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September 3, 2025

Seqens introduced Sulfad 1529E, an extreme pressure additive now listed on the Lubricant Substance Classification (LuSC) list. The LuSC list identifie ...

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August 28, 2025

Valvoline Cummins Private Ltd., a joint venture between Valvoline Global Operations and Cummins India, signed a four-year strategic collaboration with ...

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May 28, 2025

Specialty chemical company Pilot Chemical and low-crabon base oil company Novvi entered into an exclusive partnership to introduce biobased alpha olef ...

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May 20, 2025

From June 2, 2025, or when contracts permit, Dutch white oils and wax company Sonneborn will raise prices by up to 10%. The company sai ...

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May 14, 2025

Lubrizol picked IMCD Group to be its new channel partner for the lubricant and fuel additives market in Vietnam. IMCD is already the company’s chan ...

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April 30, 2025

Castrol tapped Rock Energy Ltd. to be the U.K. lubricant company’s exclusive product distributor in Bangladesh. Rock Energy will distribute to after ...

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April 23, 2025

Used engine oil is typically burned for heat, recycled into vehicle fuel or rerefined into base oil. But in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Abdulkarim Mwajas ...

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April 16, 2025

Korean lubricant company SK Enmove has developed a vehicle refrigerant that received an international refrigerant certification R-Number from the Amer ...

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April 9, 2025

Castrol released onto the market a range of marine engine lubricant for two-stroke engines – Castrol Cyltech 70f, 100f and 140f. The oil is aimed at ...

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March 31, 2025

German oxo intermediates company OQ Chemicals launched a dedicated heptanoic acid production unit at its Oberhausen facility set to start up in June t ...

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March 25, 2025

Azerbaijan produced 6,200 metric tons of lubricating oils in January and February, marking a decline of 32% from the same period in 2024, when it was ...

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March 19, 2025

Planned maintenance is due at Orlen's refinery in Plock, Poland starting May 7 for four weeks plus another two weeks for ramp up. The turnaround will ...

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March 12, 2025

TotalEnergies Lubrifiants integrated an immersion-cooled battery into a Renault Mégane E-Tech, a mass market electric vehicle. The experiment is a wo ...

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March 5, 2025

Group II+ base oil rerefiner Blue Tide announced the upsizing of its revolving credit facility. Base oil production is underway at the plant in Baytow ...

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February 26, 2025

HF Sinclair Corp. posted “strong results” in lubricants and specialties for 2024, turning in EBITDA of U.S.$69 million. The Mobil Delvac brand c ...

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February 19, 2025

White oil production in Azerbaijan fell to 590,000 metric tons in 2024 from 618,000 tons in 2023, a 4.5% decline, according the country’s State Stat ...

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February 19, 2025

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February 12, 2025

Dutch chemicals distributor Univar Solutions has acquired United Kingdom-based Brad-Chem, a manufacturer and supplier of specialty lubricant additives ...

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February 12, 2025