Staff Reports

StaffReports@lng.com

Recent Articles

HollyFrontier Makes Senior Management Changes

HollyFrontier Makes Senior Management Changes

HollyFrontier announced changes to its management team related to its pending acquisition of Suncor Energys Petro-Canada …

Indonesia to Export Lubricants to Asia, Europe

Indonesia to Export Lubricants to Asia, Europe

With Indonesias lubricant manufacturing capacity twice as high as domestic demand, and with imports from within the Asea …

Chinas Emissions Norm Goes Nationwide

Chinas Emissions Norm Goes Nationwide

China implemented National V fuel emissions standard nationwide last week. Lubricant additive supplier Infineum Internat …

Handi Inks Plan for China’s Largest Base Oil Plant

Handi Inks Plan for China’s Largest Base Oil Plant

Hainan Handi Sunshine Petrochemical Co. signed a deal with the Bank of China and Yangpu, Hainan province government agen …

Asia to Dominate Coming Decades Energy Increases

Asia to Dominate Coming Decades Energy Increases

Global energy demand will climb 25 percent by 2040, with the Asia-Pacific region leading the charge and China and India …

API to Pull Plug on Energy Conserving Dec. 30

API to Pull Plug on Energy Conserving Dec. 30

The American Petroleum Institute will discontinue licensing the use of the Energy Conserving designation with its API SL …

Work on Oronites Ningbo Plant Advances

Work on Oronites Ningbo Plant Advances

American lube additives maker Chevron Oronite selected United States-based Fluor Corp. to complete the front-end enginee …

Apars Numbers Slump in Q2, Savitas Change Slightly

Apars Numbers Slump in Q2, Savitas Change Slightly

Apar Industries transformer oils and specialty oils segment tumbled 32 percent in its second quarter, while revenue drop …

Heritage-Crystal Cleans Chalhoub to Retire

Heritage-Crystal Cleans Chalhoub to Retire

Heritage-Crystal Clean Founder, President and CEO Joe Chalhoub will retire effective Jan. 31, 2017, the company announce …

India and China Drive MWFs Growth

India and China Drive MWFs Growth

Global consumption of metalworking fluids will swell in coming years as increased industrialization in Asia-Pacific boos …

PetroVietnam to Merge Blending Ops

PetroVietnam to Merge Blending Ops

Vietnams PV Oil Lube will double its production capacity in Ho Chi Minh City by upgrading its plant there and integratin …

Total Begins Producing Grease in China

Total Begins Producing Grease in China

French oil giant Total Lubricants opened a grease production plant in Tianjin, China, Friday – its first in the Asia-Pac …

Asia Dominates White Oils Demand

Asia Dominates White Oils Demand

Asia-Pacific demands more white oils than any other region, according to an industry consultancy, due to China being the …

API CK-4, FA-4 Diesel Engine Oils Available Dec. 1

API CK-4, FA-4 Diesel Engine Oils Available Dec. 1

Diesel engine oils meeting the American Petroleum Institutes new standards, API CK-4 and FA-4, will begin appearing in t …

ATIEL Publishes New Lists of Conformance Signatories

ATIEL Publishes New Lists of Conformance Signatories

ATIEL published on its website new lists of lubricant marketers and base stock manufacturers that have signed letters of …

Shell Lowers Anchor on Indonesian Marine Oil

Shell Lowers Anchor on Indonesian Marine Oil

Shell now produces nearly 100 products, including marine lubricants, from its almost one-year-old, 120,000 metric tons p …

Wichita JV Launches, Plans Blending Plant

Wichita JV Launches, Plans Blending Plant

Lubrication Engineers Inc. has begun planning a U.S. $35 million manufacturing facility near its headquarters in Wichita …

Kyodo Yushi to Build U.S. Blend Plant

Kyodo Yushi to Build U.S. Blend Plant

Japanese grease maker Kyodo Yushi has begun planning a U.S. $35 million manufacturing facility in the United States with …