Trading firm Montfort aims to restart its 67,000 b/d Fort Energy refinery in Fujairah this month. The refinery has been offline since May as the conflict in Sudan has shut off access to its primary feedstock – South Sudan’s Dar Blend (26° API, 0.12% sulfur) (MEES, 26 July).
Montfort bought the refinery from Germany’s Uniper last year, alongside the Private Office of Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum (MEES, 14 July 2023). Alongside the neighboring 80,000 b/d Vitol Refinery, the Fort Energy plant is a key producer of IMO-compliant very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO), and its closure has resulted in an increase in VLSFO imports to Fujairah as a result. (CONTINUED - 483 WORDS)
