Plants & Equipment

Chevron Oronite completed an expansion of its additives plant in Singapore that doubles its global carboxylate-based detergents capacity, the company ...

Shell opened a blending plant in Singapore last week with capacity to make 390,000 tons of lubricants per year - its third-largest blending plant in t ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants last week confirmed it plans to expand its network of fast lube and car maintenance stations into Pakistan, though it refuted a ...

Blue Chip Aims Across Africa

October 25, 2017

South Africas Blue Chip Lubricants said the completion of its 43,000 tons per year blending facility in Johannesburg earlier this year will enable it ...

As fake products continue to plague Asian markets, Pertamina Lubricants has stepped up its efforts to fight back with legal and preventive measures.

Maoming Haihe Chemical Co., formerly known as Maoming Dazetian, is preparing to open a new API Group I base oil plant, with operations slated to begin ...

ExxonMobil broke ground on the expansion of its Clinton, New Jersey research facility, the company announced Friday. The expansion, including a new fa ...

Flint Hills Resources will cease marketing of base stocks produced at its Excel Paralubes joint venture, leaving partner Phillips 66 to market all of ...

Trescorp Alliance Pte., a Singaporean trader of oil and petroleum products, plans to establish a lubricant park in Sohar Port, Oman, a company officia ...

CNPC Aims Big in Additives

October 17, 2017

CNPC has begun supplying a variety of lubricants-related products, including lube additives, in a bid to gain new clients and fight for market share.

Verdezyne Inc. began constructing a commercial-scale, palm-based dodecanedioic acid manufacturing facility in Iskandar, Malaysia, following a two-year ...

Indonesias state-owned PT Pertamina Lubricants began using Thailand as a launching point for expansion in China and Indochina. It also recently foraye ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. began selling lubricants in Myanmar, claiming its the first Indian oil marketing company to expand into the Southeast A ...

Lanxess plans to terminate production at its recently acquired Ankerweg site by November 2018, the company announced last week. The former Chemtura po ...

Trescorp Alliance Pte., a Singaporean trader of oil and petroleum products, plans to establish a lubricant park in Sohar Port, Oman, a company officia ...

KLK Expands Esters Capacity

October 10, 2017

Malaysias KLK Oleo Sdn increased its ester production capacity by 40 percent with the completion of a new plant in Klang, Malaysia.

Lubrizol opened its new drumming facility and warehouse in Painesville Township, Ohio, as part of the Wickliffe, Ohio-based companys five year, $100 m ...

Indias largest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki, has launched the Ecstar brand of lubricants and coolants in the country, a move that may intensify com ...

Chevron Phillips Chemical has declared force majeure on its polyalphaolefin and metallocene PAO produced in North America, due to impacts of Hurricane ...

Nynas Bullish on India

September 19, 2017

Nynas AG is upbeat about its growth in India, a local representative confirmed. The Swedish naphthenic base stock producer is looking to expand throug ...