Major refinery outages take place every
3 to 5 years and provide an opportunity for major maintenance and upgrades.
Critical is the speed and reliability of the labor and products used during the
shutdown.
Most refineries use outsourced labor to
support the outage but the refinery specifies products that must be used for
maintenance. High product performance is key. The production is expected to run
seamlessly until the next shutdown so refineries tend to lean on high quality
products with proven track record.
An example of this can be seen at the Neste
refinery in Finland. Neste is a midsize oil refinery with production average
200 000 barrels a day. The Neste
refinery in Finland has approximate 20,000 km of pipeline and 100,000 pieces of
flanged connections.
They also have refineries in Rotterdam, Singapore
and Neste owns 49,99% of Nynas AB (a Swedish oil company). Nynas has 4
refineries, 2 in Sweden and 2 in Germany.
Our distributor Fintec with the support
of our Chesterton manager, Timo Levänen has worked on getting our IL products
specified in Finland.
The shutdown in 2017 used the following
products and quantities:
783 ACR 500GM BRUSH TOP X 576
723 SPRASOLVO 350GM X 432
800 GE TAPE 1/2 X 1296 X 720
785 PART LUBE 500GM X 576
785 PART LUBE 200G X 288
601 - Chain Drive Pin & Bushing
Lubricant, Aerosol X 288
Typically additional orders come during
the shutdown.
This is a major volume opportunity for
IL products in maintenance.
Our recommendation is to make yourself
aware of when your refineries outage will occur and start the work now on
getting our product specified.
Any questions please feel free to
contact us.
Marketing Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa Industrial Lubricants & MRO Chemicals, ARC Efficiency & Protective Coatings A.W.
