Plants & Facilities

United Oil, Repsol Expand Indonesia Plant

United Oil, Repsol Expand Indonesia Plant

December 9, 2022

Singapore-based United Oil Co. and Repsol are proceeding with a previously announced plan to expand their joint venture ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

Base Oil Report: Pricing

December 1, 2022

Once more, supply and demand do not match in the North American base oil market. What has caused the imbalance?

Base Oil Report: Trends

Base Oil Report: Trends

December 1, 2022

The global base oil market has been through a lot since 2020. How has it weathered the storm?

Luberef Recruits Producers for LubeHub

Luberef Recruits Producers for LubeHub

November 22, 2022

Luberef signed memorandums of understanding with several companies this month, agreeing to explore the possibility of co ...

Cepsa JV Mulls Palm Chemicals Expansion

Cepsa JV Mulls Palm Chemicals Expansion

November 18, 2022

The Sinarmas Cepsa Pte joint venture will expand production of biobased chemicals at its fatty alcohol plant in Indonesi ...

BRB Opens Additives Factory

BRB Opens Additives Factory

November 15, 2022

BRB International announced last week the opening of a lubricant additives factory in Echt, Netherlands, a facility that ...

Shell Expands Indonesia Plant

Shell Expands Indonesia Plant

November 11, 2022

Shell completed an expansion that more than doubles the size of its lubricant blending plant on Indonesia’s Java islan ...

Puraglobe Moves Forward on U.S. Rerefinery

Puraglobe Moves Forward on U.S. Rerefinery

November 9, 2022

Plans for a rerefinery in Tampa, Florida were on the books for so long, the industry could be forgiven for considering t ...

Eneos Closes Group I Plant

Eneos Closes Group I Plant

October 28, 2022

Eneos Corp. closed the API Group I base oil plant at its Negishi refinery near Tokyo this month, part of a decision to p ...

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Richful Plans Additives Expansion

October 28, 2022

Richful Lube Additive Co. has proposed investing ¥1 billion (U.S. $138.3 million) to expand its lubricant additive fact ...

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Russian Blender to Expand

October 18, 2022

Russian independent lube maker Nordoil plans to expand its lubricant production site near Moscow to help fill the supply ...

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ExxonMobil to Upgrade Tianjin Blending Plant

October 14, 2022

ExxonMobil is upgrading its lubricant blending plant in Tianjin, China, in response to projected long-term demand growth ...

BASF to Build Neopentyl Glycol Plant

BASF to Build Neopentyl Glycol Plant

October 14, 2022

BASF announced on Tuesday it will invest an undisclosed amount to build a neopentyl glycol plant with 80,000 metric tons ...

NNPC Buys OVH Downstream Business

NNPC Buys OVH Downstream Business

October 11, 2022

Nigerian National Petroleum Co. has acquired OVH Energy Marketing, operator of the Oando fuels and lubricants business a ...

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BASF, Hannong Plan Surfactants JV

October 7, 2022

BASF and Hannong Chemicals have tentatively agreed to form a joint venture that would manufacture non-ionic surfactants ...

Kirei Vows to Make Additives for Russia

Kirei Vows to Make Additives for Russia

October 4, 2022

Kirei Chemical LLC, an Anglo-Russian company headquartered in London, announced it is building a lubricant additive fact ...

SI Adds Antioxidant Capacity in India

SI Adds Antioxidant Capacity in India

September 30, 2022

Additives manufacturer SI Group is expanding production capacity at its Rasal, India, factory for antioxidants used in l ...

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Butylene Oxide Plant Being Built in China

September 23, 2022

Sinopec’s Yanshan Petrochemical is installing a production line to make butylene oxide, a chemical intermediate used t ...