Japan’s base oils output fell to an eight-month low in October amid a combination of maintenance work and a plant closure.Total base oils and lube output of 186,360 kilolitres (165,000t) in October fell from 211,500kl the previous month, government data showed.Output fell for a seventh month from year-earlier levels, cutting total production by 5pc to 2.0mn kl in the first ten months of the year.Base oils output fell following the permanent closure in October of Eneos’ Group I base oils plant and refinery at Wakayama.The closure followed the closure of another Group I base oils plant in Japan around a year earlier.The closure coincided with scheduled maintenance work on another Group I base oils plant at Eneos’ Mizushima refinery. The maintenance work was scheduled to end at end-November 2023..Spore’s exports fall in week to Nov 22
Japan’s base oils output fell to an eight-month low in October amid a combination of maintenance work and a plant closure.Total base oils and lube output of 186,360 kilolitres (165,000t) in October fell from 211,500kl the previous month, government data showed.Output fell for a seventh month from year-earlier levels, cutting total production by 5pc to 2.0mn kl in the first ten months of the year.Base oils output fell following the permanent closure in October of Eneos’ Group I base oils plant and refinery at Wakayama.The closure followed the closure of another Group I base oils plant in Japan around a year earlier.The closure coincided with scheduled maintenance work on another Group I base oils plant at Eneos’ Mizushima refinery. The maintenance work was scheduled to end at end-November 2023..Spore’s exports fall in week to Nov 22