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April 1, 2015

Relevo will market Spain-based Cepsas lubricants in Colombia, with a target sales volume of 1,800 tons per year within five years. Enzymicals, of Grei ...

Correction

March 25, 2015

In early editions, last weeks story Small Gains Seen for Lubes in 2014 misquoted Apu Gosalia of Fuchs Petrolub regarding Asia-Pacific lubricants deman ...

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March 25, 2015

Synergy Hydrocarbon Recovery completed a 24 million gallons-per-year used oil rerefinery in Kingsland, Ga., that will produce vacuum gas oil. Russian ...

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March 17, 2015

Asia accounted for nearly two thirds of global white oil demand of 1.5 million metric tons in 2014, Kline & Co. Director of Energy Practice Milind Pha ...

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March 11, 2015

Phillips 66 Lubricants authorized Al Fahim Groups Central Motors & Equipment to distribute its products throughout the United Arab Emirates. Germ ...

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March 10, 2015

Sinopec subsidiary Great Wall Lubricants will share more information with long-term partner, Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery International, to i ...

Correction

March 3, 2015

An article in last weeks issue incorrectly described the scheduled timeframe for the opening of a new research and development center in Bengaluru. It ...

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February 25, 2015

Chevron Oronite named Robert Stockwell – an engineer at Southwest Research Institute, Phillips 66 and GM during his 23-year career – OEM a ...

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February 18, 2015

TPC Group approved more funds to expand polyisobutylene capacity at its Houston facility – installing a third unit and debottlenecking existing ...

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February 17, 2015

Japanese petrochemical firm KH Neochem Co. Ltd. agreed to a U.S. $400 million 47-47-6 joint venture investment with Taiwans state-owned CPC Corp. and ...

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February 11, 2015

Clean Harbors will acquire Nuverra Environmental Solutions used motor oil collector subsidiary Thermo Fluids of Scottsdale, Ariz., for $85 million cas ...

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February 10, 2015

Repsol Lubricants will supply lubricants in Australia for Erebus Motorsports supercars and provide support from its Melbourne workshop and technical c ...

U.K. Blender Invests in Lab

February 4, 2015

The United Kingdoms Morris Lubricants installed around 200,000 (U.S. $303,000) of testing and analytical equipment at its Shrewsbury laboratory. The n ...

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February 3, 2015

Hyundai Motor Co. named Shell Lubricants as its preferred aftermarket motor oil supplier for another five years. Pune, India-based DSK Motowheels has ...

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January 28, 2015

Brenntag Canada will distribute Additives Internationals products in Canada. X-Oil Congo will distribute Engen Petroleums lubricants in the Republic o ...

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January 27, 2015

The Asia-Pacific region had the second-lowest per capita consumption of lubricants in 2013, Fuchs Petrolub Head of Global Competitive Intelligence Apu ...

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January 20, 2015

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. will be Indias exclusive supplier of Rockwall, Texas, United States-based Whitmore Manufacturings mining, rail and indu ...

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January 14, 2015

Tony Jin, base oil global marketing team leader for SK Lubricants Co. Ltd., was appointed president of SK Lubricants Americas Inc. Qatar Fuel (Woqod) ...

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January 7, 2015

Emery Oleochemicals plans to fully commission in the second quarter a bio-polyol plant in Cincinnati, Ohio, that will make products for its biolubrica ...

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January 6, 2015

South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank named automotive aftermarket parts supplier A-MAP to carry its X-Teer-branded automotive lubricants in member nat ...