Volume 10 Issue 12
China Base Oil Imports Dwindling
March 19, 2025China’s demand for imported API Group II and III base oils remained weak in 2024, speakers said at the Enmore China International Lubrication Industry conference in Shanghai.
Richful, Farabi Build Saudi Additive Plant
March 19, 2025Richful Lube Additive Co. and Farabi Petrochemicals have inked an agreement to build the first full-fledged lubricant additive factory in Saudi Arabia.
Big Ramp Up at Fuchs Spain
March 19, 2025Fuchs Spain has increased production capacity by 25% at the company's Castellbisbal plant in Catalonia.
Platts: Cheap Diesel Could Boost Base Oils
March 19, 2025Wilting demand for diesel in Europe could persuade refiners to redirect vacuum gas oil to base oil production.
Total Opens Lagos Lab, Departs Manilla
March 19, 2025TotalEnergies opened an oil condition monitoring laboratory and closed out operations in Manilla.
Briefly Noted
March 19, 2025Planned maintenance is due at Orlen’s refinery in Plock, Poland, starting May 7 for four weeks plus another two weeks for ramp up. The turnaround will affect API Group I SN150, SN500 and bright stock.
Yamagishi Junya and Oshio Tadashi at Eneos Corp. filed a patent application for a base oil for metalworking fluids that has a flash point lower than 70°C and in which, when the integral for all the protons detected by 1H-NMR analysis is taken as 100, the proportion of methyl-group protons is 20-65.
Additive maker Chevron Oronite is in Delhi this week to present at 14th International Symposium on Fuels and Lubricants held at Vivanta by Taj, and at Lubricant Expo North America.