Southeast Asia

BASF and Petronas Chemicals Group will build a 2-ethylhexanoic acid factory at the site of their joint venture in Kuantan, Malaysia, the companies ann ...

SK Lubricants is reconsidering plans to expand their API Group III base oil joint venture in Dumai, Indonesia, a company official told Lube Report Asi ...

Huntsman Corp. will double capacity at its polyetheramines plant in Jurong Island, Singapore, to 50,000 tons per year by mid-2016.

CPC, Partners Enter Vietnam

February 10, 2015

Taiwans CPC Corp. entered a joint venture with Hexing Chemical and Uni-Shine Chemical Corp. to build a lubricant blending plant in Dong Nai Province, ...

Shell to Blend in Indonesia

February 3, 2015

Shells first lubricant blending plant in Indonesia will be fully operational by 2016, a company spokesman told Lube Report Asia.

Malaysian conglomerate UMW Group aims to penetrate Southeast Asian markets with its new line of lubricants and is targeting overall lube sales of 100 ...

Malaysia Upgrades Fuels

January 27, 2015

Malaysia has decided to mandate Euro 4 fuel standards by September 2015 and to progress to Euro 5 by 2020. Meanwhile, a requirement for fuels to conta ...

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

Indonesias state-owned Pertamina Lubricants has acquired 75 percent of Thai blender Amaco Production Co., an Amaco official told Lube Report Asia.

Chevron Oronite announced yesterday that it will install carboxylate capacity at its lubricant additive plant in Singapore.

Industry observers say biolubricants are unlikely to take off in Asia unless governments provide incentives or mandates for their use. Malaysia appear ...

Russia's Gazprom Neft Lubricants expanded its presence in Southeast Asia by signing a memorandum of cooperation and a supply deal with key Taiwanese a ...

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

Nynas announced last week the opening of a 32,000 cubic meter storage depot in Singapore, part of a plan to grow its naphthenic base oil business in t ...

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International introduced the industrys first 0W-20 heavy-duty diesel engine oil in Italy last week after co-developing i ...

Myanmars consumption of medium- and high-grade lubricants has risen steadily the past five years and now accounts for 40 percent of the nations overal ...

Malaysian conglomerate UMW Holdings Bhd. says it has decided to build its third lubricant blending plant - a facility that would open near Port Klang, ...

Petronas announced new sales strategies and expansion plans for gaining market share in Thailand and India.

Indonesias PT Federal Karyatama (FKT) will consolidate and relocate its two blending plants in East Jakarta to one new plant in western Java by 2017, ...

ExxonMobil announced Friday that it is building a grease plant at its site in Jurong, Singapore. The company did not disclose the new facilitys capaci ...