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Petrol Ofisi Expands Blending Plant
Petrol Ofisi Group announced it has doubled annual production capacity at its lubricant factory in Kocaeli, Turkey, where it has opened a new logistics center. Photo courtesy Petrol Ofisi

Petrol Ofisi Expands Blending Plant

Lube Report EMEA - November 21, 2023

Energy company Petrol Ofisi announced recently that it is expanding its lubricant blending plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, inc ...

Rerefinery and Lube Factory Planned in Turkey

Rerefinery and Lube Factory Planned in Turkey

Lube Report EMEA - August 29, 2023

A waste oil rerefinery and lubricant manufacturing complex will be constructed in Mersin province in southeastern Turkey ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Waste Oil Collection Increases in Turkey

Waste Oil Collection Increases in Turkey

Lube Report EMEA - March 21, 2023

Turkey collected more waste lubricants in 2022 compared to the year before thanks to an increase in amounts gathered by ...

Waste Oil Collection Declines in Turkey

Waste Oil Collection Declines in Turkey

Lube Report EMEA - January 31, 2023

Of the waste automotive lubricants generated in Turkey in 2021, just 11% was collected for further use, according to a r ...

Turkish Lube Consumption Up 14% in 2021

Turkish Lube Consumption Up 14% in 2021

Lube Report EMEA - January 24, 2023

Lubricant consumption in Turkey increased 14% in 2021 as the country’s economy rebounded from early impacts of the COV ...

Turkey’s Lube Demand Stalled in 2020

Turkey’s Lube Demand Stalled in 2020

Lube Report EMEA - October 26, 2021

Turkey produced and imported 754,000 metric tons of finished lubricants in 2020, the same level as in 2019 according to ...

Turkey Ramps Up Rerefined Oil Mandates

Turkey Ramps Up Rerefined Oil Mandates

Lube Report EMEA - April 27, 2021

Turkish lubricant marketers are preparing for new government regulations that mandate including rerefined base stocks in ...

Turkey Gains Group II

Turkey Gains Group II

Lubes'n'Greases - February 1, 2021

Picture a refinery and you probably think of the endless industrial landscape of the Texas Gulf Coast, not the rolling h ...

Turkish Lubes Market on the Ropes

Turkish Lubes Market on the Ropes

Lubes'n'Greases - September 2, 2020

Local economic uncertainty and a global pandemic delivered a one-two punch to Turkey’s lubricants industry this year.

Turkish Refinery Set to Reopen

Turkish Refinery Set to Reopen

Lube Report EMEA - June 8, 2020

Turkey’s only base oil plant is likely to resume production once Tupras restarts its Izmir refinery on July 1. Operati ...