Plants & Equipment

Azerbaijan would not have been a place where British lubricant marketer Millers Oils thought to build its second blending plant, company managing dire ...

LLK International, Russias largest lube marketer, posted improved sales results for 2017, boosted by its increased cooperation with car manufacturers.

KH Neochem Co. will build a 7.5 billion (U.S. $67 million) facility in western Japan to manufacture additives for refrigeration lubricants.

A private chemical company in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, will soon start to produce automotive lubricants using recycled waste oils.

UAE Blender Changes Hands

January 2, 2018

Indias Maximus International Ltd. said its United Arab Emirates-based unit plans to acquire a controlling stake in Pacific Lubricants LLC, a producer ...

BASF and Sinopec plan to double capacity of neopentyl glycol, a component of polyester resins for synthetic lubricants, at their joint venture facilit ...

Ineos Oligomers announced Dec. 14 its final investment decision to build a 120,000 metric tons per year low-viscosity polyalphaolefin plant at its Cho ...

Imperial Oil will discontinue production of API Group I base oils, waxes and finished lubricants at its refinery in Strathcona, Canada, by early 2018, ...

Sinopec plans to boost its white oils production capacity at two new units in Jingmen, China, said Lin Yunxiang, a division chief at Sinopec Jingmen P ...

Gulf Opens Chennai Lube Plant

December 19, 2017

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. opened its new blending plant in Chennai last week with capacity to make 50,000 metric tons of lubricants per year.

BP China to Add Third Plant

December 12, 2017

BP Lubricants announced that it plans to build a third blending plant in China by the end of 2021, in Tianjin. BP unveiled on Dec. 6 that the project ...

Motiva Rolls Out Group III

December 6, 2017

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey – Following more than a year of rumor and speculation, Motiva officially is jumping into the API Group III base oil aren ...

The United Arab Emirates-based German Mirror Lubricants & Greases launched its Mirr Oils brand of lubricants in India.

Ghana Oil Co. plans to open a $10 million lubricants blending plant in Ghana in 2019 – the third such plant in Ghana and only the second to mark ...

SK Sets Bold Goals in China

November 28, 2017

SK Lubricants is aiming to strengthen its presence in China through a business alliance with global tire giant Michelin and a network of branded auto ...

Mitsui Eyes Expansion

November 28, 2017

Japans Mitsui Chemicals Inc. plans to expand capacity for its Lucant-branded polymer lubricant additives, the company told Lube Report Asia recently.

Allegedly defective oil produced in Ukraine was blamed for the failure of 30 Pakistan Army tanks last month after similar cases were reported in Ukrai ...

Lihon Opens Second Blend Plant

November 21, 2017

Daqing, Heilongjiang province-based Lihon Lubricant opened its second production base earlier this month to double its lube blending capacity to 200,0 ...

Puma Roars into Pakistan

November 14, 2017

Singapore-based Puma Energy Holdings acquired Pakistans Admore Gas Pvt. and plans to rebrand its 470 retail outlets to market lubricants, the company ...

A Chinese ether maker decided to maximize its competitiveness through serving niche markets.