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Russian base oil availability improves in December

Russian Group I base oils export volumes expected to grow in December while prices become more attractive, DYM Resources market survey shows. After base oils supply shortage caused by maintenances and high domestic demand from April to October this year supply situation improves among all Russian producers. Lukoil should finish in November maintenance at its […]
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Fire Shuts Down Omsk Petcoke Unit Indefinitely

Gazprom Neft’s Omsk refinery has stopped petroleum coke (petcoke) production after its petcoke unit caught fire on the morning of September 15, according to multiple reports. The Omsk petcoke unit has a production capacity of 200,000 tons per year. “Omsk refinery was loading 12,000 to 13,000 tons of low-sulphur petcoke per month. With this incident, […]
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