Simon Johns

SIMON@LUBESNGREASES.COM

Managing Editor InSites - Simon Johns is the managing editor of Lubes'n'Greases’ InSites. He joined the company in September 2017, bringing a decade of publishing experience, most of which was spent heading an upstream-focused publication covering global oil and gas markets. Simon hails from the south of England but currently lives in Istanbul, where in his spare time he plays music and hosts a weekly radio program with his son.

Recent Articles

Saudi Rerefiner Expands at Home and in Egypt

Saudi Rerefiner Expands at Home and in Egypt

Saudi base oil rerefiner Yunitco plans to carry out maintenance at its unit in Yanbu

Strub and Lubcon Rolled into Fuchs Swiss

Strub and Lubcon Rolled into Fuchs Swiss

Fuchs Group has consolidated its operations in Switzerland, establishing Fuchs Swiss Lubricants AG

Global Grease Production Hits Decade of Decline

Global Grease Production Hits Decade of Decline

Global grease production entered its tenth year of decline in 2024, found the National Lubricating Grease Institute in i …

SK Innovation Drops Lube Division IPO Again

SK Innovation Drops Lube Division IPO Again

SK Group halted plans to spin off SK Enmove Co., its lubricant manufacturing business, from SK Innovation.

Uniti Says Aye to Merger with VSI

Uniti Says Aye to Merger with VSI

Germany’s Federal Association of Medium-Sized Energy Companies (Uniti) and the Association of the Lubricant Industry ( …

HD Hyundai Shell Base Oil Moving into Group III

HD Hyundai Shell Base Oil Moving into Group III

HD Hyundai Shell Base Oil, a joint venture between HD Hyundai Oilbank and Shell, plans to expand its Daesan facility to …

Bio-Lubricant Growth Outstrips Other Segments 

Bio-Lubricant Growth Outstrips Other Segments 

The global bio-lubricants market is projected to expand at a pace more than 20% faster than the overall lubricants secto …

Rocol Snags First NSF PFAS-free Certification

Rocol Snags First NSF PFAS-free Certification

Rocol’s food-grade lubricants are the first to be recognized as PFAS-free, the safety standards oganization NSF annou …

BPCL Tenders for New Lube Units at Bina Refinery

BPCL Tenders for New Lube Units at Bina Refinery

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. intends to install a base oil unit and a finished lubricant blending plant at its refinery …

Petronas Lubricants Italy Sells Off Car Care Unit

Petronas Lubricants Italy Sells Off Car Care Unit

Quantum Capital Partners acquired Italian automotive care products maker Arexons from Petronas Lubricants Italy.

More Europeans Becoming Reluctant to Buy a First EV

More Europeans Becoming Reluctant to Buy a First EV

The willingness of Europeans to buy their first electric vehicle is swiftly shrinking and they’re followed by American …

ATIEL and UEIL Release Lube End of Life Guidance

ATIEL and UEIL Release Lube End of Life Guidance

ATIEL and UEIL released guidance on how greases and lubricants can be managed at the end of their functional lives.

German Investors Snap Up LyondellBasell Plants in Europe

German Investors Snap Up LyondellBasell Plants in Europe

Chemical producer LyondellBasell is negotiating with German industrial investment group Aequita for the sale of four of …

Briefly Noted

Briefly Noted

Gulf Western Oil opened a new warehouse facility at its blending plant in St Marys, New South Wales, Australia. This inv …

Competition in Coolant Segment Heating Up

Competition in Coolant Segment Heating Up

A slew of lubricants, specialty chemicals and IT infrastructure companies have launched or announced upcoming developmen …

TRA Unable to Verify SCT Accounts

TRA Unable to Verify SCT Accounts

As part of its inquiry into lubricant dumping in the United Kingdom, the U.K.’s Trade Remedies Authority could not rec …

Briefly Noted

Briefly Noted

Perstorp, the Swedish specialty chemicals manufacturer owned by Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad, has launched a new port …

Tesla Punished by EU Car Buyers

Tesla Punished by EU Car Buyers

Europe’s electric vehicle segment is still gaining market share. That is, except for Tesla.