Puralube plans to upgrade one of its rerefineries in Troeglitz, Germany, to enable production of API Group III base oil in the first quarter of 2017. ...

Chemtura Corp. will build a second lubricant antioxidant plant at its Latina, Italy, site, doubling its capacity there by the end of 2016. The Philade ...

Shell Chemical LP will increase production of linear alpha olefins (LAO) at its manufacturing plant in Geismar, La., adding 425,000 metric tons per ye ...

Chicago-based lubricants distributor Keller-Heartt expanded operations by opening a 35,000 square foot warehouse in southeast Wisconsin, increasing th ...

Ineos Oligomers will build a unit at its La Porte, Texas, polyalphaolefin plant that will produce 20,000 metric tons per year of high-viscosity PAO up ...

Luberefs Yanbual Bahr, Saudi Arabia, refinery expansion – which will add 700,000 metric tons per year of API Group II base oil and increased bri ...

Emirates National Oil Co. has increased its lubricants and grease blending capacity to 300,000 metric tons per year with the opening of a second facil ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE announced Monday that it has acquired Deutsche Pentosin-Werke GmbH, a privately owned blender with extensive ties to the auto indust ...

ExxonMobil last week announced completion of its Baytown, Texas, refinery expansion, which will increase production of its API Group II and II+ base s ...

Nigerian lubricant producer Conoil will invest 5 billion naira (U.S. $2.5 million) on an additional blending plant in Lagos, with capacity of 60,000 m ...

Lubrizol Corp. will increase capacity for chemicals – including some used in specialty additive systems for lubricating oils – to support ...

BASF announced plans March 4 to significantly expand its production capacity for 20 specialty amines at its chemical complex in Ludwigshafen, Germany. ...

Allegheny Petroleum Products Co. is nearly doubling the size of its Ambridge, Pa., facility, to make way for more blending and faster filling. The Wil ...

Sinopec plans to increase its activities in Cameroon – including production and sale of lubricants – through the creation of a new subsidi ...

Lubricants and metalworking fluids manufacturer and distributor Eastern Oil Co. completed a 10,000 square foot facility expansion and renovation proje ...

Transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec has settled with its insurers on a $20 million claim following the fire damage its Canton, Ohio, rerefinery incurre ...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP yesterday announced a study to expand its low-viscosity polyalphaolefin capacity by 10,000 metric tons per year at it ...

Chemtura announced it will undertake expansions of its antioxidant capacity at chemical plants in Canada, Italy and Taiwan. Officials said the company ...

Lubrizol invested $20 million in its additive blending operations in Le Havre, France, saying it will help the company cope with increased complexity ...

Ergon yesterday said it will invest $150 million in upgrades at its Vicksburg, Miss., naphthenic base oil refinery, including enhancements to its crud ...