Plants & Facilities

Rerefinery Planned in Russia’s Tula Oblast

Rerefinery Planned in Russia’s Tula Oblast

July 18, 2023

A public-private partnership to build a rerefinery capable of producing base oils was announced recently during an event ...

Belarus Additives Joint Venture Expands

Belarus Additives Joint Venture Expands

July 18, 2023

Additech, a lubricant additive joint venture between the Russian and Belarus oil majors Lukoil and Naftan, expanded its ...

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New Ghana Refinery Will Make Base Oils

July 18, 2023

Sentuo Group is scheduled to begin commissioning its new refinery in Tema, Ghana, next month, bringing sub-Saharan Afric ...

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Satellite Plans Another PAO Plant in China

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...