New disruptive technologies have a direct impact on the lubricant industry, but one in particular is grabbing headlines. Industry insiders question wh ...

Officials at Neste Corp. said base oil production at the companys refinery in Porvoo, Finland, was not affected by a major disruption in the companys ...

Environmental impact testing following a Sept. 26 fire at Lubrizol Corp.s plant in Rouen, France, has found no abnormal levels of contaminants in the ...

Energy trading company Kismat Singapore entered the Southeast Asian lubricant market through a toll-blending deal in Malaysia, the company announced t ...

Viscosity modifier producer Innov Oil completed the relocation of its Singapore operations to a larger factory that provides increased production capa ...

Greif, an American manufacturer of industrial packaging, expanded its operations in Russia with a second intermediate bulk container production plant ...

NextChem announced yesterday it was contracted by Sogis Chemical Co. to build a plant that will make oleic acid from residual fats. Oleic acids are in ...

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. has contracted Chevron Lummus Global to provide technology that will be used to add API Group II or III capacity to its ba ...

Lubrizol Corp. said Monday that it does not yet have a timetable for the reopening of its lubricant additive factory in Rouen, France, following a fir ...

German lube maker Fuchs Petrolub SE broke ground recently on a U.S. $6.2 million warehouse at the headquarters of its United Kingdom subsidiary - a pr ...

Bohui Chemical, a fuel supplier based in Chinas Zhejiang province, will start to produce API Group II base oil in November, a company official said Se ...

Lukoil opened a blending plant in Kazakhstan last week, saying it will use the facility to optimize its supply in that country, to penetrate China mor ...

German-Turkish joint venture Opet Fuchs last week announced the start of operations at its lubricant blending plant in Aliaga, Turkey, near Izmir, say ...

Weifang Hongrun Petrochemical Technology Co. awarded a contract to Chevron Lummus Global for license and design of a 500,000 metric tons per year whit ...

Transformer oil supplier Michang Oil Ind. Co. of South Korea plans to enter the Indonesian market by forming a joint venture, PT Sari Michang Concord, ...

Nouryon announced Aug. 27 that it will double capacity at its surfactants plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, through a 12-million expansion and upgrade sch ...

MFG Chemical recently announced manufacturing upgrades at its facilities in Dalton, Georgia, that make surfactants, esters and derivative amines, and ...

German lubricant and grease maker Zeller & Gmelin is expanding its grease production and tank storage capacity to meet growing demand. The expansion w ...

United Kingdom-based Hydrodec Group this week unveiled details of the sale of its Australian hydrotreater - to its biggest shareholder, who will have ...

United Kingdom-based Hydrodec Group this week unveiled details of the sale of its Australian hydrotreater - to its biggest shareholder, who will have ...