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Hyrax Inks Sri Lanka Deal

May 17, 2016

Hyrax Oil, of Malaysia, will construct a blending plant in Sri Lanka to supply lubricants for national oil company Ceylo ...

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Petron Gaining Ground in Malaysia

April 5, 2016

Filipino oil giant Petron said its lubes sales in Malaysia grew by double digits last year thanks to marketing at its se ...

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Malaysias Petronas Sets up Down Under

March 22, 2016

Malaysias state-owned Petronas Lubricants International plans to increase sales in Australia and New Zealand with a new ...

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Biodiesel Gaining Ground in Malaysia, Indonesia

March 15, 2016

Biodiesel continues gaining ground in Indonesia and Malaysia. Indonesia raised its requirement for biodiesel content in ...

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Auto Sales Down in Southeast Asia

February 23, 2016

Despite a 4 percent drop in Southeast Asias sales of four-wheel vehicles in 2015 and a 12 percent slide in motorcycle an ...

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Petronas Builds R&D Center

October 6, 2015

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International is building what it claims will be the largest lubricant research and develo ...

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Malaysian Oleo Firm Buys Germany’s Cremer

September 15, 2015

Malaysian oleochemicals company IOI Group agreed last week to purchase Germanys Cremer Oleo GmbH for 89.4 million (U.S. ...

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Lanka IOC Wants Bigger Slice of Pie

September 1, 2015

Lanka IOC said it expects to increase its share of the Sri Lanka engine oil market from 17 percent to 23 percent by buil ...

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Synthetics Popular in Malaysia

July 21, 2015

Malaysia is a regional leader in consumption of synthetic and semi-synthetic passenger car motor oils, with an uptake of ...

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Orgkhim to Make Process Oils in Malaysia

July 14, 2015

Russian chemical producer Orgkhim will break ground on its extender process oils plant in Malaysia by the end of this ye ...

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Can Biolubes Ease Palm Oil Glut?

June 30, 2015

Global palm oil production is booming, but the basic oleochemicals market is saturated, according to Frost & Sullivan.

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Petronas Expands in East Malaysia

June 23, 2015

Malaysia's Petronas Lubricants Marketing Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Petronas Dagangan, plans to expand in East Malaysia as ...

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BMW: Malaysias B10 Bad for Oil

June 16, 2015

BMW Malaysia Sdn. asked the Malaysian government to reconsider its plans to implement its B10 biodiesel mandate in Octob ...

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Petronas Expands Chinese Ops

June 9, 2015

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International began the second phase of expansion on its lubricant blending plant in the W ...

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Petronas to Supply Malaysias Biggest Port

April 28, 2015

Malaysias Petronas Dagangan Bhd. recently signed an eight-year, 51 million ringgit (U.S. $14 million) lubricants supply ...

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Auto Dealers Grab for More Oil Changes

March 24, 2015

As part of an effort to bolster profits, automobile dealers and manufacturers in Malaysia and Indonesia are expanding af ...

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Malaysia JV Builds 2-EHAcid Plant

February 24, 2015

BASF and Petronas Chemicals Group will build a 2-ethylhexanoic acid factory at the site of their joint venture in Kuanta ...

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Malaysias UMW Sets Sights on Southeast Asia

February 3, 2015

Malaysian conglomerate UMW Group aims to penetrate Southeast Asian markets with its new line of lubricants and is target ...