Handi Sunshine Petrochemical has begun commercial production of API Group III base oils at its expanded base oil plant in Hainan province, China. The ...

ExxonMobil is considering constructing a polyalphaolefin plant in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a recent posting on its website. The posting p ...

French biochemical company Afyren and Thai sugar producer Mitr Phol Group will partner to establish a biorefinery in Thailand that produces biobased c ...

TCL Specialties LLC, a subsidiary of India’s Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd., will break ground this month on two manufacturing facilities in West Virgini ...

In another twist of the Isla Refinery saga, Curacao government officials confirmed the preferred bidder seeking to operate the facility provided sever ...

Azmol and Agrinol, the largest lubricant producers in Ukraine, were taken over by forces aligned with Russia’s occupation of parts of eastern and so ...

China’s largest petrochemical refinery is now fully operating, and maleic anhydride and methyl methacrylates are among the materials it is producing ...

API Group II base oils will continue to be used in many applications for years to come, despite the move towards vehicle electrification, Laura Pottor ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants’ new 220,000 metric tons per year API Group II and III base oil plant is almost completed, with assembly works about to wrap ...

Singapore-based United Oil Co. and Repsol are proceeding with a previously announced plan to expand their joint venture lubricant plant in Indonesia, ...

Once more, supply and demand do not match in the North American base oil market. What has caused the imbalance?

The global base oil market has been through a lot since 2020. How has it weathered the storm?

Luberef signed memorandums of understanding with several companies this month, agreeing to explore the possibility of constructing facilities to produ ...

The Sinarmas Cepsa Pte joint venture will expand production of biobased chemicals at its fatty alcohol plant in Indonesia, under an agreement announce ...

BRB International announced last week the opening of a lubricant additives factory in Echt, Netherlands, a facility that will serve as the Petronas su ...

Shell completed an expansion that more than doubles the size of its lubricant blending plant on Indonesia’s Java island, raising capacity to 300 mil ...

Plans for a rerefinery in Tampa, Florida were on the books for so long, the industry could be forgiven for considering the plan a mirage. However, Pur ...

Eneos Corp. closed the API Group I base oil plant at its Negishi refinery near Tokyo this month, part of a decision to permanently close most of the r ...

Richful Lube Additive Co. has proposed investing ¥1 billion (U.S. $138.3 million) to expand its lubricant additive factory in Xinxiang, China, instal ...

Russian independent lube maker Nordoil plans to expand its lubricant production site near Moscow to help fill the supply shortage caused by the exodus ...