Plants & Equipment

Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC inaugurated a 45 million liter blending plant and warehouse complex in Sapugaskanda, Sri Lanka, last week.

Undaunted by a global supply glut, petrochemical producer Hengli Petrochemical Refinery Co. has decided to enter the base oil market, undertaking to b ...

Union workers began a 72-hour strike Monday at Totals refinery in Gonfreville, France, over the companys plans to modernize its specialties offerings ...

Uzbek Rerefinery Delayed

December 2, 2014

The opening of the first waste oil rerefinery in Central Asia has been delayed for administrative reasons, Bulgarian lube maker Prista Oil told Lube R ...

Cetex Expands Chemical Plant

December 2, 2014

Chemicals producer Cetex is nearing completion of a two-phase expansion of methyl ethyl ketone capacity at its chemical plant in Chennai, India. MEK i ...

Total plans to shut down API Group I production at its base oil plant in Gonfreville, France, to focus on production of higher quality base oils for u ...

SKF Grows in Czech Republic

November 26, 2014

SKF inaugurated its expanded lubrication systems manufacturing facility in the Czech Republic on Nov. 19. The expansion created an additional 200 jobs ...

Working to emerge from a financial crisis, Chinese lubricant marketer DongHao Oil Group is receiving financial support from distributors and planning ...

Apar Builds Plant in UAE

November 25, 2014

Mumbai-based transformer oils supplier Apar Industries Ltd. said its subsidiary in Singapore, Petroleum Specialities Pte. Ltd., will construct a facil ...

ExxonMobil Chemical completed testing to confirm the 50,000 metric tons per year capacity for its new metallocene polyalphaolefin synthetic lubricant ...

Eastern Oil Expands

November 12, 2014

Lubricants and metalworking fluids manufacturer and distributor Eastern Oil Co. completed a 10,000 square foot facility expansion and renovation proje ...

Transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec has settled with its insurers on a $20 million claim following the fire damage its Canton, Ohio, rerefinery incurre ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. said it is nearing completion of an expansion at its 75,000 tons per year lubricant blending plant in Silvassa, India. ...

CP Chem to Add PAO Capacity

November 5, 2014

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP yesterday announced a study to expand its low-viscosity polyalphaolefin capacity by 10,000 metric tons per year at it ...

SKF to Grow in Missouri

October 29, 2014

SKF is making a $34.2 million investment to construct a manufacturing facility for industrial lubrication systems in north St. Louis County, Mo., the ...

Malaysian conglomerate UMW Holdings Bhd. says it has decided to build its third lubricant blending plant - a facility that would open near Port Klang, ...

Intermediate bulk containers supplier Hoover Container Solutions Ltd. has moved its Australian operations to a larger facility in Perth, Western Austr ...

Chemtura announced it will undertake expansions of its antioxidant capacity at chemical plants in Canada, Italy and Taiwan. Officials said the company ...

Lubrizol invested $20 million in its additive blending operations in Le Havre, France, saying it will help the company cope with increased complexity ...

Lubrita International and Sunkalp Lubricants Pvt Ltd. opened a joint venture blending plant in Mumbai this month. Lithuania-based Lubrita said it need ...