Plants & Equipment

Prospects from Sapref Buy-out Debated
A view of the Sapref refinery in Durban, South Africa. © lcswart

Prospects from Sapref Buy-out Debated

August 14, 2024

The state’s acquisition of the Sapref refinery in Durban could revive local base oils production in South Africa’s i ...

Challenge the Status Quo: Operations Excellence for Plant Design and Operation

Challenge the Status Quo: Operations Excellence for Plant Design and Operation

August 1, 2024

An industry veteran describes how lubricant blenders can challenge conventional thinking to better satisfy their needs n ...

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Lubrizol Plans India Additive Factory

July 31, 2024

Lubrizol Corp. announced plans to build a U.S. $200 million factory in India to make chemical additives for lubricants a ...

Quaker Houghton Builds Plant in China

Quaker Houghton Builds Plant in China

July 17, 2024

Industrial process fluid company Quaker Houghton broke ground last week on a new manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang, ...

Chemtool Settles Plant Fire Suit

Chemtool Settles Plant Fire Suit

July 3, 2024

People living within a three-mile radius of the Chemtool plant in Rockton, Illinois, may be eligible for a U.S. $94.5 mi ...

The Importance of Equipment Reliability

The Importance of Equipment Reliability

July 1, 2024

Smartcorr explains how equipment reliability can mitigate financial losses, environmental damage and safety hazards.

Cold Blending Is a Step Toward Sustainability

Cold Blending Is a Step Toward Sustainability

July 1, 2024

How can a novel blending process reduce the carbon footprint of lubricant manufacturing operations?

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Shell Expands Thai Grease Plant

June 28, 2024

Shell announced last week that it has completed an expansion of its grease manufacturing plant in Bangkok, tripling the ...

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Lucas Close to Opening Grease Unit

June 26, 2024

Lucas Oil last week announced that it will open a grease production unit at its lubricant factory  in Indiana later thi ...

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Bericap Opens Factory in Kenya

June 25, 2024

Bericap, a manufacturing of closures for lubricant containers and other applications, announced last week that it has op ...

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Metalub Opens Costa Rica Rerefinery

June 19, 2024

A Costa Rican lubricant company this week opened what it claims to be the first waste lubricant refinery in Central Amer ...

Saneg Targets Group I to Europe

Saneg Targets Group I to Europe

June 11, 2024

Uzbekistan’s Saneg said it aims to increase its base oil sales by directly targeting the European market, asserting it ...

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Cerilon Starts Engineering GTL Plant

June 5, 2024

Cerilon announced that it is moving into the front-end engineering and design phase of the gas-to-liquids refinery it pl ...

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OQ Lifts Force Majeure on German Plants

June 4, 2024

OQ Chemicals announced on May 29 it lifted its force majeure declaration for all products from its German plants in Ober ...

Eneos Pilot Plant Makes Rerefined Oil

Eneos Pilot Plant Makes Rerefined Oil

May 31, 2024

Eneos announced on Wednesday that it has produced rerefined base oil  in a demonstration project, as part of its work i ...

Verbio to Make Rapeseed Chemicals

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 ...

Kluber Expands India Lubes Plant

Kluber Expands India Lubes Plant

May 24, 2024

Kluber Lubrication announced it will expand its factory in Mysore, India, to increase the amount of specialty lubricants ...