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Satellite Plans Another PAO Plant in China

Lube Report Asia - July 7, 2023

The march of China companies stepping into the polyalphaolefin business continues, as acrylic acid producer Satellite Ch ...

TAIF Plant Now Makes Esters, Polyalkylene Glycol

TAIF Plant Now Makes Esters, Polyalkylene Glycol

Lube Report EMEA - July 5, 2023

Russia’s only polyalphaolefins complex now can also produce polyalkylene glycols and complex esters, after completing ...

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BP, Shell Will Not Repair Sapref

Lube Report EMEA - July 4, 2023

BP and Shell have decided not to repair their damaged Sapref joint venture, signaling that the Durban, South Africa, ref ...

Court Approves Sale of Lubnor Refinery

Court Approves Sale of Lubnor Refinery

Lube Report Americas - June 21, 2023

A competition court in Brazil today approved Grepar Participacoes’ acquisition of the Lubnor refinery from Petrobras ...

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Haldia Base Oil Expansion Due by December

Lube Report Asia - June 16, 2023

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.’s expansion of its Haldia base oil plant is on track to be completed by the end of this year – ...

Luberef Boosting Yanbu Output

Luberef Boosting Yanbu Output

Lube Report EMEA - June 13, 2023

Luberef has contracted to increase the amount of feedstock supplied to its base oil plant in Yanbu’al Bahr, Saudi Arab ...

BASF Increases Alkoxylation Capacity in Europe

BASF Increases Alkoxylation Capacity in Europe

Lube Report EMEA - June 13, 2023

BASF is gradually adding alkoxylation capacity – in part to produce chemicals with uses in lubricants – at its plant ...

Change Abounds for Additives

Change Abounds for Additives

Lubes'n'Greases - May 26, 2023

What did demand for additives look like last year, and how might that outlook shift in the coming years?

Taif’s PAO Plant Upgrade Completed

Taif’s PAO Plant Upgrade Completed

Lube Report EMEA - May 23, 2023

Russia’s only polyalphaolefins complex now can also produce polyalkylene glycols and complex esters, after completing ...

Bharat to Build Another Blending Plant

Bharat to Build Another Blending Plant

Lube Report Asia - May 19, 2023

In a nod to India’s growing lubricant market, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. said this week that it will construct a new ...

Amsoil Acquires Industrial Lube Blender

Amsoil Acquires Industrial Lube Blender

Lube Report Americas - May 10, 2023

Superior, Wisconsin-based Amsoil Inc. acquired fellow Wisconsin lube blender Benz Oil, the companies announced on Monday ...

Moresco to Relocate China Lubes to New Plant

Moresco to Relocate China Lubes to New Plant

Lube Report Asia - May 5, 2023

Specialty lubricant manufacturer Moresco Corp has started construction of a plant in Haining city, Zhejiang province, in ...

Blending Plant Opened in Turkmenistan

Blending Plant Opened in Turkmenistan

Lube Report Asia - May 5, 2023

An industry association in Turkmenistan recently opened a finished lubricant factory, according to a news release by the ...

Two Blending Plants Announced in Turkey

Two Blending Plants Announced in Turkey

Lube Report EMEA - May 2, 2023

Petronobel Mineral Oils San and Tic A.S. announced plans last week to build a lubricant blending plant in an industrial ...

Search for Isla Operator Restarts Yet Again

Search for Isla Operator Restarts Yet Again

Lube Report Americas - April 26, 2023

The Curacao government is again going back to step one in its effort to find a replacement operator for the Isla Refiner ...

Terpel Invests in Peru Blending Plant

Terpel Invests in Peru Blending Plant

Lube Report Americas - April 19, 2023

Colombian oil and gas company Terpel is making investments to expand production capacity at its blending plant in Peru, ...

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Small Rerefinery Being Built in Turkey

Lube Report EMEA - April 18, 2023

A public-private partnership for waste oil collection and construction of a base oil rerefinery was announced recently b ...

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ExxonMobil to Expand Indonesia Blend Plant

Lube Report Asia - April 14, 2023

As part of a strategy to grab a bigger share of Indonesia’s lubricant market, ExxonMobil plans to double the size of i ...