New and revised entries Ukraine s second-largest producer of gasoline and diesel fuel, Shebelinka GPP, which operates under the Shebel brand name, completed scheduled maintenance in April, the company said. This is the first time the refinery has conducted maintenance and has continued to produce gasoline and diesel fuel. The refinery decided not to shut down operations during the maintenance work due to concerns of looming shortages of diesel fuel in the country. The refinery managed to produce an additional 14,000 mt of petroleum products in April due to optimization of maintenance works. In previous years, during maintenance work, we practiced stopping the refinery for two or three weeks, Serhiy Fedorenko, commercial director at UkrGazVydobuvannia, said in the statement. This year, taking into account the situation in the Ukrainian motor fuel market and the real threat of shortages of petroleum products, we decided not to shut down the refinery. The maintenance work was c
Russia s Achinsk refinery is planning works in July. Russia s Surgut gas condensate processing plant is expected to starts works in July for about three weeks. It typically carries out works around July-August. Russia s Salavat refinery is currently carrying out partial works. The works involve cleaning and inspecting six units. Uzbekistan s Bukhara has completed its planned maintenance, which was due to last ten days. The refinery has been restarting since April 16 following works, which started April 5. The maintenance involved cleaning the heat exchangers and furnace pipes, as well as replacing the catalyst for the naphtha hydrotreater. Works were also carried out on the CDU unit.