Motiva Signs License Agreement with ExxonMobil for Third Lube Train at Port Arthur , Texas , Facility
Posted: 20 June 2005
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) has announced that Motiva Enterprises LLC ("Motiva"), owned by affiliates of Shell Oil Company and Saudi Refining, Inc., will construct a third lube train applying ExxonMobil's catalyst technology at its base stock complex in Port Arthur, Texas. The new unit will make Motiva's Port Arthur facility the world's largest Group II base oil plant and enable it to produce an additional 15,000 barrels per day of high quality base stocks. This third application will boost Motiva's total Group II production to more than 13 million barrels per year at Port Arthur .
The new lube train will upgrade heavy gas oil to ultra-high quality Group II base stock using ExxonMobil's proprietary lube catalyst technology, including MSDW catalytic dewaxing and MAXSAT hydrofinishing catalysts, and the corresponding reactor design. The expansion will be completed by the end of 2005, with production scheduled for early 2006.
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