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Vibra Expands Rio Plant

December 4, 2024

Brazilian lube company Vibra completed expansion works of its Lubrax lubricant plant in Duque de Caxias to the tune of $16.55 million.

Lots of chairs moving around in Europe in November, with some of the big companies filling positions across their businesses. In Germany, Thomas Klost ...

Running a Lubricant Plant

December 2, 2024

A lot goes into running a successful lubricant plant, but good leadership might be the most important factor.

Stop measuring business performance by volume sales, argues Yana Wilkinson, Kline & Co.’s energy practice lead.

An explosion at Turkish refinery Tupras injured 12 people. The incident happened during maintenance of a compressor.

German independent lubricant company Fuchs Petrolub SE has invested €11 million on improvements to the production center, labs and headquarters of i ...

S-Oil blamed a weaker won and tighter refining margins on its third quarter net loss. The same period in 2023 saw brisk business for the South Korean ...

October was a busy month for the industry’s human resources departments.

Emerson’s Izzy Rivera outlines some essential strategies designed to optimize return on investment in maintenance.

China’s lubricant industry stands to benefit from the government’s economic stimulus pledges aimed at stemming the current economic instability, s ...

French performance lubricant company Motul has acquired Chem Arrow Corp., a move aimed at expanding its market reach and enhancing its industrial prod ...

Gazpromneft’s Singapore subsidiary, Gazpromneft Marine Lubricants, will close down after a final general meeting of board members and creditors on N ...

French energy giant TotalEnergies is to sell off its Brazilian fuel retail network to SIM Distribuidora. The company says getting rid the its service ...

Certification agency TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH has given the thumbs up to the “Methodology for Product Carbon Footprint Calculations for Lubricants ...

Authorities in the United Kingdom are mulling the imposition of import tariffs on certain engine oils and hydraulic fluids as a potential outcome of a ...

Moove Suspends IPO

October 16, 2024

Lubricant maker Moove postponed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange a few hours before it was due to start. The company blamed ...

Amber Energy Inc. made the successful bid for Citgo, the formerly Venezuelan refiner.

Vertex Energy Inc., a renewable fuels and environmental services company, filed for bankruptcy last week after its attempt to break into the renewable ...

ExxonMobil's French subsidiary Esso Societe Anonyme Francaise will start rerefining base oil at its Port Jerome facility in Gravenchon, northern Franc ...

From job satisfaction to retention struggles, ABN Resource explores the findings of its Lubricants Talent Report 2024.