Non-conventional Base Stocks

Base Oil Report: Trends

Base Oil Report: Trends

October 4, 2021

A Time of Transition   The past 18 months have not been particularly wonderful for the active industries involve ...

Spotlight on Biobased Lubricants

Spotlight on Biobased Lubricants

September 1, 2021

Entering an important phase for greener, more sustainable lubricants Gone are the days when biobased lubricants were ...

Not Your Father’s Base Oil

Not Your Father’s Base Oil

September 1, 2021

The ever-growing emphasis on sustainability is pushing the lubricants industry to develop products that help achieve car ...

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India Cuts Palm Oil Import Duty

July 23, 2021

India implemented a temporary cut in the duty charged on palm oil imports, part of an effort to offset a sharp run-up in ...

How Low Can You Go?

How Low Can You Go?

July 3, 2021

Base Oil Report: Trends As governments worldwide pass stricter standards to combat carbon dioxide emissions, lubrican ...

The Beauty of Being Biobased

The Beauty of Being Biobased

June 10, 2021

Lubes'n'Greases talked to Mark Miller, the CEO of Biosynthetic Technologies, about the sustainability of his company’s ...

Taif Makes Lubes in Nizhnekamsk

Taif Makes Lubes in Nizhnekamsk

March 30, 2021

A finished lubricant blending facility was installed late last year at the site of Russia’s only polyalphaolefin plant ...

PAO Springs Forward

PAO Springs Forward

March 4, 2021

Polyalphaolefins are expensive, available from just a handful of producers and increasingly being replaced in automotive ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

Base Oil Report: Trends

March 4, 2021

Is the ICE Decline an Upturn for Silicones? Unfamiliar to many in the industry, silicone base stocks have limited app ...

Ineos Declares Force Majeure for PAOs

Ineos Declares Force Majeure for PAOs

February 3, 2021

Ineos declared force majeure last month on supply of low-viscosity polyalphaolefins after an unexpected disruption to fe ...

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Indonesia JV to Supply Palm Catalysts

January 29, 2021

PT Pertamina Lubricants and two other Indonesian companies have formed a joint venture aimed at developing catalysts tha ...

PetroChina Opens Pilot PAO Plant

PetroChina Opens Pilot PAO Plant

January 22, 2021

PetroChina last month opened a pilot plant producing low-viscosity polyalphaolefin in Lanzhou, China, using technology d ...

Custom Content in association with Oleon

Custom Content in association with Oleon

January 1, 2021

Performance without Compromise Esters have become almost synonymous with high-performance formulations used in demand ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

Base Oil Report: Trends

November 2, 2020

PAOs, Past and Present Polyalphaolefins will be in the spotlight at the next National Inventors Hall of Fame inductio ...

BASF Expands Esters Plant in China

BASF Expands Esters Plant in China

October 16, 2020

BASF said Monday that it will almost double synthetic ester base stocks production capacity at its Jinshan, China, site ...

Tailoring Lubes for Electric Mobility

Tailoring Lubes for Electric Mobility

October 1, 2020

There are a number of potential avenues of development and challenges for electric vehicle lubricant formulators, but wh ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

Base Oil Report: Trends

September 2, 2020

While global lubricant demand drags, says Caitlin Jacobs, the odds are still looking good for renewable and biodegradabl ...

Russian Firm Expands Fatty Acids Plant

Russian Firm Expands Fatty Acids Plant

August 23, 2020

Russian specialty chemical producer Vyazemsky Plant for Synthetic Products expanded its capacity to manufacture fatty ac ...