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

U.S. Treasury Targets Russian Shadow Fleet

U.S. Treasury Targets Russian Shadow Fleet

The United States Treasury has come down harder on Russian energy exports, targeting the so-called “shadow fleet” of …

From the Previous Edition

From the Previous Edition

Fuchs Buys Boss Lubricants

Fuchs Buys Boss Lubricants

Fuchs Group acquired compatriot company Boss Lubricants GmbH & Co. KG., a family-owned and operated company based in …

Briefly Noted

Briefly Noted

Argentina’s national energy company YPF has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Chevron Products Co., a divisi …

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., part of the Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi, axed plans to open a 350,000-metric-tons-pe …

Tupras Unit Back On Stream

Tupras Unit Back On Stream

A crude unit damaged by fire in November last year will restart in early February, Turkish refiner Tupras announced on …

Perstorp Sets Up Dutch Ester Site

Perstorp Sets Up Dutch Ester Site

Perstorp will start making a new range of synthetic esters this year from its recently acquired production plant near Am …

No Vietnam Eco Tax Hike on Fuels and Lubes

No Vietnam Eco Tax Hike on Fuels and Lubes

The Vietnamese National Assembly will not raise the green tax on fuels and lubricants in 2025. Maintaining the rate thro …

Group II Run Rates Up at Daesan

Group II Run Rates Up at Daesan

Hyundai and Shell Base Oil has pushed up run rates at its API Group II base oil plant in Daesan, Korea.

Shell Aims to Buy Raj Petro Specialities

Shell Aims to Buy Raj Petro Specialities

Shell awaits final approval from the Competition Commission of India before it can buy Raj Petro Specialities Private Lt …

Ukrainian Drone Hits Russian Oil Depot

Ukrainian Drone Hits Russian Oil Depot

An oil products storage depot in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, was set ablaze by a Ukrainian drone attack, according to local …

YPF Sells Brazil Lube Plant

YPF Sells Brazil Lube Plant

Argentina’s state-owned energy company YPF sold its finished lubricant factory near Sao Paul, Brazil, to local company …

Gulf Oil India Partners with Nayara Energy

Gulf Oil India Partners with Nayara Energy

Gulf Oil Lubricants India inked a three-year partnership with fuel retailer Nyara Energy to sell its entire automotive p …

Vertex Settles EPA Commitments

Vertex Settles EPA Commitments

Vertex settled its compliance obligations with the US EPA as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

Fergana Starts New Refinery Units

Fergana Starts New Refinery Units

The Fergana refinery in Uzbekistan will start up a hydrogen generator to supply gas to a hydrocracker currently under co …

Associations Roll Out Carbon Footprint Tool

Associations Roll Out Carbon Footprint Tool

Europe’s two leading lubricant associations launched their product carbon footprint calculation tool this week, vital …

HPCL Pumps Money into Base Oil Production

HPCL Pumps Money into Base Oil Production

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd is investing U.S.$551 million on expanding base stocks production at its Mumbai refinery, …

Podcast: Positive Outlook for 2025

Podcast: Positive Outlook for 2025

Depending upon your perspective 2024, the two major environmental conferences at the end of the year were either a crush …