Expansions & Upgrades

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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 ...

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Idemitsu to Add New Lube Plant in Indonesia

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

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

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

June 19, 2018

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

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Sanyo to Build Additives Plant in Korea

June 15, 2018

Japans Sanyo Chemical will start construction of a new viscosity index improver plant in Korea next month, with operatio ...

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Luan Makes CTL Base Stocks

June 15, 2018

Chinas state-owned Shanxi Luan Mining Group is preparing to open a plant in Shanxi province with capacity to make 350,00 ...

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Greif Opens Netherlands IBC Plant

June 12, 2018

Greif partnered with industrial packager Tholu B.V. to open a new multimillion euro intermediate bulk container factory ...

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Sanyo Chemical Weighs Investments

May 18, 2018

Japan's Sanyo Chemical Industries is considering two investments that would increase its lubricant additives capacity in ...

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Chinese Blender Expands in Southwest

May 11, 2018

Tianjin-based lubricant manufacturer Beiersdorf Petroleum and Chemical Corp. is building a second blending facility on t ...

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Japanese Additives Plant Adds Capacity

April 13, 2018

DIC Corp. began expanding its capacity to produce extreme pressure additives for metalworking fluids at its plant in Kas ...

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Chinese Blenders Post Mixed Full-Year Results

April 13, 2018

Jiangsu Huifeng Lubricant Co. reported a minor decline in profit in 2017, and PetroChinas Kunlun Lubricants earnings soa ...

Shell Projects Strong Lube Earnings

Shell Projects Strong Lube Earnings

April 3, 2018

Royal Dutch Shell expects that annual earnings after tax for its global commercial business - most of which is accounted ...

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Pakistani Base Oil Plant Expands

March 16, 2018

National Refinery Ltd. plans to boost the production capacity of its base oil plant in Pakistan and has contracted a Chi ...