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Taking Stock newsletter  

Catch up on base oils industry news and insights with our archive of Taking Stock, an ExxonMobil Basestocks quarterly newsletter.

Singapore basestocks refinery

Issue #8, July 2019

  • Learn about the completion of our Singapore refinery base stocks expansion project and a further multibillion-dollar investment project coming soon.
  • Get insight into how IMO 2020 affects the marine industry and impacts base stocks.
  • See exclusive presentations from ICIS World and ICIS Asian Base Oils and Lubricants Conferences 2019.
  • Read a Lubes’n’Greases article on our recently completed Rotterdam expansion.

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  • Rotterdam Refinery Aerial View

    Special: Rotterdam is ready, May 2019

    Get all the exciting details as our Rotterdam refinery expansion comes online, bringing world-scale Group II production to Europe for the first time.

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    Issue #7, March 2019

    Yvonne van der Laan of the Rotterdam Port Authority discusses the impact of the refinery expansion, and we discuss parallel perspectives on IMO 2020.

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  • Robbert Roozendaal and Pascal de Bast Thiers headshots

    Issue #6, November 2018

    ExxonMobil employees Robbert Roozendaal and Pascal de Bast Thiers discuss the excitement of completing the Rotterdam expansion on time and on spec, and we offer exciting results from key EHC™ testing.

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  • Headshot of ExxonMobil employee

    Issue #5, September 2018

    ExxonMobil employees Rob Sherman and Eric Joseck discuss the supply implications of the Rotterdam expansion and we bring news of key EHC™ product enhancements

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  • Video screenshot

    Issue #4, May 2018

    ExxonMobil employees Tarek Elsolh and David Blain talk about the importance of continued Group I base oil supply as part of our Parallel perspectives video series.

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  • Interviewees of taking stock newsletter

    Issue #3, February 2018

    Get an inside look at our Rotterdam refinery expansion, from the point of view of Exxon employees Guy Tomsyck and Amr Abou Eita, from our “In the Spotlight” video series.

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  • Rick Dougherty

    Issue #2, November 2017

    Watch our first installment of the “Parallel perspectives” video series, featuring two expert opinions on how we meet stringent automotive oil specifications around the world.

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  • ExxonMobil completes heavy lift of vacuum fractionation tower at Rotterdam Refinery

    Issue #1, July 2017

    Read an exclusive LUBE Magazine interview with our Global Basestocks and Specialties Marketing Manager Ted Walko and download our ICIS Asia 2017 presentation.

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