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

Chevron Sets Out Low-carbon Aspirations

Chevron Sets Out Low-carbon Aspirations

Chevron has published a new climate change resilience report. In the report, the U.S. energy giant sets out its low-car …

Strong Interest in Lubes’n’Greases I.C.I.S. Webinar

Strong Interest in Lubes’n’Greases I.C.I.S. Webinar

Lubes’n’Greases and ICIS present a sustainability webinar offering concrete steps to help companies build a robust susta …

Lubes’n’Greases and ICIS Co-host Sustainability Webinar

Lubes’n’Greases and ICIS Co-host Sustainability Webinar

Lubes’n’Greases and ICIS present a sustainability webinar offering concrete steps to help companies build a robust susta …

New Electric Vehicle Designs for Land, Sea and Sky

New Electric Vehicle Designs for Land, Sea and Sky

Three new electric vehicles were launched, allowing passengers to travel by land, sea and sky quietly and emissions free …

Neste Ups Renewable Energy at Porvoo

Neste Ups Renewable Energy at Porvoo

Finnish refiner Neste ups renewable energy supplies to its Porvo refinery, as part of efforts to slash its greenhouse ga …

SK Lubricants’ Lube Ad Uses Recycled Material

SK Lubricants’ Lube Ad Uses Recycled Material

SK Lubricants is enhancing is sustainability by making environmentally friendly ad campaigns and plastic containers from …

Gulf to Explore E-mobility

Gulf to Explore E-mobility

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. signaled in a recent press release that it may move into the e-mobility space. With India …

Aluminum is Auto Industry’s ‘Blind Spot’, says Rights Group

Aluminum is Auto Industry’s ‘Blind Spot’, says Rights Group

A new report by Human Rights Watch urges carmakers to do more to reduce impacts on communities and the environment from …

Calculating the Cost of Carbon Emissions

Calculating the Cost of Carbon Emissions

We just received the final results of the data we have been collecting, with varied degrees of success regarding real co …

Chevron Gearing Up for New Energy Future

Chevron Gearing Up for New Energy Future

Chevron launches a dedicated business unit focused on new energy technologies including hydrogen, carbon capture, carbon …

Biogas from Sewage to Power EVs

Biogas from Sewage to Power EVs

Engineers in Australia have developed a car that they say is powered by human waste.

Shell Takes to Twitter to Deliver Shareholder Message

Shell Takes to Twitter to Deliver Shareholder Message

Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said on Twitter that the Anglo-Dutch energy giant is “moving at pace” with its transition to n …

A Sustainable View from Europe

A Sustainable View from Europe

Sebastian Dörr of Lubtrading talks about the effects of the Green Deal and simplifying standards and certification acro …

Commercial EVs a Bright Spot for Lube Companies

Commercial EVs a Bright Spot for Lube Companies

The introduction of multispeed gearboxes in medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles will continue to offer opportunitie …

Good Corporate Citizenship is No Longer Optional

Good Corporate Citizenship is No Longer Optional

Companies that demonstrate consistent social commitment strengthen their employer brand and the cohesion within the comp …

STEM the Flow of Graduates for the Lube Industry

STEM the Flow of Graduates for the Lube Industry

To “STAY SuSTAYnable!” the lubricant industry has to attract the next-generation of talented young people to replace …

Shell and MSC Join Up to Decarbonize Shipping

Shell and MSC Join Up to Decarbonize Shipping

Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell and equally super-sized shipping company MSC are to collaborate on developing technologies …

Where There’s Muck, There’s Gas

Where There’s Muck, There’s Gas

Burning biogas from sewage is a handy feedstock for EV power demand, but its carbon footprint is on shaky ground, say en …