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China National Offshore Oil Co. expects to open a base oil plant in Taizhou, China, by the end of this year, and it has already agreed to supply a sig ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants is pushing to enter the markets of China and Libya; for the former it plans to open local production by 2019, in the latter it ...

Gazprom to Blend in China

March 10, 2015

Russias Gazpromneft-Lubricants plans to establish distribution channels in China this year and to build a production facility there by 2019, the compa ...

Moresco Corp. and China Rerun Chemical Group reported gains in profits - Moresco for its third quarter, Rerun for its 2014 fiscal year. Castrol India ...

Tianhe Chemicals recently opened a 6,000 square meter additives research and development facility in Jinzhou, China.

GTS Expands China Plant

February 24, 2015

GTS Chemical Holdings will invest at least 49 million ($7.8 million) to expand its annual lubricant production capacity in Liaocheng, China, by 30,000 ...

Lubricant demand in China has jumped so much in recent years that some now deem it the worlds biggest market, surpassing the United States. The countr ...

JV Builds Rerefinery in Zhuhai

February 10, 2015

CleanOil Investment and Hong Kong conglomerate Jebsen Group announced last week the formation of a joint venture to build a used lubricant rerefinery ...

It is no secret that building an extensive sales network is essential for achieving significant sales in China, a massive yet highly fragmented market ...

Klueber Expands in Qingpu

January 27, 2015

Sister companies Klueber Lubrication and Chem-Trend will expand their manufacturing facilities in Qingpu, China, parent Freudenberg Chemical Specialit ...

Automobile sales in China rose 6.9 percent to 23.5 million in 2014 - another record for the worlds largest auto market.

Japans Mitsui & Co. Ltd. will invest U.S. $44 million in Malaysian-owned oleochemical manufacturer Taiko Palm-Oleo (Zhangjiagang) Co. Ltd., located in ...

China Raises Lubes Tax Again

January 13, 2015

Chinas central government yesterday announced another round of tax increases for lubricants and other petroleum products - the third such increase in ...

Asia-Pacifics energy demand in 2040 will jump 61 percent from what it was in 2010, according to a recent ExxonMobil report.

Shandong Yuangen Petrochemical announced it is setting up operations to produce its Yuangen brand of lubricants in Singapore for distribution througho ...

Base Oils from Bitumen

December 30, 2014

Sichuan province-based Zhonghai Jinxiang Co. plans to build a facility that will make base oils for industrial lubricants using feedstock from an exis ...

Total announced that it will build a grease plant at its lubricant factory in Tianjin, China. The new plant will have capacity to make 5,000 metric to ...

In Chinas trucking industry it has long been common to use a single, standard lubricant for both transmissions and axles. Some say the practice no lon ...

Handi Postpones Expansion

December 9, 2014

Chinese base stock supplier Hainan Handi Sunshine Petrochemical Co. must delay plans to expand its refinery on Yangpu Peninsula due to land disputes w ...

Undaunted by a global supply glut, petrochemical producer Hengli Petrochemical Refinery Co. has decided to enter the base oil market, undertaking to b ...