Expansions & Upgrades

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Evonik Boosts Global Oil Additives Capacity

July 10, 2019

Evonik announced on Monday it is expanding its production capacity for polyalkylmethacrylate-based viscosity modifiers b ...

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Evonik Boosts Global Oil Additives Capacity

July 9, 2019

Evonik announced yesterday it is expanding its production capacity for polyalkylmethacrylate-based viscosity modifiers b ...

LSC Jamaica to Add Second Blending Plant

LSC Jamaica to Add Second Blending Plant

June 12, 2019

Lubricating Specialties Co. Jamaica Ltd. plans to expand its Rockfort, Jamaica, facility to add a lubricants blending pl ...

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Lube Blender Opens Filter Factory

June 7, 2019

A lubricant blender in Chinas Hubei province recently opened an engine oil filter factory and claims to be the only comp ...

ExxonMobil Plans Million-ton Singapore Expansion

ExxonMobil Plans Million-ton Singapore Expansion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 11, 2018

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