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Idemitsu Starts China Blending Plant

August 21, 2020

Idemitsu Kosan Co. opened its second wholly owned lubricant blending plant in China last week, a facility in the souther ...

New Denmark Rerefinery Starts Up

New Denmark Rerefinery Starts Up

August 18, 2020

Joint venture Avista Green announced last week that its new base oil rerefinery in Kalundborg, Denmark was operational. ...

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Total to Expand UK Blending Plant

August 11, 2020

Total Lubricants last week announced an expansion plan to develop and upgrade its blending plant site in Ferrybridge in ...

Recovering Fishing Vessel Waste Oil

Recovering Fishing Vessel Waste Oil

August 7, 2020

A city on South Korea’s Jeju Island says a project that recovers waste lubricants generated by fishing vessels is help ...

Fergana Upgrade on Track for 2023

Fergana Upgrade on Track for 2023

June 28, 2020

A joint venture between Uzbekneftegaz and Russian energy giant Gazprom says it is moving forward with a previously annou ...

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Worries Raised Over Heavy-duty Engine Tests

January 8, 2020

The next heavy-duty engine oil category in North America is not expected for seven years, and industry insiders worry th ...

Africa Lags in Rerefining

Africa Lags in Rerefining

December 24, 2019

Africa recycles less of its used lubricants into base oils than other regions, and several obstacles stand in the way of ...

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Petronas Closes Argentina Plant

October 30, 2019

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International recently closed its lubricant blending plant near Buenos Aires, Argentina, a ...

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Taming the Terror of Turnarounds

October 22, 2019

Maintenance shutdowns can trigger fear in the hearts of base oil and lubricant plant operators, but the right leadership ...

LSC Jamaica to Add Second Blending Plant

LSC Jamaica to Add Second Blending Plant

June 12, 2019

Lubricating Specialties Co. Jamaica Ltd. plans to expand its Rockfort, Jamaica, facility to add a lubricants blending pl ...

Replenishing the Ranks

Replenishing the Ranks

April 24, 2019

Ask a high school senior or soon-to-be college graduate about the career they intend to pursue, and its likely that lubr ...

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Hill Corp. Opened Base Oil Rerefinery

February 5, 2019

Hill Corp. recently finished building a used oil rerefinery and a small grease unit at its lubricant blending plant in S ...

Sopremac Opens Algeria Blending Plant

Sopremac Opens Algeria Blending Plant

January 29, 2019

Biskra, Algeria-based Sarl Sopremac opened a lube oil blending plant in Algeria that has already begun production of mul ...

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Shell to Upgrade Lubricant Plant in Canada

January 9, 2019

Shell plans to invest $16 million to expand its lubricant blending and packaging plant in Brockville, Canada, according ...

R.I.P. Gear Inefficiency

R.I.P. Gear Inefficiency

October 23, 2018

An aftermarket product claiming to improve gear efficiency might sound like snake oil, but it could be just what the doc ...

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Pack Logix Buys Lube Packaging Plant

February 21, 2018

Pack Logix Inc. announced Monday that it acquired the Spectrum Lubricants Corp. packaging plant in Waukesha, Wisconsin, ...

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Site Leased for Rerefinery in Western Canada

January 24, 2018

Gen III Oil Corp. intends to start construction this summer on a rerefinery that will make API Group II and III base oil ...

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Plastic Pulls Double Duty

December 22, 2016

Shouldnt every component in your grease pull its weight? Polymer thickeners not only provide structure, they also help l ...