Incidents

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Drone Damages Volgograd Refinery

May 14, 2024

Lukoil’s refinery in Volgograd, Russia, was struck again Sunday by a drone attack that caused a fire and reportedly da ...

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Drones Attack Taneco Refinery

April 9, 2024

A Ukrainian drone last week struck the Taneco refinery in Nizhnekamsk, which has an API Group II and Group III base oil ...

Drone Attacks Target Rosneft Refinery

Drone Attacks Target Rosneft Refinery

March 26, 2024

Rosneft’s refinery in Novokuybyshevsk, Russia, was targeted by Ukrainian drone strikes twice last week, the latest in ...

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Fire Breaks Out at Port-Jerome Refinery

March 12, 2024

The status of base oil production at ExxonMobil’s refinery in Port-Jerome-sur-Seine, France, was unclear after a broke ...

Lukoil Refinery Struck in Drone Attack

Lukoil Refinery Struck in Drone Attack

February 6, 2024

Lukoil’s refinery in Volgograd, Russia, site of a major lubricant manufacturing complex, was struck last weekend by a ...

Lube Factory Destroyed in Rocket Attack

Lube Factory Destroyed in Rocket Attack

May 31, 2022

The war in Ukraine has caused and continues to cause horrendous damage. Among the casualties is a lubricants manufacture ...

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Base Oils Not Affected by S-Oil Explosion

May 20, 2022

One person died and nine were injured Thursday night in an explosion at S-Oil’s refinery in Onsan, South Korea. The in ...

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Agency Ties Mood Disorders to Rouen Fire

January 11, 2022

Residents in proximity to Lubrizol’s lubricant additive plant in Rouen, France, experienced elevated incidence of mood ...

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Baytown Scaled Back After Fire

December 29, 2021

ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas, refinery – site of the second-largest base oil plant in the United States – is operat ...

When Disaster Strikes

When Disaster Strikes

September 1, 2021

From the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic to frequentsevere weather, the past few years have presented noshortage of o ...

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Rouen Fire Puts Focus on Industrial Sites

July 6, 2021

France’s Ministry of Ecology last week implemented a system giving increased regulatory scrutiny to industrial sites t ...

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Accident Said to Cause Chemtool Fire

June 30, 2021

Local firefighting officials said last week that a June 14 blaze that heavily damaged a Chemtool grease plant in Rockton ...

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Residents File Suits Over Chemtool Fire

June 23, 2021

Lubrizol and its Chemtool subsidiary face lawsuits from residents alleging major impacts on their properties from the de ...

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Fire Strikes Infineum Plant

June 22, 2021

A fire occurred June 17 at Infineum’s lubricant additives manufacturing plant in Cologne, Germany. No one was injured, ...

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Total Loss Expected From Chemtool Fire

June 16, 2021

A devastating fire that started Monday continued to burn Tuesday at Lubrizol’s Chemtool grease manufacturing plant in ...

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Fire Damages West Virginia Refinery

June 2, 2021

A fire broke out Saturday night at Ergon’s refinery in Newell, West Virginia, damaging a fuels unit and forcing the wh ...

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OEMs Propose Global System for Specs

April 13, 2021

A new automaker organization is proposing a global framework for industry performance specifications for lubricants and ...