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August 22, 2017

In 2016, the Asia-Pacific regions automotive lubricants demand was 47.7 percent (roughly 93 million gallons) of a global total of around 195 million g ...

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August 16, 2017

French oil major Total awarded a renewable, five-year tender contract to Bollore Logistics Zambia for distribution of lubricants from two main Total d ...

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August 15, 2017

Lazada will host the Shell Malaysia online store, launched this month as the lube suppliers foray into online-to-offline business in Southeast Asia. P ...

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August 9, 2017

Wilmington, Delaware-based DuPont and Midland, Mich.-based Dow Chemical Co. announced their merger will take effect after the market closes on Aug. 31 ...

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August 8, 2017

A partnership between Max Energy Co. and Shell Brands International AG will bring a network of Max Energy Myanmar-operated, Shell-branded fuels and lu ...

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August 2, 2017

Cincinnati-based Emery Oleochemicals appointed Eric Cecilio as global business director to lead its biolubricants division.

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July 26, 2017

LyondellBasell announced on Friday a final investment decision to build a $2.4 billion plant in the Houston area by 2021 that will produce 470,000 met ...

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July 25, 2017

Shell Marine secured a contract to supply lubricants and LubeMonitor services to the worlds largest container ship, the Orient Overseas Container Line ...

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July 19, 2017

Clean Harbors announced its Safety-Kleen subsidiary is increasing the cost of its charge-for-oil program across its used oil collection network, as we ...

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July 12, 2017

Cincinnati-based Pilot Chemical purchased ATRP Solutions of Pittsburgh as of July 10, expanding Pilots proprietary technologies in oil field chemicals ...

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July 12, 2017

The April 19, 2017 article, Exceptions to be Made in Oil Ban should have said that the California Department of Food and Agriculture continues to enfo ...

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July 11, 2017

Islamabad-based Berlin Petroleum Pvt. entered the market as a new player last week with its line of industrial and automotive lubricants and associate ...

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July 5, 2017

Lanxess revised its organizational structure, following its acquisition of Chemtura in April. The lubricant and flame retardant additives businesses w ...

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July 4, 2017

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. opened a new terminal in Consolacion, Cebu, with capacity to store around 13,000 metric tons of fuels and lubricant ...

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June 28, 2017

The Timken Co. yesterday announced an agreement to acquire Gorinchem, Netherlands-based Groeneveld Group, a provider of automatic lubrication solution ...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. announced President and CEO Peter Cella intends to retire effective Aug. 1, and will be succeeded by Mark Lashier, curre ...

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June 27, 2017

Amyris Inc. will build a facility in Queensland, Australia, capable of producing 23,000 metric tons per year of farnesene, a sugarcane-based component ...

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June 21, 2017

Valvoline appointed Zafco as its authorized lubricants distributor in the United Arab Emirates. Bradford, Pennsylvania-based American Refining Group n ...

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June 20, 2017

Shell Lubricants picked family-run Tyreline to distribute for it in New Zealand. Pakistan State Oilwill supply all Pakistan Railways' 3,100 metric ton ...

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June 14, 2017

Italmatch Chemicals S.P.A., which makes lubricant additives, said it will use recently secured funding for acquisitions to help grow its business in t ...