Plants & Facilities

BPCL Tenders for New Lube Units at Bina Refinery

BPCL Tenders for New Lube Units at Bina Refinery

June 18, 2025

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. intends to install a base oil unit and a finished lubricant blending plant at its refinery ...

Industry 4.0: The Lubricants Industry Enters the Digital World

Industry 4.0: The Lubricants Industry Enters the Digital World

June 5, 2025

The implementation of Industry 4.0 in automation technologies is expected to increase the need for lubricants in advance ...

Zeller+Gmelin Opens Lube Plant in China

Zeller+Gmelin Opens Lube Plant in China

June 3, 2025

Zeller+Gmelin, a chemical company based in Germany, has opened a lubricant production facility in Huzhou, China, as part ...

Gazprom Opens White Oils Plant

Gazprom Opens White Oils Plant

May 7, 2025

Gazpromneft-Lubricants starts white oils production in Russia.

Navigating the Future

Navigating the Future

April 30, 2025

Kline & Co.’s David Tsui explains how sustainability, resiliency and specification upgrades will impact the global lub ...

TIMWOOD: The Unsung Powerhouse in Operations Excellence

TIMWOOD: The Unsung Powerhouse in Operations Excellence

April 30, 2025

Industry veteran Ganesan Ganapathi outlines how employing the TIMWOOD principle can help to eliminate waste and increase ...

New Perstorp Lab in Shanghai

New Perstorp Lab in Shanghai

April 28, 2025

Perstorp and BRB have opened a new research laboratory in Shanghai, China.

Additive

Richful, Farabi Build Saudi Additive Plant

March 19, 2025

Richful Lube Additive Co. and Farabi Petrochemicals have inked an agreement to build the first full-fledged lubricant ad ...

Additive

Sinopec Makes Marine Lubes in Tianjin

February 26, 2025

Sinopec has opened a production unit making marine lubricants and hydraulic fluids at its finished lube blending plant i ...

Fuchs Finishes South Africa Expansion

Fuchs Finishes South Africa Expansion

February 26, 2025

Fuchs Group inaugurated its expanded production facility in South Africa after shelling out €26 million to add new equ ...

Additive

State Investigates Moove Fire

February 19, 2025

Prosecutors in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro opened an investigation into a large Feb. 8 fire at a Moove finishe ...

Luberef Reconsiders Closing Jeddah

Luberef Reconsiders Closing Jeddah

February 18, 2025

Citing improved market conditions, Luberef said Tuesday that it is considering keeping open its API Group I base oil pla ...

Crews Battle Blaze at Moove’s Rio Site

Crews Battle Blaze at Moove’s Rio Site

February 12, 2025

Residents were evacuated from a blaze and fluid leak into Guanabara Bay at the Moove lubricant factory near Rio.

Pilot Undertakes Surfactant Expansion

Pilot Undertakes Surfactant Expansion

February 5, 2025

Pilot Chemical Co. said last week that it will significantly expand its capacity to produce anionic surfactants at its s ...

Net Loss in Q4 for Calumet

Net Loss in Q4 for Calumet

January 22, 2025

Calumet said last week that it expects a net loss for the fourth quarter of 2024 once its yearly results have been given ...

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

January 15, 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., part of the Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi, axed plans to open a 350,000-metric-tons-pe ...