Expansions & Upgrades

ExxonMobil Plans Million-ton Singapore Expansion

ExxonMobil Plans Million-ton Singapore Expansion

Lube Report Asia - April 5, 2019

ExxonMobil is not finished building new Group II capacity nor with expanding its operations in Singapore. Not by a long ...

Lanxess Expands Corrosion Inhibitor Capacity

Lanxess Expands Corrosion Inhibitor Capacity

Lube Report EMEA - March 5, 2019

Lanxess completed a 15 percent expansion to its global production capacity of corrosion inhibition additives, which are ...

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BASF Expands Antioxidants Capacity

Lube Report Americas - January 23, 2019

BASF increased lubricant antioxidant capacity at its Puebla, Mexico, site to keep up with growing demand for additives t ...

Oxea Details Carboxylic Acid Expansion Plans

Oxea Details Carboxylic Acid Expansion Plans

Lube Report Americas - January 23, 2019

Oxea released additional details yesterday about its previously discussed plan to increase production capacity of carbox ...

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Shepherd Chemical Expands Additives Facility

Lube Report EMEA - January 22, 2019

Shepherd Chemical Co., a producer of metal-based lubricant additives, announced a multi-million dollar expansion that co ...

Shell Completes LAO Expansion

Shell Completes LAO Expansion

Lube Report Americas - January 9, 2019

Shell Chemical LP completed an expansion that increased linear alpha olefin capacity at its Geismar, Louisiana, petroche ...

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Shell to Upgrade Lubricant Plant in Canada

Lube Report Americas - January 9, 2019

Shell plans to invest $16 million to expand its lubricant blending and packaging plant in Brockville, Canada, according ...

Chevron Completes Vietnam Expansion

Chevron Completes Vietnam Expansion

Lube Report Asia - December 7, 2018

Chevron Lubricants Vietnam has completed the expansion of its Hai Phong, Vietnam, blending plant, a $5 million project t ...

Lube-Tech Expands Engine Testing Facility

Lube-Tech Expands Engine Testing Facility

Lube Report Americas - November 14, 2018

Lubricant distributor Lube-Tech opened an expansion of its engine testing facility in Golden Valley, Minnesota, this wee ...

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Saudi Project to Make Base Oils at Yanbu

Lube Report EMEA - November 6, 2018

Saudi Aramco and Sabic said they have chosen Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, as the site for a large chemicals refinery that will i ...

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Wells Opens Blend Plant in Tianjin

Lube Report Asia - November 2, 2018

Wells Lubricating Oil (Tianjin) Co. announced that it opened a blending plant in Tianjin, China, to support its growing ...

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Afton Completes Singapore Expansion

Lube Report Asia - September 21, 2018

Afton Chemical Corp. said Wednesday that it has completed an expansion of its lubricant additive plant in Singapore and ...

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ExxonMobil Plans Base Oil Hub in Spain

Lube Report EMEA - September 11, 2018

ExxonMobil will open a new hub terminal in Valencia, Spain in the first quarter of 2019, the company announced last week ...

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Lanxess Boosts Additive Production

Lube Report EMEA - September 11, 2018

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is doubling its production of multifunctional dimercaptothiadiazole derivative lubri ...

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Idemitsu to Add New Lube Plant in Indonesia

Lube Report Asia - August 3, 2018

Japan's Idemitsu Kosan will set up a new lubricant plant next year in western Java, Indonesia, the company said.

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Oxea to Add NPG Capacity

Lube Report EMEA - July 3, 2018

Oxea will increase its European production capacity for neopentyl glycol - a polyalcohol that can be used as a building ...

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UKs Aztec Oils Continues to Grow

Lube Report EMEA - June 26, 2018

Aztec Oils has completed several acquisitions the past few years and now is trying to continue growing with a 1.2 millio ...

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Titan Adds Grease Plant, Filling Line

Lube Report EMEA - June 19, 2018

Russian industrial lubricants and grease marketer Titan built a new plant in Novocherkassk, introduced a new filling lin ...