on Oct. 20 said emissions reported to Texas State environmental regulators the day before were associated with the end of some of the turnaround maintenance underway since late September at its oil refinery in Three Rivers, Texas. Turnaround continues at parts of the plant; restart seen in early Nov.ConocoPhillips (COP) said units upset by a transformer fire on Oct. 18 at its oil refinery in Sweeny, Texas, were in the process of restarting soon after the fire was extinguished, a report to the National Response Center, or NRC, said. The units weren't identified and no further details were provided.ConocoPhillips on Oct. 18 is in the process of restarting a production unit at its oil refinery in Wilmington, California, according to traders doing business in the region. The unit has been identified by trade sources as a hydrotreating unit that was shut on Oct. 10 by a small fire.Suncor Energy Inc.'s (SU) oil refinery in Edmonton, Alberta, will be operating at reduced rates over the next two weeks due to a disruption in hydrogen supplies, a company spokeswoman said on Oct. 11. The disruption in hydrogen supplies occurred at a third-party supplier which told Suncor it would be unable to supply hydrogen over the next two weeks

Base Oil Report: As per reports and information from our sources,Finished Lubricants prices in USA to become dearer by 6 - 10 percent from June onwards.ExxonMobil Lubricants & Petroleum Specialties Company announced that effective June 16, 2011, ExxonMobil branded and unbranded lubricants and greases will increase in price up to 7%.Chevron Lubricants announced a general price increase to be effective June 13, 2011. Chevron stated it will increase the prices of all lubricating oils, gear lubes and greases by 6%-10%.Chevron stated that this increase is being driven by the continuing rise in base oil and additive costs.ConocoPhillips also announced it will increase the price of its finished lubricants by 7 to 8%, effective June 13, 2011. ConocoPhillips states that the increase is necessary due to the higher cost of raw materials.Bradford, PA-based American Refining Group (ARG) announced it will increase prices for motor oil, ATF, gear oils, and other industrial lubricants by up to 9%, effective June 3, 2011. All private label, unbranded and house brands will be affected by the change.

Base Oil Report: As per reports and information from our sources,USA refiners Chevron, Motiva, Holly have issued sales allocations, while Conoco Philips and Motiva will be going for a planned maintenance whic may lower supply during the first quarter of 2011.

Base Oil Report: As per reports and information from our sources,BP reported emissions Friday and a planned flaring event Saturday at its Carson, Calif., refinery to state environmental regulators; the cause and impact on operations is unclear.Marathon Oil Corp. has begun to restart process units at its Ashland refinery in Detroit after a planned turnaround.Husky Energy Inc's (HSE) 160,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Lima, Ohio, is out of a 35-day turnaround and should be running at normal opeating rates by next week. ConocoPhillips resumed crude oil processing and started all downstream process units at its Bayway refinery in Linden, New Jersey, following nearly eight weeks of work to install a new vacuum furnace, a person familiar with operations at the plant.Hess Corp. (HES) said on Nov. 19 repair work has finished on a FCCU at its 70,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Port Reading, New Jersey, and that restart operations will begin soon.Alon USA Energy Inc. (ALJ) had excess opacity at its 67,000 barrel-a-day Big Springs, Texas, refinery Friday because of an upset of its electrostatic precipitator after completion of plant maintenance

Base Oil Report: As per reports and information from our sources,ConocoPhillips had a transformer switch trip last week at its Bayway refinery in Linden, New Jersey.They shut power off” at 9:30 a.m.They switched from one transformer to another, it took about 30 minutes to get that going.During the switch, the refinery automatically vented its gases to prevent any pressure buildup, according to Ragonese.Maintenance at the refinery that started in September is scheduled to be completed by Nov. 14, according to Ragonese.Conoco shut a crude unit at the plant for work on Sept. 22, according to a person familiar with plant operations who declined to be identified because the information was not public. The unit separates oil into different hydrocarbon streams before further processing.

