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Isla Refinery Agrees to Deal with Klesch

Isla Refinery Agrees to Deal with Klesch

Refineria di Korsou – the Curacao government entity that owns the Isla Refinery – announced an agreement last week for i …

Base Stocks in the News in 2019

Base Stocks in the News in 2019

Base stocks were the hot topic of 2019 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, from expanded production capacity to indus …

Chevron and Akwa Form Morocco Hub

Chevron and Akwa Form Morocco Hub

Chevron and Casablanca, Morocco-based energy company Akwa Group reached an agreement to create an African lubes hub in M …

Nynas Files for Reorganization Protection

Nynas Files for Reorganization Protection

Nynas AB, one of the worlds largest suppliers of naphthenic base stocks, filed for reorganization protection in a Swedis …

Fuchs Buys Shares in African Distributors

Fuchs Buys Shares in African Distributors

The Fuchs Group acquired half the shares of three separate African lubricant distributors to strengthen its presence in …

PdVSA Secures Short-term Isla Refinery Extension

PdVSA Secures Short-term Isla Refinery Extension

Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. agreed to a short-term lease extension with Refineria di Korsou – the Curacao government ent …

Master Fluid Solutions Opens Turkish MWF Plant

Master Fluid Solutions Opens Turkish MWF Plant

Master Fluid Solutions opened a metalworking fluids production facility outside of Istanbul in Tulza, mainly serving the …

Rerefinery Planned in Turkey

Rerefinery Planned in Turkey

Turkish waste oil collector Tayras announced that it is building an API Group II rerefinery with enough capacity to proc …

Group Studies Electrification of Work Trucks

Group Studies Electrification of Work Trucks

An American Trucking Association study group has undertaken efforts to understand the effects of electrification on spec …

Q3: Calumet, Cosan, Valvoline, Quaker, Milacron

Q3: Calumet, Cosan, Valvoline, Quaker, Milacron

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, Cosans Moove lubricants segment and Quaker Chemical each reported net losses, while …

Safety-Kleen Revenue Up, HollyFrontier Results Mixed

Safety-Kleen Revenue Up, HollyFrontier Results Mixed

Clean Harbors Safety-Kleen segment posted an uptick in revenue and waste oil collection, while HollyFrontiers lubricants …

Shell Tops North American Competition

Shell Tops North American Competition

Shell was the largest North American lubricants supplier in 2018, beating out ExxonMobil and Chevron, according to consu …

Fuchs Acquires American Lube Blender

Fuchs Acquires American Lube Blender

The Fuchs Group acquired American synthetic lubricants blender Nye Lubricants Inc., the companies announced on Monday, e …

Oleic Acid Boosts Biobased Oils

Oleic Acid Boosts Biobased Oils

From chainsaw blades to the elevator in the Statue of Liberty, soybean oil is on its way up as a viable alternative to m …

Base Oil Margins Squeezed by Glut

Base Oil Margins Squeezed by Glut

Global finished lubricant demand isn’t keeping up with expanding base oil supply, threatening the cash margins of minera …

Light Alloys Challenge Metalworking Fluids

Light Alloys Challenge Metalworking Fluids

The types of metals used in wide ranges of products have evolved in recent years, trending toward greater use of alloys …

Digitializing Can Benefit Production, Expert Says

Digitializing Can Benefit Production, Expert Says

Lubricant and grease production plants can improve efficiency and profitability by digitalizing their operations, an ind …

Group I Still Valuable in Shifting Market

Group I Still Valuable in Shifting Market

API Group II base oil has overtaken Group I in terms of global production capacity and will likely continue to distance …