Sasols proposed 96,000 barrels per day gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles, La., could make as much as 9,000 b/d GTL base oil, according to a present ...

Chinese petroleum giant Sinopec has been busy upgrading its base oil sites to meet the nations fast-growing demand for high quality lubes.Zeng Haiying ...

Imperial Oil will discontinue lubricant blending and packaging operations at its Sarnia, Ontario, facility by 2015, the company told plant employees l ...

Shell has completed an expansion that doubles the size of its lubricant blending facilities in Zhapu, China.In an announcement last week, officials sa ...

The United Arab Emirates offer a warm welcome to the lubricant and base oil industries, and will move fast to API Groups II and III base oils in comin ...

Shell expects to double its lubricants production in Russia in 2014 and to start exporting to Belarus, Ukraine and other neighboring countries, the co ...

VeroLube Inc. of Canada plans to build API Group II and III rerefineries in Alberta, Canada, and in Houston, with construction expected to start as ea ...

MOSCOW – Russias sluggish economic growth, projected at just 1.3 percent for 2013, is delaying the countrys base oil modernization projects, an ...

Hydrodec Group will collaborate with Essar Oil UK on a joint venture oil rerefining center at Stanlow, U.K., including a rerefinery with API Group II+ ...

In a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Calumet Shreveport Lubricant and Waxes has agreed to pay a $326,000 civil penalty and to spe ...

DUBAI, U.A.E. – Sepahan Oil predicts a bright future for Irans base oil industry, thanks to the countrys young and growing population, high dema ...

BRUSSELS – The United Kingdom Lubricants Association recently launched Verification of Lubricant Specifications, a new membership organization d ...

The Tanzania Bureau of Standards has intensified efforts to rid the East African country of substandard lubricants but has more work to do, some exper ...

Total recently inaugurated two lubricants blending plants, one on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, and the other in Tianjin in northern China.The tw ...

Idemitsu Lube India Pvt Ltd. began production Oct. 30 at its new 2.6 billion rupee (U.S. $41.8 million) blending plant in India, and targets sales to ...

Government owned Oman Oil Marketing Co. launched its own lubricants brand in the Sultanate of Oman.Products offered under the brand include automotive ...

Chevron Oronite will soon be making more dispersants and detergents at its manufacturing plant in Gonfreville, France. A project to increase dispersa ...

Additive manufacturer Vanderbilt Chemicals will move chemical production from its Bethel, Conn., location to its newly upgraded plant in Murray, Ky., ...

Gulf Oil International appointed Paul DeVivo, CEO of wholly owned but independently operated subsidiary Houghton International, as its new CEO and hea ...

This past weeks third-quarter financial reports brought solid earnings for Afton Chemical and Quaker Chemical, while profits for South Korean base oil ...