Base Oil Report: As per reports and information from our sources,ConocoPhillips' Bayway oil refinery in Linden, NJ, is preparing to restart units, including the fluid catalytic cracker, after experience a total power outage early monday.BP PLC reported Saturday that planned flaring activity will begin at its Carson, Calif., refinery Sunday.BP Friday began the process of restarting resid hydrotreater unit train 400 at its oil refinery in Texas City following maintenance. Start up procedures got underway at 5 a.m. CDT and are seen concluding by the same time on Oct. 29.ExxonMobil has completed commissioning of new units to produce ultra low sulfur diesel at its Baytown, Texas and Baton Rouge LA refineries. This will enable ExxonMobil to increase the supply of ultra low sulfur diesel by over 3 million gallons a day from the refineries, and allow for reduced emissions from diesel consumption when used in modern engines.

Base Oil Report: As per reports and information from our sources,ConocoPhillips'Bayway oil refinery in Linden, NJ, experienced a power outage early Monday morning. The company also reported flaring activity at its Rodeo, Calif., oil refinery Friday.BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) reported Saturday that planned flaring activity will begin at its Carson, Calif., refinery Sunday. BP Friday began the process of restarting resid hydrotreater unit train 400 at its oil refinery in Texas City following maintenance. Start up procedures got underway at 5 a.m. CDT and are seen concluding by the same time on Oct.29.ExxonMobil (XOM) announced Thursday it has completed commissioning of new units to produce ultra low sulfur diesel at its Baytown, Texas and Baton Rouge LA refineries. This will enable ExxonMobil to increase the supply of ultra low sulfur diesel by over 3 million gallons a day from the refineries, and allow for reduced emissions from diesel consumption when used in modern engines.BP PLC late Wednesday notified California state regulators of its intention to flare excess emissions between October 22 and November 8 at its Carson, California, refinery. The flaring is not associated with equipment breakdown and follows seven days of planned flaring between October. 12 and 19 and three days of planned flaring from September 27-30.Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) shut a crude unit at its Robinson, Illinois, refinery earlier this week for maintenance. The unit could be restarted as early as Friday or early next week.Tesoro Corp. (TSO) partially restarted its oil refinery in Anacortes, Washington, Tuesday, according to a local news report. The refinery shutdown on April 2 following a fatal blast and fire.Turnaround continues at Motiva's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery FCCU. The unit was taken out of service unplanned in late August, when to Co. decided to advance scheduled turnaround maintenance.The unit is expected to return to service in early November.Husky Energy Inc.'s (HUSKF, HSE.T) oil refinery in Lima, Ohio, began 40 days of planned turnaround maintenance Friday at the plant's catalytic cracking unit and coker. All other units will remain up and running. The refinery will continue to produce throughout the turnaround.

Base Oil Report: As per reports and information from our sources,Tesoro Corp.partially restarted its oil refinery in Anacortes, Washington. The refinery shutdown on April 2 following a fatal blast and fire. Valero Energy Corp. turnaround maintenance at its Aruba refinery is on track to end in late December or early in January. The decision on whether to restart the refinery will be made then. Reportedly,Turnaround continues at Motiva's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery FCCU. The unit was taken out of service unplanned in late August, when to Co. decided to advance scheduled turnaround maintenance. The unit is expected to return to service in early November.Husky Energy Inc.'s oil refinery in Lima, Ohio, began 40 days of planned turnaround maintenance Friday at the plant's catalytic cracking unit and coker. All other units will remain up and running.Motiva Enterprises LLC (RDSA) on Monday reported the shutdown of a tail-gas treatment unit, or TGTU, at its Port Arthur, Texas, oil refinery to Texas state environmental regulators. A TGTU is used in the sulfur recovery process. The work was expected to last between four to six hours, starting at around 6 a.m. Monday.A key gasoline-making unit at ConocoPhillips' (COP) Bayway refinery in Linden, N.J., is operating at unspecified reduced rates Friday following the unplanned shutdown Thursday of a compressor at the unit; the unit is expected to return to normal operating rates by Saturday. Meanwhile, work to install a new vacuum furnace at the 238,000-barrels-a-day refinery continues. Crude oil processing was halted sometime around Sept. 23 to facilitate the installation, which was expected to take about 45 days.Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) said Friday that turnaround maintenance began this week at its oil refinery in Detroit. The company didn't provide details about the scope of the turnaround or estimate a restart date..