Plants & Equipment

TAIF Plant Now Makes Esters, Polyalkylene Glycol

TAIF Plant Now Makes Esters, Polyalkylene Glycol

July 5, 2023

Russia’s only polyalphaolefins complex now can also produce polyalkylene glycols and complex esters, after completing ...

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BP, Shell Will Not Repair Sapref

July 4, 2023

BP and Shell have decided not to repair their damaged Sapref joint venture, signaling that the Durban, South Africa, ref ...

Court Approves Sale of Lubnor Refinery

Court Approves Sale of Lubnor Refinery

June 21, 2023

A competition court in Brazil today approved Grepar Participacoes’ acquisition of the Lubnor refinery from Petrobras ...

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Haldia Base Oil Expansion Due by December

June 16, 2023

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.’s expansion of its Haldia base oil plant is on track to be completed by the end of this year – ...

Luberef Boosting Yanbu Output

Luberef Boosting Yanbu Output

June 13, 2023

Luberef has contracted to increase the amount of feedstock supplied to its base oil plant in Yanbu’al Bahr, Saudi Arab ...

BASF Increases Alkoxylation Capacity in Europe

BASF Increases Alkoxylation Capacity in Europe

June 13, 2023

BASF is gradually adding alkoxylation capacity – in part to produce chemicals with uses in lubricants – at its plant ...

Indian Oil Enters Joint Venture in Nepal

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 ...

Hill Plans Rerefinery in Lithuania

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 ...

Algerian Distributor Opens Blending Plant

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 ...

Change Abounds for Additives

Change Abounds for Additives

May 26, 2023

What did demand for additives look like last year, and how might that outlook shift in the coming years?

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 ...

Taif’s PAO Plant Upgrade Completed

Taif’s PAO Plant Upgrade Completed

May 23, 2023

Russia’s only polyalphaolefins complex now can also produce polyalkylene glycols and complex esters, after completing ...

Bharat to Build Another Blending Plant

Bharat to Build Another Blending Plant

May 19, 2023

In a nod to India’s growing lubricant market, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. said this week that it will construct a new ...

Spain Maintains Waste Lube Recycling Rate

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 ...

Amsoil Acquires Industrial Lube Blender

Amsoil Acquires Industrial Lube Blender

May 10, 2023

Superior, Wisconsin-based Amsoil Inc. acquired fellow Wisconsin lube blender Benz Oil, the companies announced on Monday ...

Moresco to Relocate China Lubes to New Plant

Moresco to Relocate China Lubes to New Plant

May 5, 2023

Specialty lubricant manufacturer Moresco Corp has started construction of a plant in Haining city, Zhejiang province, in ...

Blending Plant Opened in Turkmenistan

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 ...