Miscellaneous

The Evolving Lubricant Supplier Landscape

The Evolving Lubricant Supplier Landscape

June 5, 2025

Some lubricant suppliers are spearheading innovation with focused investments in advanced formulations, sustainable prod ...

Biolubes Growing But Staying Niche

Biolubes Growing But Staying Niche

April 9, 2025

iolubricants remain a bullish corner of the lubricants industry, with global demand expanding at a rate several times fa ...

China Should Invest in Value-added Products

China Should Invest in Value-added Products

March 24, 2025

Chinese suppliers need to invest in high value-added products to stay competitive, urged former general manager of Sinop ...

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Podcast 28: More to Innovation than the Chemistry

February 19, 2025

The discussion about sustainability has so far largely focussed on products’ immediate environmental impact. But there ...

Concerning Quality

Concerning Quality

January 2, 2025

Is the lubricants business on its way to commoditization? Tom Glenn weighs in.

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YPF Backs Down on Bolivia Price Hike

September 11, 2024

YPF u-turned last week on a lubricant price hike in Bolivia under pressure from a number of local transport associations ...

NNPC Denies Malta Connection

NNPC Denies Malta Connection

August 28, 2024

Officials from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. opened an illicit lubricant blending plant in Malta in order to unde ...

Castrol and BP Ink Space Partnerships

Castrol and BP Ink Space Partnerships

August 21, 2024

Castrol is firmly planting a flag in the space industry through a new collaboration with space exploration company Lunar ...

Palm Transformer Oil Project Advances

Palm Transformer Oil Project Advances

June 21, 2024

Biofuels producer BBGI Group, along with fellow Thailand-based partners SCG Chemicals and QTC Energy, announced successf ...

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Petronas, Iceotope Tie Up for Coolants

June 14, 2024

Malaysia’s Petronas Lubricants International has tied up with United Kingdom-based Iceotope to develop coolants for da ...

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Verbio to Make Rapeseed Chemicals

May 28, 2024

Verbio SE recently started construction of a large-scale ethenolysis plant using rapeseed oil methyl ester at a site in ...

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D-A Enlists Toll Blender in China

April 26, 2024

United States-based D-A Lubricant Co. announced it will establish its brand in Asia through a new partnership with Chine ...

Can Mining and Decarbonization Coexist?

Can Mining and Decarbonization Coexist?

April 1, 2024

Shell’s Elitza Terzova explains the role that lubrication can play in helping miners to decarbonize their operations a ...

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Russian Blender Makes Metal Containers

March 12, 2024

Russian lubricant blender United Petrochemicals opened a line that produces metal motor oil containers designed to comba ...

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 ...

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Perstorp Opens Penta Plant in India

February 23, 2024

Perstorp inaugurated a pentaerythritol production plant in western India on Feb. 20, saying it will meet growing regiona ...