Fire shuts down Nippon Oil’s lube plant

Nippon Oil was forced to shut down a 37,000 barrel per day (bpd) lubricant production unit at its 340,000 bpd Negishi refinery in Tokyo Bay after a fire at the unit on July 27.The fire caused minor damage to the unit. The company, which is investigating the cause of fire, is waiting for permission from local fire authorities to re-start the unit. (July 28, 2009)