Non-conventional Base Stocks

Perstorp Buys OQ’s Dutch Esters Plant

Perstorp Buys OQ’s Dutch Esters Plant

December 18, 2024

Swedish chemical company Perstorp last week announced it had bought OQ Chemicals’ Dutch esters manufacturing facility.

OQ Chemicals Ups Carboxylic Acids Prices

OQ Chemicals Ups Carboxylic Acids Prices

December 11, 2024

Germany-based OQ Chemicals announced it will increase prices for its range of carboxylic acids.

From Food Waste to Innovation

From Food Waste to Innovation

November 4, 2024

ChainCraft explains how it uses a non-GMO fermentation process to upcycle food waste into medium-chain fatty acids.

Norac Builds Esterification Line  

Norac Builds Esterification Line  

October 16, 2024

Norac Additives broke ground on a new esterification line at its production site in Helena, Arkansas, giving German pare ...

Oleon Acquires Brazilian Company

Oleon Acquires Brazilian Company

October 2, 2024

Belgian oleo-chemicals company Oleon acquired a majority stake in A.Azevedo Óleos, a Brazilian oleo-chemical company ba ...

China Blenders Must Dig Deeper

China Blenders Must Dig Deeper

August 28, 2024

Fierce competition and weak demand are pushing small companies in China’s lube industry to dig deeper to find opportun ...

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China Offers Opportunities for PAO

June 14, 2024

As China pushes to be a major player in global high-tech industries such as artificial intelligence, polyalphaolefin bas ...

Secondary Polyol Ester Technology: A Novel Base Oil Family for Developing Bio-Lubricants

Secondary Polyol Ester Technology: A Novel Base Oil Family for Developing Bio-Lubricants

April 30, 2024

VBASE Oil Co. has designed and evaluated a new family of high-performance sustainable base stocks. How can they be used, ...

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Big Growth Seen for Immersion Cooling

April 9, 2024

Data center density and accompanying energy consumption continue to rapidly grow, highlighting needs for more efficient ...

Synthetics: From Special to Commodity?

Synthetics: From Special to Commodity?

March 5, 2024

Demand for synthetic lubricants has grown over the past few decades. Steve Haffner explores whether synthetics are becom ...

Lubes’n’Greases February Issue Available

Lubes’n’Greases February Issue Available

February 10, 2024

Discover how extended producer responsibility in India might affect rerefining in the country, how the automotive indust ...

Lubes’n’Greases February Issue Available

Lubes’n’Greases February Issue Available

February 7, 2024

Discover how extended producer responsibility in India might affect rerefining in the country, how the automotive indust ...

Lubes’n’Greases February Issue Available

Lubes’n’Greases February Issue Available

February 6, 2024

Discover how extended producer responsibility in India might affect rerefining in the country, how the automotive indust ...

Crafting Biobased Fatty Acids from Food Waste

Crafting Biobased Fatty Acids from Food Waste

February 1, 2024

A Dutch startup may have discovered a new, more sustainable way to manufacture fatty acids using food waste as a feedsto ...

Novvi Exits Bankruptcy with New Structure

Novvi Exits Bankruptcy with New Structure

January 31, 2024

Renewable base stock supplier Novvi emerged from voluntary bankruptcy last week with a new ownership structure and a cap ...

Automotive Lubricants Shift Toward Synthetics

Automotive Lubricants Shift Toward Synthetics

January 2, 2024

Sean Nguyen of Pennzoil outlines some of the most prominent trends affecting automotive lubricants, including the uptake ...

Novvi Bankruptcy Case Aimed at Restructuring

Novvi Bankruptcy Case Aimed at Restructuring

December 6, 2023

Chemical company Novvi LLC filed what it described as a voluntary bankruptcy petition Sunday, stating that it intends to ...