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February 10, 2016

Dublin, California-based lube and fuel additives manufacturer IPAC opened its first international production facility in Ghent, Belgium. Pilot Chemica ...

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February 9, 2016

Bangladeshs state-owned Eastern Lubricants said it has not retained any price sensitive information, responding to the Dhaka Stock Exchanges query abo ...

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February 3, 2016

BP announced a new wave of 3,000 job cuts from its downstream operations – including the BP and Castrol lubricant businesses – to be made ...

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February 2, 2016

Klueber LubricationandChem-Trend, sister companies of Germanys Freudenberg Group,opened an R&D lab at the site of its Mysore, India, production facili ...

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January 27, 2016

Shell Lubricants Egypt agreed to become the exclusive lubricants supplier to Egyptian Steels Beni Swef plant. Ontario, Canadas Altranex Corp.signed an ...

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January 26, 2016

Versalis Pacific Trading began distributing parent company Eni SpAs rubber process oils in Asia. Analysis firm Frost & Sullivan forecast that Thailan ...

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January 20, 2016

Oiltech Lubes Service GmbH & Co. KG was named sales and logistics business partner for Valvoline lubricants and automotive chemicals in Germany, ...

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January 13, 2016

RelaDyne acquired lubricant distributor Parker Oil Co. of Wichita, Kan., expanding its geographic reach into northern Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. H ...

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January 12, 2016

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International has teamed with Indian automaker Tata Motors to produce a range of cobranded engine and gear oils. MJL Ban ...

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January 6, 2016

Fusion Chemical, of Indianapolis, will distribute United Kingdom-based Metalubes industrial lubricants across the United States. Universal Environment ...

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January 5, 2016

Tianhe Chemicals revised rules for its audit committee. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange requested some modifications as a condition for resuming listing ...

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December 30, 2015

United Arab Shipping and Lukoil signed a lubricant supply agreement covering vessels from the global shipping companys new building program, including ...

Asia Base Oil Price Report

December 29, 2015

Gabriela Wheeler is away.

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December 23, 2015

RelaDyne acquired lubricant distributor Automotive Service Inc. / Central Penn Oil, which services eastern and central Pennsylvania and southern tier ...

Correction

December 23, 2015

Last weeks Lube Report mistakenly said the American Petroleum Institute had accepted the proposed PC-11 heavy-duty engine oil category on Dec. 10. API ...

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December 22, 2015

Houghton International will work with SMS group to develop and supply rolling oils for metal production worldwide.Chevron Oronite registered a Wholly ...

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December 15, 2015

Floods in eastern India earlier this month forced state-run Chennai Petroleum Corp. to shut its Manali refinery, which includes a 4,200 barrels per da ...

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December 9, 2015

Lubricants and greases blender Lubrita Europe B.V. opened a new office in the Netherlands city of Alkmaar. IMCD N.V. launched its first laboratory for ...

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December 8, 2015

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. signed a licensing agreement to offer Servo hydraulic fluids formulated with Dynavis additive technology from German additive su ...

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December 2, 2015

Hydrodecstarted the fifth and sixth production trains at its rebuilt transformer oil rerefinery in Canton, Ohio. Telko will marketCastrolmotor oils in ...