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Indian Oil Enters Joint Venture in Nepal

June 9, 2023

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. and Nepal’s Golchha Group signed a joint venture agreement to manufacture lubricants in the Himi ...

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Hill Plans Rerefinery in Lithuania

June 6, 2023

Kazakhstan’s Hill Group expects to break ground in Lithuania soon on an API Group II base oil rerefinery. The project ...

Avista Partners with IFP Petro in India

Avista Partners with IFP Petro in India

June 2, 2023

India rerefiner IFP Petro Products announced last week that it has entered a partnership with Germany-based Avista Oil A ...

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Algerian Distributor Opens Blending Plant

May 30, 2023

Aiming to serve what it describes as a vibrant Algerian transportation market, petroleum products distributor Petro Bara ...

Lube Formulation, Tribology Draw Young People

Lube Formulation, Tribology Draw Young People

May 24, 2023

Lubrication formulation and tribology face a number of pressing challenges, and this is helping attract young people to ...

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Spain Maintains Waste Lube Recycling Rate

May 16, 2023

Spain in 2022 once again rerefined more than three-quarters of its collected used oil back into base stocks, according t ...

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Blending Plant Opened in Turkmenistan

May 5, 2023

An industry association in Turkmenistan recently opened a finished lubricant factory, according to a news release by the ...

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Two Blending Plants Announced in Turkey

May 2, 2023

Petronobel Mineral Oils San and Tic A.S. announced plans last week to build a lubricant blending plant in an industrial ...

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Terpel Invests in Peru Blending Plant

April 19, 2023

Colombian oil and gas company Terpel is making investments to expand production capacity at its blending plant in Peru, ...

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ExxonMobil to Build Blending Plant in India

April 7, 2023

Citing the opportunity of a growing market, ExxonMobil announced Friday that it will invest nearly Rs 900 crore to build ...

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TotalEnergies Relinquishes Russia Plant

March 14, 2023

French oil major TotalEnergies handed over management of its Russia lubricant business to a Russian entity, and the tran ...

The Indicators of a Quality Fluid Testing Lab

The Indicators of a Quality Fluid Testing Lab

March 1, 2023

Lubricant analysis is vital for companies looking to keep expensive and vital equipment in the best shape possible. Euro ...

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Dongfeng Castrol JV Plant Starts Production

February 24, 2023

The Dongfeng Castrol Oil Products Co. Ltd. joint venture announced early last month the first batch trial lubricants pro ...

Novel Methods Offer Energy Savings

Novel Methods Offer Energy Savings

January 3, 2023

Until recently, energy savings have been marginal and difficult to achieve without compromising finished lubricant quali ...

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Shell Acquires 49% Stake in Rerefiner

December 7, 2022

Shell announced that its Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. purchased a 49% interest in Blue Tide Environmental LLC, which plans ...

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Oleon Acquires Blending Plant in Texas

December 7, 2022

Oleochemical producer Oleon acquired a blending plant in Conroe, Texas, the company announced this week. Oleon’s ester ...

Shell Expands Indonesia Plant

Shell Expands Indonesia Plant

November 11, 2022

Shell completed an expansion that more than doubles the size of its lubricant blending plant on Indonesia’s Java islan ...

U.S. Lubricants Operates Baltimore Plant

U.S. Lubricants Operates Baltimore Plant

October 19, 2022

U.S. Lubricants is now operating at its Baltimore, Maryland, facility it acquired from BP in January, the company announ ...